I no longer temp but used to and can't believe I stayed in that industry so long. What a scam some of these guys have working... I worked for one agency for two years back in the mid-90s. Same job assignment even. (Yes, that was an incredibly foolish thing to, especially considering I did not like temping but that's another story.) I digress...
Before I got my current job, my employer did a background check on me. The investigator actually called me up asking me if I could fax them a copy of my paycheck stub for proof that I worked there. The reason? The temp agency, Kelly Services - a major corporation- had purged my records. The investigator explained that it is very common for agencies to purge records after a few years...I got the job but only because one of my employees from the agency remembered me and verified this. But gees..How is that legal? Is this just a temp agency thing or another way of them telling the temps how much they really think of them? |
