What would you have done?

I was called in for a job today by a job agency. They said I can trun up in the afternoon today and work all Tuesday and Wednesday. The job sounded rubbish but a job is a job. I went there after a 40 minute drive and they said I couldn%26#039;t work as I had no safety boots on. They said to come back tomorrow with them. The agency never told me to bring them so I was very annoyed as it wasted the middle part of my day and petrol too. I was so annoyed that I told the agency that I didn%26#039;t want to work on Tuesday or Wednesday either as I was very unhappy about the situation. I%26#039;m a student on my summer break so a job is not a must but it would be useful. i have just been messed around by agencies so many times I that it has got me to an annoyed stage. Would you have still worked the other two days? Or would you have done the same as me?

What would you have done?
join another agency.


they should have told you of any special equipment you needed, and a good pair of boots could be sixty quid plus, so not many people buy them on the off chance.


i wouldn%26#039;t go back after that first experience.


join another agency.
Reply:If you keep getting messed around by agencies then why don%26#039;t you just get a job yourself instead?
Reply:You deserve to stand by your convictions.


Their loss.
Reply:It depends on whether or not I had other job prospects lined up. It also depends on badly I felt I needed or wanted a job.





If I had no other prospects in mind and felt I very much wanted or needed the job, I would not have told them I wouldn%26#039;t work the other two days. I personally would have said, %26quot;OK, I will be back with the boots tomorrow then. Thanks%26quot; and been on my way.





Good luck
Reply:If the job was in construction or similar heavy industry it is expected that people going to work there wear PPE. You should have asked the company before going there if you needed your own PPE or if they provided it. However, the company should have made this clear to the agency who informed you.





Would I have done the same as you? It would depend on whether or not I wanted experience of this particular type of work and how good the money was. No matter how you view it however, it looks bad that you gave up so easily and let this annoy you. I probably wouldnt be too impressed with your behaviour if I was your agent or an employer. Put it down to a lesson.
Reply:if you turned up for the job you should be paid for three hours time...(i think this is the law)..you should have been told by the agency what you would need in order to be able to work. cut your loses and move on...





find another job.
Reply:If this was a one-time deal, or if I knew this was the situation with this agency that they never gave you the full story but you were accepting it, then no I would have worked the other two days. It%26#039;s a problem with the agency that you%26#039;re either going to accept or not, and it seems like you aren%26#039;t. So find another agency. The other thing to do is if you are being given a job, ask up front %26quot;is there anything I need for this job that they mentioned. Are you sure there is not more information you have to give me?%26quot; Ask if you can call the manager of the job ahead of time with a phone number to check on some things. If you know the devils you are working with, then deal with it that way. Otherwise, stop working for job agencies and get something more reliable.
Reply:I would have worked if I needed the money. I went to an agency job once and was told to go home because the agency sent me there on the wrong day. I never went back to that agency again.





I worked for another agency who sent me to a former employer to do a job that the boss wouldn%26#039;t let me do because he didn%26#039;t think I was qualified enough to do when I worked there. I ended up earning $3 an hour more working for the agency than I would have for them, and they probably paid a good $75 an hour to have me there. That was a nice %26quot;I told you so%26quot; moment for me. I worked there for 2 weeks then moved on to better things.
Reply:My answer would likely be dependant upon my needs.





However, you did say %26gt;The job sounded rubbish %26#039;%26#039;__but a job is a job__%26#039;%26#039; %26lt;





So, how well do you think stood the test?





Sash.
Reply:i would have worked the other days for the money


no use shooting yourself in the foot (which is what you did, i hopr you were wearing the safety boots- haha!)





seriously though, i would have told them to go screw
Reply:It is the agency fault and not the place ur working for those next 2days, i would go back and do the other 2days, u are student and u be wishin u done the work and saved some money come xmas time with expence of books, bag and matrial stuff...





if u want better job, do part time work instead of an agency....
Reply:Depends on how much they were paying! Also depends on how friendly the people were at the job location when I came on the Monday afternoon, for example, if they were really apologetic about the safety boot problem and were appreciative, warm hearted, chatted amicably to me about the place with a few bits of friendly humour thrown in then I’d probably have gone back. Otherwise I would have done just what you did.





It could be the agency’s fault for not telling you about the boots, or it could be the company’s who didn’t tell the agency that boots were needed.
Reply:Well I work for a nursing agency, and I love it...however it seems like that nature of the beast....they are not always the most considerate of the employees situations...I have gone through several before I got to the one that I am working for now...they treat me well at this one. I think if they didnt tell you that you needed boots, you would or should get paid for 2 hours.....and I would have went back....but then I have 3 kids and always neeeeeed the money.
Reply:Everyone is different however I probably would have felt the same way.
Reply:I wouldn%26#039;t have worked the other two days either. And, I%26#039;d also find another employment agency. Clearly, this one is lacking in communication skills.



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