Kelly reviews

3.7

73% would recommend to a friend

(6,852 total reviews)
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Chris Layden

83% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Kelly has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 6,852 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Kelly employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Human Resources & Staffing industry (3.8 stars).

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7K reviews
4.0
Aug 19, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It is an established environment and already has a name for itself in the market. Kelly Services was the first company to hire out temps - remember the 'Kelly Girls'? And the people who work there are very decent with great values, for the most part.

Cons

There are just too many middle managers for the number of employees. This causes some confusion and one might not know the exact pecking order since there are at least three managers speaking into the lives of people. Also, a big problem was that the new division was in competition with the old division (unless the old division had more work than they could handle), and this set up the new employees for failure. The other was that sharing placements or recruiting across divisions and/or cities was not allowed, which lowered productivity for all. They wanted you to stick to a niche than be productive overall.

2.0
Aug 18, 2014

Internal Employee

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I joined Kelly because of their reputation as an industry pioneer. The Houston team had a history of long term employees when I joined.

Cons

The local leadership changed shortly after I joined and there has been a mass evacuation of many great employees. The leadership manages by fear and intimidation and communication is poor at best. Since 2011, there have been 3 major overhauls in how the company is structured. From the top down, the leadership has forgotten what it takes to work in a staffing branch and there is an overwhelming since that the employees should be happy to have a job.

4.0
Aug 18, 2014

Kelly OCG

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fun atmosphere and opportunity to grow within current role.

Cons

Low pay and not many opportunities for upward advancement

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