Spherion Reviews

I have been working at Spherion

Pros – The company health benefits are very good. Spherion is a a large well known name in the industry. Most companies know who you are and it can open doors in the sales area for someone.

Cons – As a branch manager working with 7 employees, I saw no concern for our employees of which I felt the company considered expendable. The compnay also promised a speical bonus if certan goals were obtained which my office met. Sperion reneged on the bonus without a satisfactory explaination. A company where you will not be rewarded for your loyalty or efforts

Advice to Senior Management – Pay more attention to what you empplyees out in the feild and branches are saying.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Spherion

Pros – Spherion made it an enjoyable experience to work for them offering me the option to continue employment elsewhere after our temporary positions were absorbed.

Cons – Spherion made it difficult to find a job i was interested in offering me the option to continue employment elsewhere after our temporary positions were absorbed.

Advice to Senior Management – Spherion made it an enjoyable experience to work for them offering me the option to continue employment elsewhere after our temporary positions were absorbed.

I have been working at Spherion

Pros – Will find work placement for you.

Cons – Communications between Spherion and their "Client" (where they placed you) falls short. Example: You inform Spherion before placement of time needed off and they assure you that there will be no issue and it will be handled but the information is not forwarded to the client.
This is just one example of communication issues with this branch.
They will also request that you not show to your job and threaten your position until an issue is resolved even though the client has not requested your contract be pulled. The problem being a compliance issue brought to the clients attention that unfortunately did not favor Spherion.

Advice to Senior Management – Management skill sets need improvement

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Spherion

Pros – Flexibility and support of job opportunities

Cons – Career development to find new opportunities

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Spherion

Pros – Overall, decent pay and benefits.

Cons – Contractors can be let go without much advance notice. Spherion doesn't try too hard to place you in a new position.

Advice to Senior Management – It would be smart to provide job placement services to displaced employees.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Spherion

Pros – They have a great position at a great company. The starting pay is great.

Cons – The contract terms were vague and almost seemed like a trick to me. I was originally told that after 4 months the job could become permanent. In reality, after seven months I am submitting resumes for different departments within the company where I am contracted. It seems like spherion is taking advantage of me to get more money from the host company.

Advice to Senior Management – Clearly identify the terms of a contract.

I worked at Spherion

Pros – Pay weekly
Good communication between staff
Easy Assignments

Cons – Not so good benefits

Poor communication between contractors

Advice to Senior Management – More concern about next assignment. The wait time between assignments can sometimes be long.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Spherion

Pros – The Bedford office is outstanding and will keep you busy during tough times. Good people, honest, and fair. Generally the only way to get into perm employment for some local companies.

Cons – Communication between companies and Spherion can be improved, however, Spherion does try very hard, Generally, the communication errors are a result of any disorganization of the employer to which you are placed.

Advice to Senior Management – Know which employers communicate poorly and be more pro-active in communicating between the employer and the employees.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Spherion

Pros – My manager was fantastic. She was hard working, intelligent, fun and supportive. She taught us a lot and gave us great opportunities to experience things beyond our day to day responsiblities - real opportunity to learn and grow!
This is unfortunately only a reflection of my manager, not the organization. Without my manager I would have had no opportunity to grow or learn anything, I would have just been a cog in the wheel.

Cons – Infastructure is a total mess, benefits, payroll, IT support etc. is all run out of the corporate office in Florida, which means anytime you need help as an employee you are treated like you are on hold with Dell support, no one knows anything and response is terrible.
Management talks a lot about how much work they do but it's not clear that they do anything other than take credit for all the work people in the branches are doing.
Starting out as a "recruiter" or CSS is great for a first job out of college because you have to do everything for your self - a real throw you into the deep end of the pool type of place. But that gets old fast when you realize that you have no support and no opportunity for growth.
Turn over was high because people realized they could do a lot better.

Advice to Senior Management – Appreciate that the work you are taking credit for is actually being done by other people.
Get organized and support your workforce.
Get rid of some of the regional managers who seems to do nothing other than relay monthly and quarterly reports from branches to their managers.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Spherion

Pros – There are alot of job oppurtunities.

Cons – most are low paying jobs.

Advice to Senior Management – higher pay and better benefits