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I had spent 13 years with Adecco, the last 4 was after I relocated to Jacksonville after the company moved its HQ from Long Island. This review pertains to my time with Adecco AFTER relocating. As the only legacy employee to move I was the go-to guy for all things historical. I felt my contributions were genuinely appreciated. Alas with all transitions was eventually shown the door one I was no longer useful or financially viable. I was given a few options when I was being let go and chose the severance package. A condition of my severance was that I was required to train my replacement (who would later leave the company within 6 weeks of coming on board). Once I told management of my decision to accept the severance package I was immediately treated as persona non grata and ignored for the remaining 6 weeks that I was there. One particular situation comes to mind, I was at my replacements desk and the CAO walked over and welcomed her to the company. He literally reached over me to shake her hand completely ignoring the fact that I was there. This kind of treatment was par for the course by management. There was constant turnover at the staff level, in my situation people would leave and not be replaced. I watched my staff dwindle from 6 to 1. Management always looked down at the staff and there was tension in the office, the company's mentality was they where a staffing company and that anybody could be replaced at any time. In the time I have been gone I have learned of several formal colleagues getting this same treatment. Years of dedicated service only to be kicked to the curb so that the company could save a buck. My advice to you would be, unless you were somebody fresh out of school looking to get into a corporate environment for a year or two before moving on to bigger or better things,  just move along.

After spending two draining years at this company, I was laid off due to the contract ending that they DID NOT warn me about. Me and a few others that I started with. The micromanaging is terrible and they would fire the hardest workers for little reasons. However they would keep the lazy workers for years and years. They even offer those kind FTE and management positions within Epiq. They offered me a management role, however I did not take the offer as I was not comfortable with that much control over others. When I declined the offer for a management role is when my role with the company was limited and essentially it was terminated. I’ve done a lot in support and watched how certain management were treated compared to others (even when I became fully remote). You only get a few days of training before they throw you out to the wolves, the customers are draining and the scripts that are provided rarely answer the questions that the customers has, which essentially makes the customers more likely to be angry. As someone who has worked in lots of different departments within the company and helped out with multiple projects, I could honestly say it’s just not worth it. Would not recommend it to my worse enemy. The QA scores for the phone agents are unbelievably ridiculous and it is worse for Tactical Team Agents. They want you to work the hardest for PENNYS that they provide. There isn’t really too much good within the company and you would lose more than winning within this company. Work here at your own risk. 

My experience at Adecco is one of my most praised for their training and the opportunities it opened up for me but also one of the ones I always reference when it comes to stress, supporting challenging client accounts and one of the most structured/metrics driven environments. Overall, I feel like it was a great place to learn various skills I now have and which have helped me grow tremendously in the Staffing/VMS/MSP industry. They tried to change a lot of things while I was there to keep people interested and engaged... Ex: office Olympics (my favorite), beer cart day, mentoring program (that didn't work), volunteer activities (every now and again), they provided me with traveling opportunities (quarterly or twice a year), tuition reimbursement, they'd allow us to decorate the office for holidays, birthday celebrations, and I got promoted along the way, etc. It was a great place. You were forced to take your 21 PTO days, 4-5 of those you were able to roll over to the next year. The position started temp to perm and converted after 90 days. You had to take a test but they have gotten away from that now.

What is the best part of working at the company?
This is a a great opportunity to get the experience you need to get a great job and if and when you work with them you will have a job anywhere in the world they have connections or knowledge of what it takes to get the job you want and get paid what you need in one job to pay all your bills and save HOWEVER you represent them and you are a contractor so don't be late not even a minute because it takes 6 months to have it fall off 5to6 game over 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Points we had the worst snow in 20 years and I got a few points because It and never recovered  I would of worked overtime reg pay or skip a break to make up for it but nothing but termination was offered 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Toxic just do your job and go home people will try to get you fired SOOO they can get there friend a job 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
The fear I have in my chest because of the beauty girls mood is all I remember one could like you and 20 guys will now dislike you or one could make everyone hate you because she doesn't like you because you don't want her

