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ABR Employment Services Reviews

4.1

80% would recommend to a friend

(49 total reviews)

Brad Johnson

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80% positive business outlook

ABR Employment Services has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 49 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The ABR Employment Services employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Human resources and staffing industry (3.8 stars).

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49 reviews
1.0
29 Mar 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Get a job quickly answering phones or doing something trivial

Cons

ABR's HR department lied to me, directly, on more than one occasion. They have a culture of dishonesty. I worked on 3 assignments for ABR, the last of which was at their corporate office. One day a new printer ended up next to my desk which I was instructed not to use because I would be "wasting ink." I asked the HR Director if someone else was replacing me soon. She said, "not that I am aware. I haven't heard anything." The next day the HR Manager told me they were just moving around office furniture, and that's "all it was," obviously in reference to my question to the HR Director the day before. A week or so later, I was laid off. What they do is they wait until you leave the building for the day, and then they call you to tell you not to come in anymore, using language right out of the movie Office Space. They told me that they were replacing me with a full-time employee (since I was a temp), and it wasn't because I was a poor worker. Therefore, they had been moving through weeks and weeks of the hiring process for a full-time employee, so it is apparent that they lied to me, twice, about whether or not I was being replaced. By the way, I'm a graduate of UW-Madison, triple majored in math, philosophy, and economics, with a minor in business. I might not be a genius, but I'm definitely not stupid, and I'm a hard worker, which ABR would acknowledge if you asked them. That said, I really don't feel like I fit into the corporate office world, and thus I am fine with the fact that they laid me off. I was just a temporary employee anyway. However, the way they went about laying me off bothered me very much. They smiled, and they lied to me in a very cowardly way.

1.0
8 Nov 2019

Upper Management is the Problem

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Can't think of anything positive to say.

Cons

Upper management needs to be refreshed. They have all been with the company for a significant amount of time and that shows with their lack of willingness to make any sort of change. They don't care about their employees and have resorted to bullying when they don't get their way. There is never anything "new". When management is presented with new changes that would benefit the company, they always shy away. The company is drowning, and they keep doing the same thing repeatedly expecting different results.

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ABR Employment Services Response
6y
Thank you for your review. We’re sorry to hear that you have concerns. We take all concerns very seriously. Please reach out to Jim McNett, CEO, for a confidential conversation to discuss how we can improve.
5.0
13 Apr 2018

Branch Manager

Recommend
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Pros

I have been working for ABR for 21 years and they are truly focused on treating their employees with respect and developing them. Starting with a phenomenal new hire training program they also focus on your long-term development as well. They offer great benefits including a wonderful PTO plan. The Senior Management team communicates regularly with the field employees so that we know what is going on in the company. They recognize people for the successes and support people as needed.

Cons

If I ever considered leaving, it would be very hard to give up the great PTO plan.

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ABR Employment Services Response
8y
Thank you so much for taking the time to write a review. ABR is proud of our training, development, and overall communication. We will continue to strive to make ABR a great place to work!
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