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On average, employees at Labor Ready give their company a 3.7 rating out of 5.0 - which is 5% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. The happiest Labor Ready employees are General Laborers submitting an average rating of 3.9 and Branch Managers with a rating of 3.4.

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3.7
Average Rating
(based on 15 Labor Ready Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.2
Growth Opportunities
3.3
People You Work With
4.3
Person You Work For
3.8
Rewards You Receive
3.5
Support You Get
3.8
Way You Work
4.4
Work Setting
3.6
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Contractor

"An honest and adequate one"

What do you like about working at Labor Ready?

"Office personnel was friendly, easy to work and they made every attempt in making sure that your work environment was safe and job related issues address."

What don't you like about working at Labor Ready?

"It was a temp service so work was not a guarantee."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Jobs that are more arduous should received more wages."

Branch Manager

"no help from upper management. Hard to keep branch employees. Cant have a family life."

What do you like about working at Labor Ready?

"When fully staffed I can be on the road"

What don't you like about working at Labor Ready?

"You dont get any support form DM. Always to busy to help."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Follow up on the DM's, ask BM' swhat is happening in the feild."

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

3.7
Labor Ready (33)

4.6 Highest Rated in this Industry is ATR International (9)
2.3 Lowest Rated in this Industry is NurseFinders (14)
3.8 Average of All Companies in this Industry (6,503)
Laborer

"This company is the joke of fort wayne."

What do you like about working at Labor Ready?

"daily pay."

What don't you like about working at Labor Ready?

"you sit there from 4am to 8am and they pick and choose who they want to go out."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"get the person who is supposed to be getting jobs lined up doing his or her job."

Track Shop Lead

What do you like about working at Labor Ready?

"Being in charge of the department"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Have an open mind"

What don't you like about working at Labor Ready?

"Repeatable work"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Dont micro manage"

Branch Manager

"If the corporation offered me an increase in pay and District Manager I would say no"

What do you like about working at Labor Ready?

"Interacting with the workers...face to face sales with 100+ customers. The satisfaction of being the top selling branch in the district. (most of the time)"

What don't you like about working at Labor Ready?

"Petty jealouses, office politics, very little support from corporate."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Take care of your people and they will move heaven and earth for you. Be even handed. Keep your eye on your P and L sheet. Get the job done."

Area Director

"Big pay, big hours."

What do you like about working at Labor Ready?

"Ability to affect change, challenge"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Big commitment, but, great compensation."

What don't you like about working at Labor Ready?

"Hours were brutal"

Marketing Manager

"Company has grown due to the positive relationships of the local managers"

What do you like about working at Labor Ready?

"Our ability to build a company from the ground up to a nationally recognized power"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Discuss employee turn over ratio. Some markets have long tenure and others are in trouble. Know where your market stands and why"

What don't you like about working at Labor Ready?

"It carried a poor reputation that could be corrected at the field level"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Focus in on company reputation and relationship sales"

Branch Manager

"This company has Branch Management on call 24-7, 365 days a year and do not compensate anyone for not having family, life or friends."

What do you like about working at Labor Ready?

"It is rewarding changing individual's livlihoods. Putting people to work in an economy that is so sour makes this job worth it."

What don't you like about working at Labor Ready?

"This company does not allow their staff to have any type of life. We are on call 24-7, 365 days a year. Branch Management doesn't reap any benefits for working on Thanksgiving or Christmas Day. However, upper management does. Branch Management is never applauded for their efforts, their strength or their time."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I have no answer. No one is perfect."

Laborer

"very good pople to work with"

What do you like about working at Labor Ready?

"They were very good pople"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be a happy person when look for ajob"

What don't you like about working at Labor Ready?

"It was a good job"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"keep up the good work"

General Laborer

"Needs work."

What do you like about working at Labor Ready?

"It's a job when you need it."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Just understand it is a temp., job."

What don't you like about working at Labor Ready?

"Distance between jobs."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Have a better way for employees to get to jobs."

General Laborer

What do you like about working at Labor Ready?

"you get paid the same day"

What don't you like about working at Labor Ready?

"temperary positions"

Branch Sales Manager

"Labor Ready is a good stepping stone to other opportunites"

What do you like about working at Labor Ready?

"Labor Ready teaches a manager how to run an efficent business with a quality sales approach and training"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Make sure your clear on the expectations of the company before accepting an offer because If I wouldn't of asked certian questions about the job requirements I would have been surprised."

What don't you like about working at Labor Ready?

"As the manager/sales manager if one of my CSR's called in sick I would have to cover both shifts taking time away from my sales. I start every day at 5:30am and if a CSR was sick or on Vaccation I would have to stay until 6:00pm"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Improve office procedures so that there is limited interferance with sales activities"

Temporary Worker

"very interesting"

What do you like about working at Labor Ready?

"Get paid that day"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Just come willing to work"

What don't you like about working at Labor Ready?

"Very little chance of advancing"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"It for low income people and second incomes so nothing really should change"

Branch Manager

"Labor Ready was an adequate job but not career oriented"

What do you like about working at Labor Ready?

"Dealing in a B t0 B environment"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Do not seek them as a permanent career move."

What don't you like about working at Labor Ready?

"Working 6 days per week and from 5AM till 8PM"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Recognize good talented employees"

Customer Service Supervisor

"Loved working with the company and got over my fear ov driving"

What do you like about working at Labor Ready?

"Supervising the work sites and getting my employers to work"

What don't you like about working at Labor Ready?

"Getting up at 5AM to open the doors. could see my own kids off to school"

Labor Ready Reviews FAQs

Is Labor Ready a good company to work for?

Labor Ready has an overall rating of 3.7 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 15 Labor Ready Review Ratings left anonymously by Labor Ready employees, which is 5% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 87% of employees would recommend working at Labor Ready.

Does Labor Ready pay their employees well?

Labor Ready employees earn $25,000 annually on average, or $12 per hour, which is 62% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 1 Labor Ready employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Labor Ready Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Labor Ready?

87% of employees would recommend working at Labor Ready with the overall rating of 3.7 out of 5. Employees also rated Labor Ready 3.2 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.5 for Rewards You Receive, 3.3 for Growth Opportunities and 3.8 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Labor Ready?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Labor Ready is a VP of Marketing at $350,000 annually. Browse Labor Ready Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Labor Ready?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Labor Ready is a Sorter at $12,000 annually. Browse Labor Ready Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at Labor Ready?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Labor Ready to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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