Temps On Time

In case you haven’t heard — Temps on Time aka The Employment Co has recently departed the temporary placement mortal coil as per an e-​mail I received from the dragon lady head honcho Kathryn Kidd herself. They closed their doors after the Thanksgiving holiday and I say good riddance to them. They were nothing but a bunch of time wasters and even back in the day when they used to send me to do audience participation for talk shows and sitcoms — they never paid anybody on time. They should’ve changed their business name to TEMPS NEVER TO BE PAID ON TIME.
But anyway, they never took my administrative skills seriously — even with a resume listing stints with four major studios and SAG-​AFTRA and only sent my resume to unknown production companies only never to hear any results — except for one company who specialized in prop storage had scheduled an interview with me but neglected to talk Kathryn and co that they moved from their location on San Fernando Road to a new location hidden deep in the bowels of Glendale. So that little snafu arriving in the early morning at their old location and not having the time to research the new location, while I had a early afternoon appointment with Variety about another position cost them gravitas brownie points.
Before they padlocked their doors I had gotten in a shouting match with them because they transferred my records to Select Temporary services (who bought them out) and didn’t inform them that that a client of theirs had my resume and never got back to schedule a interview with me, so I had to waste a morning at my nearest neighborhood Select Temporary Services office looking at stupid industrial safety videos. I told them that I didn’t come in to watch movies, rather to have them contact the people that Kathryn had my resume sent to and find out when or not we can schedule an interview, BUT instead they wanted me to re-​enlist through the entire application process with them. Told them to go f%@k themselves, I work in entertainment, not assembly factories.
Anyway, so much for the improved economy I keep hearing about.

This place has GONE DOWNHILL! Around 10 years ago I went to them to find employment, and they were AWESOME! I found a job that was close by my house, that paid well, and best of all treated me well. Then I got married, and moved to another state. Now I’m back, so, naturally I went to Temps on Time. Big Mistake!
They were rude to me, the receptionist is as useless as a paper cut and the manager/​owner Kathryn Kidd is just a twit. One minute, she is telling me I have an awesome resume, excellent skills and should have no problem placing me, she has tons of work. Then a 2 weeks passes, and she has zero work and tells me my resume sucks and I have zero skills. WTF!??
They just see you as a warm body and $$$ nothing else. I told them numerous times that i only wanted to work in the Burbank/​Glendale/​Studio City areas. I gave them a specific amount that I needed to make. Time and time again, they wanted to send me down to Santa Monica for a measly $ 9.00/hr job. Are you kidding me! I made more in high school!!!
I took a job with them in Wilshire district for what i wanted to be paid… only it took 3 weeks to get paid!!! Ms. Kidd kept coming up with excuse after excuse on why she couldn’t pay me for a one day temp job! They lost my time card, the client didn’t sign it, the client won’t pay for an hour of over time… the list went on and on! I emailed them the time card, and her complaint was that she couldn’t see it… Seriously! Zoom in on it! Stay away from this disorganized mess… they pull major attitude on you, and turn everything around on you, even when its clearly their fault. They don’t follow up on anything to save their lives, let alone take responsibility for their lack-​luster actions.
STAY AWAY FROM THIS NIGHTMARE! There are too many good employment companies out there… this one is not one of them!

This is my first review on Unilocal.My very VERY brief experience with such that it required me to write this.
So I JUST called these people back after they called me. I didn’t even know who they were. I spoke to someone named Catherine for all of, maybe, two minutes in two successive calls.
This Catherine character rattled off the address, phone number and time available for CV drop-off…and was galled I didn’t catch it the first time. I had asked for a moment to get a pen and paper, since my pen wasn’t working, and I wouldn’t be able to remember the details – such was her machine-​gun speed. So you know what she did? She hung up on me.
I thought it was a mistake, so I called back. Her response, ‘yeah, should have had a pen and paper at the ready.’ She proceeded to tell me she was at lunch (THEN WHY THE HELL ANSWER YOUR BUSINESS PHONE NUMBER?) and told me to call back later. She then hung up AGAIN.
Catherine is what you might call the perfect example of the tyranny of banal, petty authority. She shouldn’t be working with people, at all.

