Adams Temporaries A Division of Adams & Asscts

The purpose of Adams Temporaries is to serve both those looking for work, as well as businesses who need workers. I had secured employment through Adams Temporaries at the age of 17, working full-​time at a circuit board factory in Redmond. When I requested to have a day off for my 18^th birthday, the agent at Adams Temporaries told me that my purpose was to work, and that I could not take the day off for my 18^th birthday. (Luckily the factory manager told me that Adams Temporaries was wrong, and he told me to take the day off.) On another occasion my back was so badly hurt from working that I couldn’t tie my shoes, so I called to let them know I couldn’t work that day, to which they tried to persuade me to take an aspirin and come in to work anyways. (In this case I absolutely refused, but it shows their callous attitude towards workers’ lives and health.) After six months at the factory I learned to drive a forklift and operate several machines, and I had set numerous production records in the factory. After asking for a raise based on my consistent attendance and six month’s performance, my pay was increased by $ 0.25 per hour. (That’s a 25 cents per hour increase.) I quit within one week, which was just long enough for me to find my next job. To summarize, the purpose of Adams Temporaries should be to connect employees with employers, but in actuality they function as a parasitic middle man, leeching money away from the lowest paid workers, while offering no sick leave, vacation, or health benefits.
My Experience at Adams Temporaries:
* Minimum wage (+25 cents per hour pay increase after half a year)
* No paid vacation (spend Xmas with your family and you don’t get paid)
* No paid sick leave (get sick and you don’t get paid)
* No health benefits, no medical or dental coverage
* Callous attitude towards workers’ quality of life and health
You will not find any reviews for Adams Temporaries as a large number of their workers, or at least the workers that I had worked with, were recent immigrants from Ethiopia, Pakistan, Korea, etc, with very little English and computer skills.