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After years of working with this company i can tell you mine and many peoples experience, first off atterro does not back its employees, i started here with a friend in customer service. my friend quit after training, what happened is they do a thing called mock calls fake calls to you to see how you do, the leads and managers of rust consulting were rude and very mean when they did these calls. my friend quit after training said she would rather work at a gas station, I however stayed on. after years of dealing with the things they pulled like changing scripts not giving it to you or giving you the change in the middle of a call and then complaining because you didnt follow there script it was unbelievable .they have people monitoring your calls constantly rating them between a 1-3 if one being the lowest rating. if you get a 1 they will pull you off the project and tell you , you cant work in cs anymore. Now mind you many of rust consulting employees have gotten numerous 1s but they never got fired or pulled off project once they do that your not allowed to work in cs anymore and then atterro keeps telling you they have nothing , oh yes your eligible to work in different areas which is nice according to them. but they never have anything . I went to the staff of atterro and complained about rust constulting. they played like she understood and cared but then just left me out of work when our family needed it the most , l Called there main company in minneapolis and complained there to. Again of yes we love to hear the feedback and nothing. this company could care less about its workers your just a number and in rust consulting just a butt in the seat. not to mention there seating was awful people complained about there backs all the time there and rust complained if you got up out of your seat if you were hurting most there chairs broken down. computers just sat on long tables very few booths. and when they ran out of work they put you in the mail room didnt ask you if you wanted to go there just put you there great company huh? if you had lift restrictions they didnt follow them. so many people had those and they just ignored them. I would strongly suggest if you want to temp go through a different companies atterros benefits arent even benefits its just a bad package all together..

Staffmark is attempting to better implement technology, but they are far behind the 8 ball. The company does not train. My division has multiple specialty recruiting, and there is no formalized training to get you to understand the role and expectations. They have frozen raises, and hiring, but recently acquired another staffing company in their portfolio. They are combining different divisions and branches into small offices, sitting and working on top of each other. With the cost savings, you would think they could hire additional staff, but opt out of that due to the cost. That said, the goals have been raised for all levels across the division, but they expect understaffed offices to compete and exceed goals for established branches with fully staffed teams. Account Managers are expected to work two roles, while acting as a branch manager in the sense that their is rarely one onsite, and any aspect that needs to be managed falls on Account Manager's shoulders. There is poor communication of what changes are being made, and why they are being made. The company wants to increase staffing goals without increasing branch resources. It is a total information dump, and you will sink or swim without additional guidance. The CEO does not extend any gratitude for the work accomplished at lower levels. If you enjoy working in an open office, then it is for you, but you will basically be in each others laps. Some members of the company choose to be less than honest about what openings there are. Market Managers are increasing hours requirements and bill rates, but not doing much in the sense of taking care of internal staff and making sure they are able to do their jobs effectively and efficiently. They are a culture of boomers without the understanding of millennial markets, and unwilling to bridge the gap. Had I known upfront that their are employees that have been in the same role for 8+ years, without advancement or salary increase, I would not have accepted the role.

in at 8 a.m. out at 5 p.m. (most days, some overtime required)
Advantage Staffing sent out 3000+ invoices weekly and my phone number was on each one, if there was ever a question/complaint i was the one called to resolve the issues.
i started out attaching invoices and timesheets, moved to payroll, moved to posting cash. Checks were sent to the BOA account, BOA would send a PDF and i had to print it out and apply the correct amounts to accounts to the correct invoices that the client was paying. I came up with the idea of putting a second monitor to where i no longer had to print all the checks and back up that came to BOA, instead they were downloaded and I could pull them up on one screen and post on the other. saved the company $55,000 a year in toner, paper, BOA PDF charges and saved me 2 hours daily. I was able to apply $1.5 million in a day. 
Then I was moved to Customer Service/ Accounts Rec.
In this position I could move moneys that had been applied wrong or to the wrong invoices. We had one client that from the first day the money wasn't applied right, only because of there back up to there payment was different from what anyone had seen before. I have to unapply almost 2 million dollars and move and reapply the money to the right accounts and invoices.
I also had a client call me up one days and the client was using very rude language, I just sat there didn't say a word and let the client get it out. they did say they were sorry for the language and stated that they had talked to the local office in the area of Mississippi and hadn't gotten the results they wanted on the invoices in question. (the hours were wrong on the invoice. either a few to little or a few to many. Or a temp employee should have been on a few different invoices, but all got billed on one) whatever the problem was I had to go into the system and fix it with debits and credits and used our templet and recreated invoices to have the right temps, hours, and money amounts. Then email to the client.
I had been with the company for 6.5 years and my husband decided he wanted me to be at home to take care of his paper work for his 18 wheeler.. after 3 years i told my husband I can work and do his paper work

I've worked for Atterro/ProStaff for Rust Consulting.  Overall, my experience has been good.  The training lasts two days, and you go over the script.  The script will change many times throughout the assignment, which isn't a big deal.  You get to know the script so well, the changes are easy to learn.

