Manpower reviews

4.1

82% would recommend to a friend

(6,554 total reviews)
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Jonas Prising

75% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Manpower has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 6,554 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Manpower 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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4.0
Feb 24, 2014
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Pros

-Breadth and depth of business exposure: If you are new in your career and don't know very much about 'business' as a whole, this is an excellent place to learn. -Hire great internal staff -Strong core values: (including the vision of the late company Founder, Elmer Winter) that are lived out daily (Worker Safety, Compliance to Process, Client and Candidate satisfaction, to name a few). -Good processes: the temporary employment side of the business is a very process oriented, well-oiled machine with a 'fast-turnaround' model. -Feel-good factor: Although the process leaves some candidates feeling that it isn't very personal, Manpower offers free, on-line skills training for their temporary employees, mandatory safety orientations and some operations also provide health care benefits once temps qualify by working enough hours. -Overall, good working environment: Staff have a lot autonomy, many responsibilities & high work load, but management doesn't DIRECTLY encourage or pressure staff to work beyond regular hours. -Positive, team culture: (vs. being ultra competitive) makes it a fun, dynamic place to work. Since there isn't a huge focus on commissions, internal staff works together and use the database to employ and re-deploy their reliable, top performing external employees/temps. -Focus on relationships: Manpower encourages the team to be accessible & visible on-site for the clients and temporary employees. -Strong, reputable brand: they work with great companies because of their size and span, nationally and globally. -Information/Industry knowledge: white papers and other value-add publications & reports, knowledge of market trends and employment statistics world-wide are available to clients and staff. -Technology: They do a pretty good job of bringing new practices in to the 'Agency' market.

Cons

-Salaries aren't the highest in the industry -Limited opportunity for commissions in temp, if you're driven by that, it could be a big disadvantage -No pay for overtime -High volume work load and limited support -Work/life balance can be hard to achieve due to work loads

4.0
Feb 18, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

After five years looking for work Manpower gave me a job with a firm in Anaheim. I worked there for four month which included overtime. This job was long enough to qualify me for unemployment though I'd much rather have another job.

Cons

Anything I may say against Manpower can be said for any of the other agencies I'm not getting work from. It is a bad economy still and jobs are hard to come by. I'm just lucky I qualify for unemployment and I'm good at making money on the side.

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