Pros
-Steady work, OT usually available (sometimes mandatory, which could be a pro or con depending on the person) -Safe work environment in packaging -Very focused on process accuracy and process improvement -Organized and efficient department for the most part -Kelly Scientific Temp Service a good way to get experience working for a large corporation right out of college -Supervisors recognize the temps that are eager to prove themself and advance -Successful company, will continue to be -The opportunity for advancement is definitely talked about, but always seems to be postponed or down the road -Some of the people working there were unbelievably kind and supportive, but trust me, it took months of silence and avoiding me for them to warm up -Temps get paid every friday
Cons
-So unbelievably boring/tedious -The music in the packaging department runs off of a cheap satellite radio station that plays the same 100 or so songs, over, and over, and over, and over every single day, week after week. -Hard to get to know anybody/network, because you are stuck in a room 8 hours a day weighing chemicals -So much gossip, I always told people I felt like I worked in a high school girls bathroom -Company almost always in a "hiring freeze" or finding reasons/issues/excuses related to budget as to why you are not getting hired on or promoted -Nothing happens fast -Temps get no benefits, no PTO, no retirement, just a better than min. wage job to attract the college grads -Very obvious division between temps and contract employees -Supervisors are extremely two-faced, unreliable, and very unprofessional -Advancement pretty much based on how many years you have put in or who you know -Everyone, managers, temps, busniness people, scientists, the entire company.. every single person looks absolutely miserable all the time -They seek out college grads with scientific degrees, to weigh substances that usually are nothing more than a bottle with a bar code -My supervisor literally counted down the minutes to his retirement, what a great motivator for a guy fresh out of college trying to find a career path.. -Constant threat of department shifting, never once felt secure in my position -The only skill you will develop from this job will be how to weigh exact amounts of thousands of different kinds of chemicals/compounds, that's it
