bluegrass Plating in Richmond

Employer wrote:

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I would starve before giving my hard earned money to the likes of a temp service. They are a lot like a pawn shop, and take theirs from the sweat of others.
I hate to hear that Bluegrass Plating uses a temp service because we use them, or did before we learned they screw over their employees by using a temp service. So I guess today I will spend looking for another plater. Because we do not approve of screwing over the American worker. And that means if we hire an employee, he is ours, not some temp being controlled by some ingrate, but by our people.
I will be callking to confirm Blurgrass Platings use of temps, but if so, then our company is outta there.

im smarter than you wrote:

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I can confirm this to be 100% true. I am a rack line supervisor, and 95% of our workers are temps, the full times are mainly all supervisors. Do yourself a favor and please pull your company out now. We can't even get hispanic workers, because it is too low paying and the work conditions are so poor the employees we manage to keep are either drug addicts/felons or too old to seek employment elsewhere. That is not meant to be racist in any way. Bluegrass Plating is a joke and always screw over their employees.

Blah wrote:

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Again I ask, what does this have to do with the temp services? I realize the thread is about Blue Grass Plating, but it turned into a temp service bashing. Please, someone tell me what exactly the temp service has done TO you, other than providing jobs to people who can't get employment otherwise?

Blah wrote:

<quoted text>Again I ask, what does this have to do with the temp services? I realize the thread is about Blue Grass Plating, but it turned into a temp service bashing. Please, someone tell me what exactly the temp service has done TO you, other than providing jobs to people who can't get employment otherwise?

Blah wrote:

I have no ties to any temp service, but someone has to pay the employers part of federal and state taxes and workman's comp coverage. That's not free - the employer utilizing temp services doesn't pay it until you are hired. So if your pay starts out at a certain rate agreed to by the employer, and then the temp service keeps a percentage, that's just part of it.

squelch wrote:

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or better yet just like it should. Be you fill out application. Its reviewed. You interviewed and hopefully get a good employee if the company did its job rite. This temp stuff is actually just like a pill mill making money off if others inability to not do ot correct. Really i do believe your intelligent enough to realize this

squelch wrote:

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taking a cut
On others misery is akin to dealing stfu you know whats up
Jerk

Worker wrote:

Let me add that we used to ship weekly to Bluegrass Plating. Mr Campbell was our contact and was always a good guy. But we stopped using them some 2 years ago. Its just not worth it to participate in screwing the American worker.

manager at bluegrass wrote:

<quoted text>ive worked for bluegrass for 17 years started at $4.85 a hour worked my way up and glad you took your work somewhere else we have more work to take your place we have customers beating down our door. sounds like a bunch of stupid ass people talking about things they dont know about if you need a job you will work for a temp.service or go on the state and draw food stamps every factory in madison county uses temp. services.{thats the thing kids of yesterday worked hard for little money and saved it. kids of today want all the money and little work and spend every dime on friday and go hungry all week} so get off your sorry ass get a temp. job or any job today..........

LVYThN wrote:

i have also heard tell that one of their major customers have been planning to pull out.

General Manager wrote:

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Temp services in my opinion are not a good idea for any employee. They claim they are helping the company by handling the paperwork and paying the taxes. Bullshit. They are working people and keeping a portion of their pay. That is wrong and should not be condoned.
Some companies like that because they think it saves them money. In fact, it gets them ignorant people that will work for nothing, and the lack of respect from other companies.
I manage 300 plus people, we use no temps. Not a single one as our company refuses to screw people so some reprobate with little education can start a temp service hoping to convince people they are helping when in fact they are the problem.
Last week a short fat woman, came to my office and was attempting to "sell" temps to our company. My Secretary had her wait out front while I called security and went to see her. I told her we did not believe in abusing poor people by stealing what little they had, and that if we need employees, we have college educated people to interview and hire them for us. I then asked her to exit the premises and never return as she and her kind are not welcome. Security then escorted her from the building and off the property.
Finally for the record, we as a company refuse to do business with companies that profit from the sweat of the poorer people by working them for less pay than others are making doing the same job.
Any company using temp employees in my opinion is to be avoided by good companies that care for and take care of their people. If a company cannot handle employees and the small amount of paperwork type things, then they need to close.

General Manager wrote:

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Temp services in my opinion are not a good idea for any employee. They claim they are helping the company by handling the paperwork and paying the taxes. Bullshit. They are working people and keeping a portion of their pay. That is wrong and should not be condoned.
Some companies like that because they think it saves them money. In fact, it gets them ignorant people that will work for nothing, and the lack of respect from other companies.
I manage 300 plus people, we use no temps. Not a single one as our company refuses to screw people so some reprobate with little education can start a temp service hoping to convince people they are helping when in fact they are the problem.
Last week a short fat woman, came to my office and was attempting to "sell" temps to our company. My Secretary had her wait out front while I called security and went to see her. I told her we did not believe in abusing poor people by stealing what little they had, and that if we need employees, we have college educated people to interview and hire them for us. I then asked her to exit the premises and never return as she and her kind are not welcome. Security then escorted her from the building and off the property.
Finally for the record, we as a company refuse to do business with companies that profit from the sweat of the poorer people by working them for less pay than others are making doing the same job.
Any company using temp employees in my opinion is to be avoided by good companies that care for and take care of their people. If a company cannot handle employees and the small amount of paperwork type things, then they need to close.