I find the ProStaff people nice enough.  They're always polite when you speak with them, and you're notified of any changes to the assignment.  

Rust...they're very weird...almost like a cult.  I had a good experience with the team leads.  I had some favorites.  The management is just plain stupid and fake.  They tell you, "make it hard for us to lay you off."  What a joke!  The let really good people go at the drop of a hat, but keep the weirdos.  One prime example is a nerdy dude, 50-something, who has many stuffed animals in his work area, and is very rude to callers and is there year after year, while they let go educated professionals like me.   His uncle probably owns the company.  

During one assignment, Rust conducted MANY meetings about dress code and professional behavior.  It wasn't 1 -2 meetings, it was 5 - 6!  I thought I was being brainwashed!  Hence...the cult.  
Some of the ladies did dress like they were going to a night club, so they had a point, somewhat.

The best part of working at Rust are your coworkers.  I made friends there, and they really made the job fun.   We went to lunch and breaks together.  

Breaks were every 1 1/2 to 2 hours apart, which made the day go fast.  Lunch is 30 minutes, which really isn't a enough.  

Your calls are graded 1 - 3.  I got mostly 2s and 3s.  One thing I didn't appreciate was being dinged on reviews for doing what you were told.  The reviewers knew you were following orders, but had to ding you, anyway. 

The worst part of the job is when the call volume slowed down.  You would sit there all day waiting for the next call.  Luckily, there were magazines to read.    

I plan on working for Rust again because it's a paycheck.  I know what I am getting into, so it'll be OK.

A typical day at work consists of continuously being on the phone while constantly typing in excel and the company's GVP software. I learned quite of bit of knowledge when it comes to logistics, how many products are shipped across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, and how rail yards operate. The opportunities to learn more while working here are boundless and some of which you can learn is actually very interesting. Management was very poor, supervisors cared little and knew little about each employee's jobs. The regional manager could not have cared less about whether you had a job or how hard you worked to keep up productivity or whatever reasons you had for your productivity dropping. The hardest part of my job was being tasked with training new employees and keeping my own productivity up at the same part, not to mention the outdated computer hardware this company is given. The box monitors took up half of your desks and 50% of the keyboards or mouses they provided never worked. The hardware within the computer towers themselves were so outdated and old they couldn't keep up with some simple multitasking. The most enjoyable part of the job in my opinion would have had to be the amount of knowledge I gained from working here, the professionalism, and the pay wasn't that bad for what we were doing either, although it could have been better with how much we were required to put up with from management. Last but not least was the mandatory overtime we were all required to perform daily. At least we had the option of working from the office or home but this company used Staffmark employees to do the grunt work and complained when they fired the employees a week, 2 weeks, or a month after they just begin. The hiring and training process is atrocious and they care little about their employees.

I worked for Cintas (First Aid and Safety Division) full time for six months where I performed several duties:
- Answering all incoming calls for the sales team, service team, warehouse, administrative assistant, and managers.
- Billing and or crediting invoices for two locations, F59 (Nashville) and 377 (Memphis).
- Printing daily invoices for location 377 and mailing them to customers.
- Ran daily reports as well as maintained and distributed location F59’s monthly tracker spreadsheet in regards to their daily amount of revenue.
- Ran daily reports for daily invoice registers for the sales and service rep’s review.
- Reviewed, worked, and updated customer disputes on a daily basis until completion.
- Helped scanning important documents and uploading them in the system for compliance reviews.
- Responsible for filing lost accounts, invoices, delivery tickets, credits and all paperwork in proper locations.
- Maintained COD checks and cash spreadsheets as well as sending all currency received to their proper destinations.
- Supporting and improving A/R percentage results for two locations, F59 and 377 by calling customers for collection of debt.

I also am currently working for Sanders Manufacturing Co. for 4 hours a day, Monday through Thursday. I perform the following duties: 
- Pulling and filing files on a daily basis.
- Packaged all outgoing mail samples to clients for shipment.
- Packing all kinds of different samples for tradeshows. 

I also worked for a week helping the Staffmark office with the following duties: 
- Answered incoming calls.
- Set interview appointments for potential new hire.
- Helped the staffing department with walk in potential new hires.
- Helped walk in potential new hires with filling out applications and completing internet tests.

