Accountemps Reviews

Pros

Gained work experience right out of college. Found me a job relatively quickly. Are very approachable with time off requests.

Cons

Pay is very low. They don't spend as much time as I would have liked finding me an assignment which fit my needs.

Advice to Senior Management

Spend more time analyzing employees qualifications. Take time to review assignments that employees are in. Offer new assignments to employees.

Pros

Excellent support from everyone of recruiters

Cons

they charge enourmous amounts to the company and you get barely anything as a salary in return. As a company the make huge profits of every single hour you work.

Advice to Senior Management

share the profits fairly, you charge a company 50 an hour for an employee and in return pay that employee 10 ??

Pros

they provide employment for you which is great in this down economy.

Cons

Companies pay a premium for contract employees, which Accountemps takes a big percentage of, so you basically get underpaid.

Pros

Flexible. It is possible to build up your resume with experience if you are careful.

Cons

Constant struggle to avoid being manipulated into being stuck in opened ended, low paying jobs that you are over qualified for. If you are very careful, sometimes you can find a decent situation at a decent pay

Advice to Senior Management

You need to pay a little more attention to your employee clients, and a little less to your employer clients

Pros

It gets your foot in the door

Cons

They take most of your money and mislead you.

Advice to Senior Management

Stop acting like used car salesmen.

Pros

Check in the mail, Sometimes assignments are with good companies.

Cons

No benefits. Pay is very low.

Advice to Senior Management

Increase salary and give some benefits.

Pros

Work when you want to.

Cons

Noting stable for future growth

Advice to Senior Management

Help people find long term solutions

Pros

The Flexibility of a temporary job with a Company

Cons

The lack of opportunity to become a direct hire with the company you are working for

Pros

Great experience for accounting.
They find jobs quickly.
The company tries to find position that best fit your past experiences.

Cons

There is not great pay for the positions that was offered to me.
Position are limited to your prior experience.

Advice to Senior Management

Working for Accountemps you will not get any mangagement position through the actual company. They may find a management position for their clients that might fit well with your prior work experiences.

Pros

Got me a job fast

Cons

Never called to check in on how my position was going.
People that worked the same position through a different temp agency got paid $2.50/hour more
Poor benefits package

Advice to Senior Management

Pay your employees the same amount as other temp agencies