MASSIVE February LAYOFF at Streetlinks
"Former Employee in Tampa, FL– Reviewed Feb 7, 2013– New
Pros – I was brought in by a staffing agency after passing an appraisal test to qualify. They assured me that what had happened last year (Hired, yet called on day before training class and told a hiring freeze had been put into effect.) were a thing of the past. After showing up for our class this time we were quickly separated into 2 groups and told that we had been selected, due to our vast knowledge of appraisals, to the "Top" QC group. After a half a day of RaH RaH the training began. For the next 2 weeks we were trained, quizzed and questioned until the new information made sense.
Once on the Floor we had the typical team leads who were more than generous with their time. We quickly found out that policy change was a daily task and sometimes the folks who had been there for a while didn't know half the of the changes.
Every day we were told by everyone from management down how well we were progressing. Our brains were full and it felt like a Company who I could be with for a long spell.
Cons – Came home Tuesday night and received a call from the staffing agency telling me not to go into work and that everyone (60ish People) had been fired with no explanation.
All that training and effort for a month and a week of work??? I guess I should have been a little less trusting but, honestly, I was blindsided.
Advice to Senior Management – If you're just looking for staffing to meet your somewhat unreal quotas, then hire temps. Dont keep herding people in with the promises of advancement and then fire the bunch when times are tight.
Most of us gave up a job to commit to you. Maybe you should remember that.
