Applied on line got interview which was fill out a form got job asked what shifts i wanted said 4 on 4 of as advertised was told that they didnt do that so said 5 nights that was fine told to do some online training from home would be paid never recieved any info for it despite contacting them several times turned up 15 mins before shift start no one there apparently i was supposed to be there 3 hours earlier for induction was told about that complained to office got no. Answers so quit before i started i really wouldnt reccomend this company even if desperate for work/money as they will mess u about

Pros

None

Cons

No communication

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Nice People

Warehouse Operative (Current Employee) - North West - 29 June 2022

Nice place to work. Always busy, but not stressful.Training is good compared to previous placesDifficult to get holidays when busyGood if you get onto an experienced team

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Fair pay for job
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Decent Agency to work

Warehouse Operative (Former Employee) - Rochdale - 1 June 2022

Had no problems with the Agency personally throughout. Got the job and got on with it, interview and induction were fine. I guess they could improve on communication a bit.

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Appalling agency

Warehouse Operative (Current Employee) - Rochdale, Greater Manchester - 2 January 2021

Confusing start to employment whilst receiving next to no training, you spend hours waiting around on your first day (usually down to lack of communication or staff shortage), wages incorrectly paid and when challenged there is no proper explanation only a hurried check, minimal communication from HUB staff when having any quieries, never answer the phones and when emails are replied to its typically days after, no progression forthcoming and having to mither about training to which never happens, been made to feel worthless whilst working here, I would not reccomend it.

Pros

Free PPE

Cons

Long hours with short breaks, no communication

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avoid this company

Warehouse Operative (Former Employee) - Rochdale, Greater Manchester - 5 November 2020

I work here, all the time in feet cant sit down, they treated us like a prisoner, they dont even give me my proper payment. Just a waste of time, I will never ever work in this agency and jd sports coz its very unhealthy pace of environment

Pros

nothing

Cons

bad company bad workplace

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poor conditions

Warehouse Operative (Former Employee) - Sheffield - 11 August 2020

the job involved lifting heavy boxes all day and I got fired when the boss saw me asking another colleague for help with lifting. nobody is friendly, even if they seem so, don't make the mistake i've made. there's no one you can openly talk to and if you randomly say something like "my foot/back hurts" and the wrong person hears, you get sacked right there on spot. they provide with ppe, but the boots they gave me were 2 sizes bigger and made it hard to walk. you have to bring your own food and waste most of your break waiting in queue for a microwave.

Pros

they pay on time, rotating morning and afternoon shifts

Cons

literally everything else

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Productive

Warehouse Operative (Former Employee) - Rochdale - 10 February 2020

Fast paced and strict environment. Must have good communication skills and the ability to work alongside others as well as independently to ensure that you reach your set goal for the day.

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Couldn't fault at all

street cleaner (Former Employee) - St Helens - 24 January 2020

Assist is one of the best agency's I have worked for in my career always have work never have to ring then unless you want to take a holiday... always on point friendly to talk to and if your manager isn't available there are plenty of staff there to help you no matter how small the issue... amazing service always pay wages on time there isn't a bad word to be said about them...

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Unfair Workplace, Nasty Staff

Warehouse Operative (Former Employee) - Liverpool - 1 January 2020

I worked at Assist For a few months and during my time their the staff were not pleasant from day 1. I got let go of as well as 25+ other people for pathetic Reasons! Would not recommend and would avoid for your own benefit.

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Horrible place and workers have no value

Warehouse Operative (Former Employee) - Rochdale - 24 December 2019

I started work this year in October and was dismissed at November just because i went to an appointment assist allowed me to go but the jd shift manager was not happy because i did not inform her but had told jd team leader that was part of her team that i was going to be in late tomorrow therefore they made up the fact that i dont work i am always talking i said what work i have been house keeping for the last seven days and even though i spoke to assist team leader that i was not happy about house keeping he backed me up but i still got dismissed now they are refusing to pay me 8hours which i worked on the day of the appointment and will not give me my holiday pay cos i didnt even take any holidays i worked 5weeks there no one answers the phone and when i went down in person still not resolved it is the worst company ever because they do not stick up for you they take jd staffs word and you have no say what so ever

Pros

It was near to my house

Cons

Long hours no breaks in induction

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Do not work here

Team Leader at Assist Resourcing (Former Employee) - Milnrow - 3 December 2019

Management are a joke. If you quit they will actively go out of their way to ruin all other options for you. Petty. Childish. Never listen to you. Never answer phones. A complete joke of a company. DO NOT WORK HERE!

