Kelly reviews

3.6

71% would recommend to a friend

(6,844 total reviews)
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Chris Layden

81% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Kelly has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 6,844 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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1.0
Dec 13, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Work from home and decent pay

Cons

I have been working this job for almost a year now. I am a T1 iOS work from home advisor doing apple tech support. During the last 2 months, Apple pushed out an update for Mac called Mojave. Kelly Services did not test this update enough with iLog and the other work related programs they used. It caused issues for many employees and I. I was unable to work for a month and a half. I would try to call help desk, but due to everyone else also calling, we were sent to voice mail. I would never receive a callback from them. They also did not pay us for this time, even though the issue was on their end. We were told we would get paid for time on hold and time spent speaking with help desk. The problem with this is most people weren't spending any time on hold or speaking to help desk as they were so busy. I got paid a total of $20 for a whole month and a half, as well as not receiving my replacement Mac until almost 2 months later. Upon receiving my replacement Mac, which they sent to the incorrect address, I began having issues with it a week later. They also told me I needed to send my old Mac back, yet they never sent me the return label. They then sent the return label to my old address, even though I had verified with them my new address. I am now in the process of having to send my 2nd Mac back. This will be almost 2 whole months that I've had issues that are on Kelly's end, yet they will not pay me for the time.

1.0
Dec 11, 2018

Just run away.

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Not one single thing I could think of

Cons

Since taking the Apple iOS contact these people know 0 in how to operate a company. They sent me 2 broken iMac, cost me a month worth of work. My 1st paycheck they went in and zero'ed it out because they didn't realize that I was moved to another Training Wave. Then when I had a caller call in with a famous name, it red flagged it with apple and I was fired even knowing I didn't break one policy. To top that off, on my last paycheck they claimed I didn't work for 4 hours and changed my paycheck because there "Staffing" showed I wasn't taking calls when I was. Even the team lead was listening in on them. Just avoid this company at all cost. They under pay you, your just another number. Do yourself a favor, find out where they are hiring you for and try to get a job directly with that company as Kelly takes a bite out of your wage and you get less.

1.0
Oct 16, 2018

Terrible Company to work for

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They are very good actors, in that they act like they care for their employees.

Cons

I spent merely 2 months with this company, I had pointed out to a trainer incorrect information being taught to the new hires and that followed me into my first 2 weeks in production (granted I was still in training technically). I was called out of the blue saying I was under investigation that no proof could be provided, then the next day suspended, then the next day fired. I was never coached on anything, I was never provided proof of what they claim I did which was enter someones either name, email address, or telephone number incorrectly. They skipped to just firing me. This company teaches new hires to pad metrics so they don't get bad surveys, which is probably why they still have certain contracts. I brought all this to everyone I came into contact with and it seems like instead of fixing their bad company culture they would rather just get rid of me instead of fix the broken system. I have never been fired or let go from a company and I have great references from all my previous jobs. I will never recommend this company to anyone because they are shady.

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