Employing Temps

[Kerrse]

temps arent what they used to be anymore, just shows the next generation of school leavers really, they either turn up in designer gear and dont know what to do, or cant speak english and dont understand what youre trying to tell them to do, either way, you end up doing the job yourself!  

we have a school leaver at our place as a drivers mate, the 3 main things we need from a drivers mate, one, pick up boxes, two, to wrap a pallet, and three, to push a pallet on a pump truck, this kid cant do any, he doesnt even turn up wearing safetly boots as he doesnt own any  

If he doesn't own any i would say your company is responsible to get him some, if there is an accident you will be liable.

All of those listed sound like training errors, proper training & i am sure he would be fine 

[tg1]

btw not all temps are bad, most of the temps in my place work harder than most of the perms.

if you only want a temp for a few days how can you expect them to know the job when they turn up

[Tazzy]

my company no longer provides work boots, they used to offer £15 towards them but thats stopped, as for training, that kit has had plenty, hes just f**king useless! lol

[Jay]

would cost us a fortune in transport costs if we never went above head heeight & who's height do you go by, just employ a 7ft er then everything is finelol

That was our point as we sometimes had temps in that were either short or tall, the permanent staff were all around the same height give or take an inch but the contract manager almost blew a fuse when he was asked that by one of the guys who he wanted shot of

[Kerrse]

my company no longer provides work boots, they used to offer £15 towards them but thats stopped, as for training, that kit has had plenty, hes just f**king useless! lol

Debatable, I think most people can be trained but does help if they want to be trained !