I worked for them for years, and got laid off , almost a year later i still have no work with them i worked in faribault. People what kind of temp agency tells you to look for work elsewhere? not a very good one. not to mention they only seem to hire for rust consulting and what a joke that is. A friend of mine and myself hired on about the same time she went through training and then she quit when i asked her why? she said they were flat out mean to her on these things they call mock calls fake calls they do to you. they have there own little clicky groups and if you dont fit in trust me they will find a way to get rid of you. I stayed on was my first mistake i trusted that prostaff would back me was my second mistake . alls they care about is your butt in the seat your not a person just a number. at first they will be really nice to you and then it gets awful. if you step away from your desk to go to the bathroom they want to know why? they have a set amount of time you can be gone to the bathroom and it isnt much considering they only give you 10 minutes to be away from you desk in an 8 hour period , that bathroom services not only rust but the entire strip mall. sometimes it can take 10 minutes just to get in the bathroom. i got siatica really bad from there mail room oh by the way if you go into customer service and the works slows they will just stick you in the mail room without even asking you i hurt my back there lifting things. then them knowing i had lift restrictions from the doc put me back in the mail room where they were suppose to abide by those restrictions but did not. prostaff has many 2 faced people will sit down right to your face and say they care but they dont i got sucked in by that. needless to say i will never work for them again. and i hope people actually read these reviews before they jump into it. also there pay is horrible 10 bucks and hour most places are paying 12 to 15 hour.

There was nothing to do all day long just transfer phone calls and buzz people in to the building. I did not do anything wrong as fas i know, never browsed the internet or even eat at my desk without asking for permission and I never had a break, except for lunch, I was not allowed to leave my desk even for restroom breaks without asking, I did all of that, I abided by all their rules, I was friendly and always smiling but I was let go before my assignment ended by lying to me that the person I was filling in for was coming back to work and that they were going to call me back to hire me in january and that If i wanted to reference the manager there i could she would give me a good review. I forgot to give them back their badge so I went back next week since i was in the area to give it back and there was another temp in the position. I called staff mark to ask what happened and what i did wrong I was told,"I was not a good fit for the company" but they would not tell me the reason I was let go so I could improve and at the end of the call from staff mark they said I should not go back since it would be awkward for the company. if staff mark or the company had told me in the first place instead of misleading me i would not have gone back anyways. I feel like staff mark has been dishonest with me as well, they should have at least called me to let me know that I was let go because I was not good enough and they should told me the exact reason because me being naive took them at their word that they would hire me in january and that they would give me a good reference that I submitted the name of the manager for reference at a company and I did not get hired there. I have never been let go from a position before or fired. but staff mark has ruined my record. They have let me down, I never want to work for their assignments again. I would not work for the company they sent me to either.

I only worked for staffmark for one day on an assignment that they gave me. They gave me a mail processing job. My sole purpose was to scan mail and put it on a conveyor belt or at least that's what it showed me in the training videos, but when I got to the actual job I wasn't doing anything that I saw on the training videos. Instead I was put into hand sort which was taking boxes from bins and putting them into bags and then putting them in another bin for someone else to take care of. The job was not hard but I did not appreciate the fact that I was not doing anything that I was informed on prior. I did not like the fact that they had no schedules all they told me was to be available between Monday and Friday and when I got to the job that changed and said I would have to be available Monday through Saturday which I was not okay with. They also did not have a end time they basically said I would leave after everything is done so I could leave at 5:00 6:00 or 7:00 at night and do a 10-12-hour shift. My biggest disappointment with the job was the fact that you did not know if you worked the next day until they text you really late the night before. I had them text me at almost 2:00 in the morning to tell me to come in that very day. And they did not text me for almost an entire week to tell me to come in the next day to work so I wasn't getting hours in the whole thing was be available whenever they need you basically and I did not like that I like a more set schedule. If you like not knowing when you work and working very long hours with no end time and sight just based on when they think they are done then this job is for you. I also do not like the fact that I never met anyone from staffmark even though in their training videos told me that I would meet the area managers or someone who represents them but I never did. Everything was through text messaging they never called you and I did not like that.

My typical day at work was making calls to those seeking a job opportunity in the Automotive Industry. I reviewed resumes and conducted a lot of interviews; face-to-face interviews but mostly phone screens. I made bids when submitting a candidate and negotiated markups with our clients. I also had to discuss Advantage Technical Resourcing's benefits to our candidates and how they work.

I was able to learn a lot about the recruiting business; how it works in the job market, the advantages and disadvantages, etc. The biggest learning experience for me is understanding employment authorization in the US. I learned how Visas worked in the US including the cost, how to get a Visa, how long they last, what makes you qualified, etc.

Most of my managers were Recruiters who would be classified as the Lead Recruiter. Other Managers would be known as Account Managers, handling business with our clients and discussing the billing of each position we try to fill. They are extremely talented in what they do and know how to coach their colleagues.

My co-workers had a competetive side to filling more positions than others but we were all helping one another too. We wanted to increase the hires for the company as much as possible, while trying to keep our numbers higher than the other recruiter. Everyone believes in how much teamwork is necessary in the recruiting business and we all had fun.

The hardest part of the job is filling the positions before your competitors do. Time was always against you and it was more difficult to find someone with a specific talent that's hard to find.

The most enjoyable part of the job was the team I worked with. I stayed as long as I did, looking for an HR opportunity, because of my co-workers. They made my job fun and we all pushed eachother to work harder. I couldn't have asked for a better team at my time at Advantage.

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