BimboBob
Well-Known Member
We used 3 preferred agencies. 2 were locally based, one recruited from Eastern Europe. All had the same brief. How many can you provide on a temp to perm contract?Could well be!. Or are they told what to send?. They're actually probably given a list of suitable workers via the agency and they then take their pick.
Must be English speaking as due to EU rules there were a lot of health and safety regs.
That was it.
Through these agencies we employed men, women, old and young.
Some left, lots stayed but they were chosen for their skills and not because they were Eastern European.
It sounds like your company uses 1agency, probably based either abroad or has a office there. Which is why you don't see many English coming in.
Why do they do this? We paid the staff around 7.50 an hour. An agency will add between 5 to 7 pounds per hour as a charge to the company. A foreign based agency will have charged a bit less.
There's your answer.
Cost.