Do not be fooled by them! They will call you regarding a really nice position with good salary and as soon as you walk in their office BAMMM! Your slam on your face that this is a temp agency which means you’ll probably will never be permanent.
That lucrative position your looking for? It doesn’t exist! It’s all a script to make you come in and sign up. All to lure you into a low paying job. Almost minimum wage.
Ofcourse, they will tell you they have jobs at rates for $ 20 per/​hr but you don’t fit the qualifications (LIES) they will never offer that job to you and if they meet someone with the right qualifications they will probably pay them $ 10. If you don’t end up taking their job because it’s too low? You know what are they going to say «well there is a lot of people out there that need a job»
Don’t waste your time! Don’t go trough a temp agency.

This place is a joke. I asked them specifically 3 TIMES that i want the 10-​key typing cert. And after they gave it to me I asked again TWICE. Is this correct cert? They said YES! So i paid whatever they wanted. After my job application gets rejected. I go back to get the real cert. and they want to charge me double the price. Its not money its just how unprofessional this agency is.

I would give this place no stars if possible, I came here for a typing test certificate. Well 5 minutes later and the wrong test I was charged $ 20.00 for their time as they answered!

Called 2 to 3 times a week for work, after around 2 months they had some for me. A 4 hour day and an 8 hour day offloading boxes onto pallets for a clothing company’s warehouse. Almost a month and half a dozen phone calls later I cannot get them to pay me and they treat me like its my fault, its not, I followed their instructions and signed in on a form provided by the floor manager at the warehouse.
Do not bother with these guys, Use Express Employment Pros. in Glendale instead.

I don’t think they’re real. I went in there once and asked about applying for work and they said they only take resumes on Friday. The next Friday I walked in again, and they said they only take resumes on Friday morning. The NEXT Friday morning, I walked in, they rolled their eyes and took my resume.
Walking or driving through the neighborhood regularly, the lights never seem to be on, either.

In short: there are a number of temp agencies all across the greater Los Angeles area that can better serve you in your career search. They will offer better rates, you will be treated with the respect one expects from an employer, and they are more professional.
Jeannie (Avilia?) and her crew at Temps on Time are misleading, manipulative, unprofessional, dishonest, and do not care if you, as an employee, are paid promptly or ever paid at all. DO NOT TRUST THIS COMPANY!
These people are a trip and half. For as much grief they gave me for wanting to be paid for services rendered, I actually enjoyed the circus act that is the Temps on Time personnel. Here’s the long version of the story:
I signed up with this temp agency on a whim because a friend of mine told me they were looking to place people in a television studio audience for $ 40 and few hours of your time.
Cut to 1.5 months later, and I have YET to receive my pay check for my time I spent in the studio audience.
I’ve called the office several times regarding my pay check. The first time i called I had to instruct them to put the check in the mail as this apparently isn’t a regular practice.
I then called twice a week for the next 3 weeks and was told to just wait. I finally drove 15 miles to the office to talk to them about my check status today, and the woman in charge, Jeannie, immediately got defensive.
She informed me that she had mailed the check, that she didn’t contact payroll because she didn’t hear from me (…what???), so she had no idea if my check was cashed or not. I was then told that I would have to absorb the cost of the check cancellation fee if she did cancel it. That means a $ 3 earning for me post fee.
I refused that policy, and after going around and around for several minutes, she acquiesced on the cancellation fee.
It seems petty to have a row over $ 28. It’s really not worth it, but the fact is: I did a job. I did it for money. I want said money in a timely fashion. I have a feeling a lot of employees’ checks get lost in the mail. Actually, it’s not a feeling: Jeannie told me so herself… don’t waste your time or energy for $ 28…unless you want a story.

I don’t remember how I found this employment agency, but I’m so glad I did. I called Monday to see if they could help me find a job. They told me to come in Tuesday to interview and sign up. It was a small, indistinct place, but the phones were ringing off the hook. They’re obviously very busy. I didn’t know if they would be able to help me at all. At the end of my talk with Vanessa, she said she thinks she has a job for me. The next day, Wednesday, she calls and says she sent them my resume and they wanted to interview me the next day! Thursday I interviewed for the position, and Friday I was told I got the job! One week job search and placement. Results may vary, of course, but give Temps on Time a shot!

Went in to Temps on Time when I lost my job. Everyone was friendly and nice. I got work within days. I even passed a couple of jobs to my friend. Her position was for Steve Wonder. Good connections and good people.

They vaguely call saying they are from «the employment center» but I never gave them my resume. Then you drive there and find out it’s really just an employment agency trying to get you to sign up with them.