Kelly reviews

3.6

71% would recommend to a friend

(6,844 total reviews)
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Chris Layden

81% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Kelly has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 6,844 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
1.0
Apr 29, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Training was fun. Working at home was nice. Learning about Apple products was also very nice.

Cons

A lot of information that you had very little time to absorb before being required to spit it out to customers. Managers were hare to reach and information was almost impossible to get if you had a customer. Almost no chance for promotion, more hours and better pay. Horrible customer service software.

1.0
Apr 28, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great reputation nationally, upward growth mobility and opportunity to advance, and awesome leadership at the executive level.

Cons

Localized leadership clearly promoted due to tenure rather than merit. Senseless SOP's at the local level. Double standards from local leadership demanding higher GP from staff, while simultaneously lowering GP to keep their bigger local clients. 9 of 10 largest local accounts were negotiated at the National Level, with little to no local assistance from leadership or otherwise. Widespread Nepotism and meritless tenure in St. Louis dominating promotion, growth, and overall success of any individual despite actual results. Tendency to staff rather than recruit. Desire "easy to fill" high GP, BPO type, service oriented staffing. Local office ineffective recruiting harder to fill positions with smaller candidate pools. Unless you have a close personal relationship with leadership before you start, I wouldn't suggest working for Kelly Services in St. Louis.

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