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ShadesOfGrey:
Ok, I am so appalled.  Tell me if I am over-reacting here.

Background - the job I currently have, I got through a placement agency.  After a month of working here, they called to see how it was (August).  After 3 months they called again to check (October).  Everything good.  I havent heard from them since.   I've been here about 1.5 years now. PS - My cellphone # hasnt changed since then.

Just now, the woman from the placement agency CALLED MY BOSS and asked for ME.  My boss told me to pick up his line (I didnt know who it was). After introducing herself, she then proceeded to ask me for an updated address and how things are going with this job and if I was interested in using their services again. 

There are so many things wrong with this, on so many levels, I am just in complete shock!

Hello? Discreet? Where are you?
Hello? Professional? Where are you?
Hello? Tacky? There you are!

Minmom3:
I had a job doing that kind of cold calling at a very sleezy agency not long after high school.  That would be the job where they refused to use my name, gave me a different name, and was just generally an awful place to work.

That was the one and only job I have ever simply walked out the door with no warning.  I told the office manager, who told me it was a hideous thing to do to my 'job record' and didn't much like it when I said I'd never tell a soul I had worked at this place, (I was there 3 weeks) and that anyplace that couldn't be bothered to use my real name (a real white bread name, no funky stuff for my parents) and treated employees like that, AND and had me calling ex clients and work sites wasn't worth admitting to.  It took me days and days to get my paycheck, but it was very worth it to not be there any longer.

kingsrings:
Not suprising. Some temp agencies are better than others. One time years ago I signed up with a temp agency that seemed very promising and had a lot of job leads. They guaranteed that they could find me many jobs, and I followed all of their procedures in getting placed at a job site, to zero avail. Two years later, long after I had found employment elsewhere, they called, asking me if I was interested in being placed at a job site! They got quite the tongue-lashing from me and I never heard from them again.

But my question to you is, why didn't you keep after your temp company to place you permanently there or find another position elsewhere? 1.5 years on a temp job is too long. Did you ever call them and ask what the deal was and what was going on?

Lisbeth:
That's disgusting.

I left an internship position once when the boss decided he wanted me and the two other interns who worked for him to send spam E-mails.  We weren't comfortable with that.

We'd also had situations where we interns were supposed to brainstorm and implement marketing ideas, which he claimed he really liked one day and then axed the next.  So we never knew what was what.

Since it was a non-paying internship, I didn't have anything to lose.

I agree that companies that are not discreet and straightforward with you and about you shouldn't benefit from your work.

housewife2k:

--- Quote from: kingsrings on December 06, 2006, 12:13:22 PM ---But my question to you is, why didn't you keep after your temp company to place you permanently there or find another position elsewhere? 1.5 years on a temp job is too long. Did you ever call them and ask what the deal was and what was going on?

--- End quote ---

It sounds like she is in a permanent possition that she recieved after working at the company through the agency. Most agencies will call and make sure you are doing well up until your "probationary" period is over, normally 90 days. After that, if you haven't contacted the agency for new work, they will contact you periodically. This is why calling her bos to update all of her information was so upsetting and rude. She is not looking for a new job, but the boss might make assumptions based on the agencies call.

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