The Adecco culture is not for everyone.  Capital is king.  If you enjoy being motivated by another attempt to elevate themselves then this is the place for you.  I worked with them as an employer for many years prior to becoming an employee.  The culture was old fashion and not to welcoming especially when leadership is not at all attuned with what’s necessary in succeeding.  The assistance is always remote from leadership and never intimate in relationship. They company is so scattered that you never know what you get on a day to day basis.  Technically they suck.  The system is broken, the confidentiality is meant to look good on paper and no one follows proper protocol and procedures.  They ouch KPIs and could care less on how a team is built.  The food is pay.  For $55000 salary the expectations where ok.  Except for the managerial and upper administrative’s lack of support and competitive demeanor this pay would be the only good thing I can say about this company.  

They don't have it together. Tell you one thing today, something different tomorrow. Was told I was to have a certain salary, but after I got hired, I do not have the promised salary. Training is NOT training. Upper management is not diverse; not many people of color in upper management. Stop the micromanaging! We don't need you looking over our shoulder while we work. How can you tell us what's right or wrong if you don't even know the right or wrong way to do the job? Can we get a raise? An actual raise? Stop lying to us about our salaries. 
Stop looking for the negatives and focus on the positive in our daily job duties. Do you not have enough to do? Do you not have any work of your own to do? You change rules daily and have the nerve to micromanage us! What a joke. You will not keep employees due to your inconsistencies. We can make more, have better benefits, and a better work life balance because working with Adecco can cause mental instabilities. 

Really liked my job but Mgmt made it nearly impossible to enjoy coming to work. Never had a manager who created drama on their own team. Lots of backbiting and lies. Felt I was in an abusive relationship. When I left, there was a weight lifted. I knew that I had to go when issues were brought up and my manager felt it was important to lie to my face about things that we both know happened and had no interest in resolving the issues. Also provided information to management which could have help improve our team. Instead of using this info for positivity, it was used to lie to another manager who confronted me like a street thug later down the line. I would never work for Adecco again. No one seemed to care about the things happening in our department. Very disgusting and frustrating.

I am employed through Adecco and work at NIPSCO as a contractor. I currently work in the library as a Library Assistant. I also work at the Michigan City Generation Station and Bailly Station in Chesterton. What I do is take the information in the library and enter the books, project, prints, specifications, and multiple other sources into the document Data Base. This done by Scanning material or Typing Work Orders, Specification Numbers, P.O.'s, Descriptions, and other sources that may help add in finding the document later. This is where problem solving comes in, using drawings to locate spec. numbers, or even part numbers. I have organized and categorized the documents into categories for quicker location results. I also help employees with any needs that they may have.

What is the best part of working at the company?
They found me a position close to home...

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The stressful  part was I was let go at a company after being there close to 90 days and come to find out it wasn't temp to permanent..and I lost income from leaving permanent job going to them because I needed to be close to home..But loosing my income..was very stressful and it took me awhile to get another job...

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It was alright..not what expect..There was alot of construction going on while working at the facility they assigned me to.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Typical day was working 8-5pm..Worked in outside trailer logging in and out for logistics delivery and shipping. Faxing, copying, and using computerized management database to log the shipping and receiving.

There is a lot of flare with no substance here. A lot of talk and high prices for employers while the associates placed for work are paid below a living wage and the Adecco reps are poor on follow through, timeliness, and simply showing up to work at the Adecco office. 

Employers pay and checks not deposited, then hit with late fees while the Adecco team is nowhere to be found. 

The associates placed for work are willing and hope for the best, but cost the amount of a very highly skilled employee, while they are in fact under paid, stressed and having complications die to financial strain. 

The entire company model is not well thought out as they pour money into company meetings and events while both clients and associates turn away in discouragement. 

It is amazing the office is still in operation at all. 

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