All Star Labor and Staffing

What a mess! My husband applied through them and didn’t hear anything for over a week. He finally heard he had a job and quit his other job for it because his old job was so far away. Within his first week, he had to take a last minute cross-​country trip because his grandma died. He communicated with All Star what was going on and when he would be back. When he returned, his original contact at All Star said he didn’t know anything about it… which also means, they never told the place he was working why he wasn’t there, nor could they tell my husband whether he still had a job. So he showed up this morning for work anyway, and the boss is on vacation so no one can tell him until he comes back at the end of the week whether he has work or not. HE QUIT ANOTHER JOB FOR THIS JOB! Now he has no work because All Star has screwed this up royally. There’s no communication. Neither through e-​mail nor phone. So now my family is left in the lurch to struggle and scramble to either find another job or wait to find out what’s happening with this one. You know, some people can’t afford to take a week off. I am so furious, I can’t express it without expletives on here.

A business partner of mine from «Get it Painted» recommended this company to me to find employees. They were very professional and a pleasure to work with.
Employees showed up on time and we’re professional.

Last week I responded to a job on Craigslist hoping for the best. I received a phone call yesterday asking if I would like to set up an interview for said position at a staffing agency (All Star). «No big deal» I thought. It was a pretty far drive (21 miles) from my house. Again, no big deal. A lot of jobs start this way in a ‘temp to hire’ fashion. I made the drive and walked in to be greeted by a so-​so warm front desk person. She had me fill out the required info they needed from me and I sat and waited to be seen. When I was seen they had zero clue as to who I was or why I was there. They thought I was a walk in to their staffing business. What was the purpose of the scheduled interview then? She also informed me the position I was talking about had already been filled. Awesome. So why am I here again? Why would I use a staffing agency that is over 20 miles from my home when there are plenty here where I live. What was the point of the original phone call and interview scheduling if they knew there was a possibility that the position might be filled? They had no intent in actually interviewing me for that particular position and instead used it as a ploy to have me cross town and be one of their numbers for perspective employers. Finding a job is a defeating enough task and its too bad there are tricks out there like this. No idea if they are a legit staffing agency I just know I won’t be using them after this cute little ruse.

Another waste of time. Folks that run the office are very nice but the recruiter must have been a drill sergeant in another life. She spent more time telling us the horrors of the hiring company than trying to be positive about it. Who would want to go and work there?

I made a huge mistake by asking this company for help with my staffing issues. The first temp NO SHOWED for her first day of work. The second one was presented as someone with work experience in the field I specified, but in reality she was fresh out of a certificate program and her «experience» was the extern hours required by her program, less than 3 months of time on the job and not a paid position. Relying on this company for my staffing needs cost me precious time and money and did not yield quality help. back to craigslist…