I am done with my crappy (temp) job

**Diff-chan** · 24 Jun 2005, 01:38 AM

data entry!

I returned home from college and started posting my resume. I got a call from a temp agency a week later and they said theyd put me on a temp work while they look for better jobs and see how I work.

Two and a half months later, they say the jobs all done and they dont have anything for me. I havent found another job yet.

I (was) young and naive and trusting. DO NOT TRUST TEMP AGENCIES, people.

**Rhydant** · 24 Jun 2005, 03:11 AM

Hey, sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.

There are worse jobs out there, especially coming from a temp agency, than data entry in an office building (unless of course you were in some sort of concentration camp slaving away at the 10-key). They dont call them 'temp' for nothing, man.

Good luck with the job hunt.

**MarkRyan** · 24 Jun 2005, 03:15 AM

Want any of these jobs? I can refer you (and get a nice referral bonus)

**Dyne** · 24 Jun 2005, 08:30 AM

Originally Posted by diffusionx

I (was) young and naive and trusting. DO NOT TRUST TEMP AGENCIES, people.

youre 23 (supposedly "young and naive) and trusted a temp agency? i find so much humor in this. you come off as this well knowing person (for the most part) around here, albeit mostly troll like, and you believed them?

i tried an agency once. after i found a job before them i vowed to never use one again.

Originally Posted by diffusionx

What should I do to celebrate?

throw a brick through the temps window.

**OmegaFlareX** · 24 Jun 2005, 11:17 AM

I was a temp for 3 months once. It wasn't that bad, actually. If you didn't already have an assignment, you just go into the office (which was easily Metro-accessable, I lived in the DC area) and they called around to local establishments to see if anyone needs any "free" help for the day. I was free of charge the first day, but if they wanted to keep me, they had to pay up (like more than double what I was making per hour). When they find you a job, they write the address on your timecard and send you on your way. Half the time, companies call in requesting help for a project. Yeah, it was absolute bottom-of-the-barrel office work (data entry, filing, straightening up offices, answering phones, faxes/copies, etc.), but it kept me busy most of the time. Plus, my temp agency was really flexible. If you didn't want to do a certain kind of job (like receptionist or data entry), that's fine, you wouldn't get them. If you didn't like your current assignment, fine, you don't have to go back there. I demanded that all my assignments be Metro-accessable so I wouldn't have to drive. I was full-time, but if I wanted to do it part-time, no problem.

Randstad North America. That's the place I worked for. Dunno if they have HQs in other places, but if you're looking to make some easy quick cash, based on my own experience, I reccomend them. There are also agencies out there that cater to skill specialties, like IT, web programming, sales & marketing, etc.

**Calliander** · 24 Jun 2005, 11:42 AM

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**Diff-chan** · 24 Jun 2005, 11:48 AM

Originally Posted by Dragonmaster Dyne

youre 23 (supposedly "young and naive) and trusted a temp agency? i find so much humor in this. you come off as this well knowing person (for the most part) around here, albeit mostly troll like, and you believed them?

Im not about to say I was right or I know everything. This is the way it goes. You make mistakes and move on. I was looking for jobs in the meantime but didnt find any. I cant really complain, when I came home I had about $150 to my name so I really did need money and quick cash is quick cash. I mostly believed at the start that they would help me out, but after a couple weeks I knew that wasnt the case and I wanted to quit but my girlfriend convinced me to stay on because... a job's a job. She has a point.