Kelly reviews

3.6

70% would recommend to a friend

(6,841 total reviews)
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Chris Layden

80% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Kelly has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 6,841 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Kelly employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Human Resources & Staffing industry (3.8 stars).

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7K reviews
2.0
Nov 6, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

First assignment out of the gate was solid - interesting work, sub-standard but acceptable pay. Accurate, user-friendly pay system.

Cons

Everything I've heard/read about Kelly since signing up turned out to be true - they use you once, the assignment comes to a close, then you are lucky to get a callback as they move on to others who have applied since taking you aboard. If they do call back, it's for almost always a sub-par assignment compared to your prior work experience and pay. Extremely curt and sometimes rude placement managers, but this could be an isolated case. I also received negative feedback about my work performance for one assignment that was untrue, unwarranted, and I was given no chance of presenting my side of the story... sometimes, the client is *not* always right.

2.0
Oct 28, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Interesting job, get a chance for an employer to look you over fully before making you an offer. Training opportunies abound.

Cons

Contract jobs can and do end in a heartbeat. As a temp, you are not an equal to the other employees. Contract jobs don't always seem to help with resumes.

2.0
Oct 21, 2009

The Dead End

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Many postings and a fairly competent placement office. Handlers for every postings group and good personal organization. Interesting Personel seminars

Cons

No space for advancement. No Space for improving skills within Kelly. Very Bad and expensive medical benefits and No Matching 401(k). No way to forward your existing Kelly statistics onto another potential site, must reapply from the beginning. Middle management is out of touch and belongs to a Different branch of Kelly, since all problems have to go through them to be acted on it is sometimes to their benefit to be obstructionist. Poor vetting of middle management and no easy and anonymous way to report problems with the Contracting Company or the Kelly Supervisor. Poor referencing and HR department make using Kelly as a spring board difficult.

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