Manpower review: Lies lies lies

I absolutely agree. I am sad to say I know what it feels like from a recruiter stand point as an associate, what they call IN HOUSE TEMP. Manpower exploits its ASSOCIATES AND EMPLOYEES, for money and greed. I am disheartened that I devoted my hard knowledge in the recruiting field to such a disregarding company. Core Values, that's a laugh. Looks good on paper and in the NEWS! Greed is what has taken over. When I look to see that MONEY that the Executive management team makes as an annual salary thanks to the low paying, over worked ASSOCIATES and RECRUITERS and we don't make bonuses or raises, such a travesty to the people that dedicated their life to starting a career with Manpower to begin with. Promises Promises...I was a In House Temp for this company for nearly five years through out my 10 year recruiting career. They are one of lowest paying and boy are all the managers trained in the same lingo. First time around, you have to start as a in house temp then we will hire you within 3 months perm. That was 4 1/2 years I gave them the first time around. I moved on from them and became a successful corporate recruiter, contractor I didn't mind because they paid very well, Contract ended soooo I Came back to Manpower reluctantly as the pay rate was drastic, and it took the branch manager to convenience me to, , and there came the promises a raise in 3 months and full time. Yeah like a foolish person I believed in Manpower Values and I started my career in recruiting with them so I thought I can manage and end my career with them as well. ( like retire), I was labeled as an Administrative Assistant, the past 6 months that the branch manger convinced me to accept with his invisible promises, hired on as an account manager onsite for their money making client in Temple Texas. When I came aboard, I was treated with respect and appreciated, that office saw sales numbers it hasn't seen in 3 years or more. I supervised 100 employees on site for this client, doing everything form recruiting to payroll, to invoicing to counseling employees in every aspect. I went above and beyond and with the blink of an eye one day on a Tuesday after I had just provided this very demanding client with 30 new associates, I was FIRED! Guess what almost 6 months no full time and no raise, low and behold I was given the run around and never hired but fired! No reason, no offer to work as a recruiter in office, just total disregard and basically get out you cant work for Manpower at all. Its all about numbers and dollars and protecting the CLIENT and not the associate. We DO NOT MATTER...Their values need to be rewritten as this:The Manager Who Under-Compliments:Bosses who fall into this category naively believe that once they have affirmed a worker's value, nothing further needs to be said. Such bosses typically pride themselves on their personal integrity and being true to their world. Thus, when they have stated something once, they see no need to say it again.The Manager Who Over-Compliments:hen compliments are over-used, they eventually become meaningless to employees. "Good job" starts sounding like a rote phrase from the manager's lips.Managers who tend to over-work phrases like "good job" need to periodically expand on their routine statement. Occasionally they should add a comment such as, "I specifically appreciate the way you . . . ." The follow-on statement takes away the sense hat the compliment is merely perfunctory.The Manager Who Is Never Satisfied:Managers and supervisors like this expect the employee to be a mind-reader. They don't provide sufficient details and guidance when making assignments. They may not have even taken time to gain clarity themselves on what they actually expect. Until you are quite clear on your own expectations regarding an assignment, you are not yet ready to make the assignment. It's not fair to your employee.The Manager Who Doesn't Have Time:To feel valued workers need to know that they can have the undivided attention of ther manager. Sadly, managers often communicate with employees while simultaneously doing something else.Practices like this send a message that says, "I really don't have time for you." Or even worse, "What you offer is not worth my undivided attention." And when these practices persist, the sense of being unimportant to the manager trumps any compliments that the employee may be be paid along the way.

© 2011, Dr. Mike Armour

Businesses often forget about the culture, and ultimately, they suffer for it because you can't deliver good service from unhappy employees. That's the new MANPOWER for you! They couldn't pay me enough to ever work for their lies, corporate ### again! What a joke ! Time for change and its a coming, voices will be heard! LMA