Kelly reviews

3.7

72% would recommend to a friend

(6,847 total reviews)
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Chris Layden

82% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Kelly has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 6,847 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
4.0
Nov 11, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

If you are in the scientific field they give you a good opportunity to get into positions to learn skills and meet contacts. The starting pay was good when I began compared to other opportunities. Although a 4% raise isn't the best, with good annual reviews it's been steady and adds up over time. Good attitude towards keeping safety a priority. The Dow on site management I have been put under has been excellent.

Cons

Maybe because I am kinda by myself in my location as a Kelly employee, but I don't have much contact with my Kelly Rep. Basically each year at review time I meet with them and an email here or there for informative purposes. Benefits is the major drawback. Once again maybe just my positon, but there is no aid whatsoever for medical type benefits. Just somewhat pricey options offered if you want to buy them. 401k benefit and such is also not provided. Neither are bonuses. Paid vacation is a little off the mark and I would like it to be a little more. A couple more paid holidays to match Dow holidays that I have to be off would be better as well.

2.0
Oct 21, 2009

The Dead End

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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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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