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Skillforce Inc.

I recently had the opportunity to work with Skillforce, and I wanted to share my experience. Overall, I found the process of finding temporary work to be pretty straightforward. The staff at Skillforce were friendly and helpful, making me feel welcomed right from the start. They took the time to understand my skills and what type of jobs I was looking for.

One thing I appreciated was their quick communication. Whenever a new opportunity came up, they would reach out to me promptly, which made it easier to find work that fit my schedule. The assignments I've taken on were varied, which kept things interesting. I never felt like I was stuck in a rut.

That said, some assignments could be a bit hit or miss in terms of how fulfilling they were, but that's probably to be expected in temp work. The pay was fair for the roles I took, and I always received my paycheck on time, which is a big plus.

In summary, my experience with Skillforce was positive. If you're looking for temporary work, they can be a good option to explore. Just keep in mind that like any temp agency, experiences may vary based on the assignments available.

If you are in an office position, be careful of what is told to you by the ownership and upper management. Especially true of their current Vice President and Director of Operations. Their turnover ratio is horrible with their branch managers and they burn bridges with all their previous managers. My Regional Manager was good and made excellent progress updating pay structure and car allowance. Work environment within branches is excellent. With no administrative support expect to spend an entire day working on hourly field workers payroll. The accounting team offers no support at this corporate headquarters. No support to the field workers in if corporate makes a mistake on payroll. Refusal to provide training but to belittle the branch for not following procedures, to the point where managment sensitivity training had to be provided. 

Get ready for your phone to ring as early as 5am if your field workers aren't at their job on time. Normal time to start your day is 7am at the latest, Monday-Friday. No weekends. 50 hour weeks are normal and sometimes even longer if you greet your field employees at their jobs on time. Local offices are called by the corporate management to make sure that the other corporate employees (account managers) are physically at the local offices to work and answer phones up until 5pm. This happens often.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The pay 
It could be more depends on how long & loyal you been to the company. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
No PTO (Paid Time Off)
Paid holiday automatically  if you been with the company a year or longer.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
I have no need to go to the office at all.
But, my supervisor  need to stop by & see people to let us know you care or pretend you  do.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
A normal   (8,hr,,) day at work  &  go home ,to rest.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Diverse projects.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
They staff many unqualified workers on a project and expect the most qualified workers to act as supervisors.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Only office staff has a "culture".  The workforce are just bodies and numbers.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Show up and do what is requested, to the best of your ability.

From beginning with skillgorce the atmosphere was appropriate.  It took a few few different contractors to be placed on more difficult tasks.  Once I accomplished more difficult tasks to the contractors approval the more I was placed on work/tasks as such with my relationship with different contractors.  The feedback from Skillforce was always good.

Having interviewed with manager, saying that they have long term assignments.  Come to find out they have only one day jobs.  You cannot schedule your job search around this vague work.  Then they send you into the city where you pay for your own parking but you get barely 10 bucks an hour--do the math--you lose money.  I was terminated over the phone, and the manager was laughing that he fired me.  Stay away from Skillforce.

It was a great job for me at the time they helped me when I needed it, it is a temp agency but if you do get “laid” off they don’t stop looking for work for you, I only left due to another job. Being a women at this job isn’t bad you will always have the creepers but not as bad as most places even as a women I would recommend working here to anyone.

Generally, the contractors have been good. 
The pay rate is sub par at times.
I've gotten some work close to home
Typical day is installation of commercial or industrial plumbing
I've always notified them when work was getting slow, looking like a layoff is eminent. They seldom were able to place me in another job

I currently am working at the Hershey plant in Stuart's Draft. I work with a great group of guys who have a great work ethic. I have enjoyed the opportunity to work and learn with them. I just recently had a beautiful baby girl and everyone has been supportive and considerate Skillforce has been a blessing. Thank you!
B. Hoyt

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Commercial electrician 88 salaries reported	$31.19 per hour
Plumber 44 salaries reported	$32.93 per hour
Sheet metal mechanic 71 salaries reported	$30.88 per hour

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