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Management

Warehouse Operative (Former Employee) - Whiston, Merseyside - 28 November 2019

They tell you their is overtime never is any available and if your face doesn't fit they let you go also if they think your not up to stand they let you go and make up any excuses about your work saying you never made target which is lies stay away from this company

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Rubbish company!!!! AVOID! They dont pay you

Employee (Former Employee) - Rochdale, Greater Manchester - 25 November 2019

AVOID THIS COMPANY AT ALL COSTS. They dont pay you, they are fake. They make you work and then dont pay you for what you have done. When you try and ring they dont answer and they cut off on you pretending to sort things out. They dont answer the phone at all!!! I have been ringing 20-30 times a day at different timesanswer. I have rang 4 different numbers, and emailed 5 different emails. Bad company!

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They play with your pay

Warehouse Operative (Former Employee) - JD Warehouse - 1 November 2019

Their fingerprint system for attendance is how they calculate pay and it doesn't work at times meaning you don't get your pay for the hours you worked. You can't send them an email or call them as they won't reply and will flat out ignore you or simply tell you to come meet them. Meeting them means several trips there as they constantly need reminder to fix your pay and show little care. My experience with Assist is such that you are replaceable and problems that are theirs and now yours and theres nothing you can do about it. I left mid september for health reasons this year and to this day I am still owed money for the time I worked there and despite constant requests for pay all I have gotten is nothing. No reply from email or phone. I won't be working for Assist anymore neither would I recommend anyone working for them and I now have a negative opinion of working at a warehouse as whole. Thank you Assist for nothing.

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Worse than an Asian Sweatshop

Warehouse Operative (Former Employee) - Rochdale, Greater Manchester - 10 October 2019

Security are like something you would expect to see in the former East Germany. Assist staff are useless. Man management skills of those in supervisory positions are non existent. If you want to feel undermined , and harassed get a job here.

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Ouch

Warehouse Operative (Former Employee) - Rochdale, Greater Manchester - 5 October 2019

Singed for 7am shift was told I was on night. Said I signed up for 7 am shift so was told 6am shift. DONT ADERTISE shifts that you don't have. 6.30hr induction no break. I have a disabled child at home that's y I chose the 7am shift

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Poor in every way

Warehouse Operative 2015-6 (Former Employee) - Oldham - 3 September 2019

Management poor, salary poor. Again, the management look after themselves and their favourites. Clique culture. No work/life balance and if you complain, you're ostracized. Beware the job adverts, they aren't what they appear to say.

Pros

None

Cons

Poor pay, management distant from employees

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Warehouse Operative UTL

Warehouse Operative (Former Employee) - Rugby, Warwickshire - 17 January 2019

This agency is cheating people. It promises good money, which is still at a low level, not guaranteed full time job what promissed on interviev. The contract for work will give you after a few weeks of work and then you will find out that you have 0 hours or 7.5 hours contract.

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Management

Warehouse Operative (Former Employee) - Rochdale, Greater Manchester - 9 January 2019

the previous team leader got sacked thank god for that and i think this new one is on the verge, i cant say anything good about this agency, i have reported this to my mp, investigations are underway, anyone willing to work here try single resource agency its miles better

Pros

Breaks

Cons

Bad service

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AVOID at all costs

Warehouse Operative (Former Employee) - Foodpro wigan - 7 December 2018

Saw an advert that wanted around 4 4 hour shifts a week, which I thought was ideal for me as I am at university and needed something quick and part time like what was advertised I quickly realised on the induction that they wanted full time workers, around 9 hour shifts 5 days a week. I told them my availability and this worked out for about 2 weeks. I was quickly dropped hours and told by text. I hadn't worked in over 3 weeks consecutively. I was phoned on the day, a few hours before they wanted me to start. Couldn't plan anything, and was spoken to like dirt when I asked for work or told them I couldnt work. They couldn't care less about people, you're just a number to them.

Pros

None

Cons

Everything

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stay away from this agancy

Warehouse Operative (Current Employee) - Rochdale, Greater Manchester - 3 December 2018

i started work for jd sports and filled forms out over and over again there not organised and THEY DONT PAY YOU . i have told them 5 times my hours of work and they owe me my induction and 5 x12 hour shifts . they said a payment will be in on fri then i went in on sat morning and then they said it will be in on monday and still not in so im now seeing citizens advice also i have not recieved any wage slips and when i went in on the sat morning they have taken my access card out of my slip to get into the building .