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the Cost of Temporary Retail Employees

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Description
$ 400
Sep 2007
Chicago, Illinois
Bookstore
Two student employees hired for back to school rush  more... close row
$ 250
Feb 2007
Chicago, Illinois
Retail
Huge influx of business caused need for temp retail worker  more... close row
$ 80
Dec 2007
Chicago, Illinois
Retail
Retail temps help with busy holiday season  more... close row
$ 17
Dec 2006
Tampa, FL
retail store
Temp agency made life a lot easier  more... close row
$ 12
Feb 2008
Pines, FL
Retail
Per hour wage for temporary retail employee  more... close row
$ 9
Nov 2006
Brooklyn, NY
Retail sales
Part time holiday help for electronics store  more... close row
$ 500
Feb 2007
San Diego, CA
Retail
Temporary employee to do inventory  more... close row
$ 13
Aug 2006
Lincolnton, NC
Retail Sales/ Manufacturing
Young entrepreneur hiring temp workers  more... close row
$ 8
Jun 2007
Tampa, FL
small retail store
Students work as temporary employees during holidays  more... close row
$ 100
Nov 2007
San Diego, CA
Retail
Temp employee to organize books  more... close row

Description of service

I hired a temporary employee to come into the bookstore I run when I got a large shipment of new books in.


Review of Service

I bought a huge lot of books from an estate sale. They each needed to be scanned in and inventoried. We were in the middle of the Christmas rush and I nor my employees had the time to do it. I hired a person to come in to scan the books in and decide which section of the store they should be in. I intended to have them for a week or so but the experience was so bad I only had them stay for one day. The employee was disinterested and didn't listen to instruction. Each time I checked on them they were not working. They took an extra 15 minutes on lunch. When I called the temporary agency and told them I wanted a different employee or the next day they were rather rude. I ended up just telling them to forget it and paid my own employees overtime to come in before the store opened.


Tips

Make sure you know your temporary agencies policies on what happens if you're unhappy with the person they send. Try to get a recommendation from another business owner.


$ 11
Mar 2008
San Francisco, CA
clothing store manager
Temporary cashier for store  more... close row
$ 10
Jun 2008
Pasadena, CA
Clothing Retail
Nothing good came of temp retail employees  more... close row