This agency lies to you, puts you through a umbrella company that robs you blind. Highly recommend to stay clear. Worst agency l've ever worked for. Screw you with work. Tell to feck off

Pros

None

Cons

Lies, wages etc

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Slow paced job

Labourer (Former Employee) - Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire - 11 February 2021

Job description and duration doesn't match as advertised, apex would see you turn up on site when there's no work, clearly some at apex can't be bothered.

Pros

Paid on time

Cons

Non existant communication

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Laundry Assistant (Former Employee) - Glasgow, Glasgow - 24 November 2020

Lie lie lie lie lie. All they do is lie, underpay and overworked, they say that I get paid X amount and they underpay me for X amount. I only lasted 1 month also.... They pay received was not paid, I had to contact them numerous times to get my pay

Pros

No pay

Cons

Everything

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Never ever again awful horrible attitude

Carpenter/Joiner (Former Employee) - White City, Greater London - 8 November 2020

Still did not get paid stay away from them have not learn anything worst days in my life hardest part is to get in touch with them there was nothing to enjoy

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Good

Telehandler Operator (Current Employee) - Clackmannan - 23 November 2019

Help when needed👌And approachable if a problem with pay👌 One of the better agency’s I hav had the pleasure and mis pleasure of working with👌 Always get a reply even if the poor fekers are on Holliday or sick🙈👌🤣 always someone too step in👌

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Horrible agency

Joiner (Former Employee) - Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh - 15 August 2019

I worked through many agencies past 7 years and this agency is worst of them. Agency treating people very badly. Definitely i wouldn't recommend to work for this agency.

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lies after lies

Labourer (Former Employee) - Dundee, Dundee City - 27 June 2019

was told hourly rate, never mentioned umbrella company that pays. then was min wage. site agent threats of docking wage when taking smoke break. BUNCH OF LIERS. lasted 3 days that's enough bull for me

Pros

None

Cons

Lies to back teeth, Aviod

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Construction Labourer (Former Employee) - Glasgow, Glasgow - 10 May 2019

The lies and bull was fluent and the money was rubbish too.. avoid like the plague. however they do get top marks for being the most unprofessional agency in Britain. Unfortunately apex are not worthy of the one star ratings as they score minus 5 stars in each category

Pros

None

Cons

Cons would be the staff who work for them

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pay offered was a lie

labourer (Former Employee) - West Yorkshire - 1 May 2019

Dont bother with this agency, they offer you an hourly rate and when their payroll company have finished deducting double tax and NI you come out with minimum wage. when you question this they say its right. would never work for them again

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Ignorant

Labourer (Former Employee) - West Yorkshire - 16 April 2019

Promised me a job and gave me a start date I never got one and When you ring them up no answer you leave them a message no reply ignorant and wast of time avoid at all costs

Pros

Non

Cons

Ignorant

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Ground Worker (Former Employee) - Manchester Central, Greater Manchester - 2 April 2019

Unprofessional agency. Did work for them and I'm still waiting to be paid. I wouldn't waste your time working for these. I try and contact them and just get fobbed off

Pros

Non

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Avoid at all costs!

Scaffolder (Former Employee) - Blairgowrie, Perth and Kinross - 6 March 2019

Worked for them for 3 weeks and have not been paid, they make excuses up and lie. The latest one was there was damage to the canteen that 100s of people use every week, there was damage to the rooms when we got there and damage to the rooms when we left, can’t believe they actually get away with stealing from employees. Currently getting solicitors involved and are in the process of sueing them. They should not be operating it’s lies after lies

Pros

None!

Cons

Work for free

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None (Former Employee) - Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire - 11 January 2019

This company advertise work for Laundry in Coatbridge. Avoid at all costs unless you are Polish of course as this is the only way you will get work. I registered with this agency for laundry work that they were advertising for and 6 months down the line still had no work even though they continue to advertise for this job. I know for a fact they have placed workers there. Guess what they are all Polish. Tbey should just put on advert it's for Polish people only. Then people like me wouldn't waste their time snd money going in to register..

Pros

None unless your Polish

Cons

Everything

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Rude

Job applicant (Former Employee) - London, Greater London - 3 December 2018

I asked Apex to remove me from their database according to the European law. Two months later I keep receiving text messages for labouring jobs. I am a black card with lvl 6 nvq

Pros

Jobs are real

Cons

Everything else

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Shocking

Counterbalance Forklift Driver (Former Employee) - East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire - 22 November 2018

Hands down the worst agency to work with. Was hit with emergency tax right off the bat, work was sporadic and not as promised, incorrect hours placed into my wage on several occasions and was chinned when I refused work unknown to me that it was 2 hours travel after I said yes to it. They couldn't run a bath, and I'd advise anyone to steer clear of them. A complete waste of time.

Pros

Nothing to mention

Cons

Poor management

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Shocking agency and barely legal

Labourer (Former Employee) - Irvine, North Ayrshire - 21 November 2018

Worked as a labourer in Irvine for 6 weeks, job was ok but wages were cut to a minimum, Edinburgh staff are very rude and unprofessional, no communication and no decency. Work was scarce afterwords and tbh I wouldn’t advise anyone to work for them and most of there adverts for jobs are fake or otherwise not there!!! Stay well clear!!!

Pros

None

Cons

The full company

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Absolute joke ae a agency

Warehouse Operative (Former Employee) - Irvine, North Ayrshire - 17 November 2018

Complete and utter joke got me to travel from Ayrshire to Glasgow to register with the promise of 40 hours a week in Irvine with an immediate start then waited two weeks for a shift got offerd one more shift then nuhin there full of empty promises

Pros

None

Cons

Everything they say

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double NI and tax taken off you before you get paid

Agency Labourer (Former Employee) - Edinburgh / Fife - 12 November 2018

Good assignments and compaines and variety as well as getting experience of the construction industustry . I hate how indigo the umbrella company take 2 lots of NI off you as well as tax and a fee for paying you i think they should be wearing a mask considering how much they take off what you are left to live on

Pros

good companies to work for

Cons

how much is deducted before you get paid is a joke

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So far so good

Joiner (Former Employee) - Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh - 28 October 2018

I was working for Apex in Edinburgh as a joiner couple of times never had any issues with anything (maybe I was lucky not idea) overall process of hiring was simple and fast. When one project was finished I went to different site but through different agency. And I was informed about that so I had time to organise something else. After couple of weeks I worked again through Apex and again no problems with anything. Basically you can't stick with one agency unless you like days off. I guess everyone know that.

Pros

Easy process of hiring

Cons

Not constant offer jobs

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Shocking agency

Machine Operator (Former Employee) - Glasgow - 15 October 2018

Full of snakes think they can be little people . Mess you around Very un professional Money is cut down to the min. Lie to you face Stay clear of glasgow branch they dont deserve the work or the clientel.