Committing to jobs and assignments
Working with labour hire companies has positives and negatives for all parties involved that I will go through over the coming weeks.
This week we will concentrate on acceptance of jobs and then pulling out of assignments, and what this looks like from an employer’s viewpoint, a labour hire company’s viewpoint and an employee’s viewpoint.
Labour hire companies obtain work from many of their clients and have many ongoing positions that an employee can choose from, especially if they are registered with more than one labour hire company. My advice for our employees is that they need to choose one labour hire company and become a very loyal employee so that they receive preference for all job roles that are going with their employment company of choice. This way, your recruitment team will always have you on the top of their lists to call, email or text first when jobs are coming up.
Imagine that you confirm a job or a series of jobs with one employer, and then you get asked by another company to work for them. Perhaps they offer more hours or a couple more cents or dollars, so you go with that company. Now imagine that your original employer phones you to confirm that you are right to start work in the morning, and you haven’t told them that you have now taken another job? How does this make them feel and how does this impact your future employment prospects with the original employer?
This is when you need to make a choice. Do you choose to stay loyal to your original organisation, the one who has given you consistent work? Or do you take short term prospects that only call you when they are busy? Loyalty will determine whether you get more work from your original employer as going with a different company means they are put into a difficult spot where they now might not be able to supply to their client. This results in the employer doubting you for future work opportunities, meaning that you will get less work.
If employers must contact other employees to fill the role that you have just knocked back, this will go against your attendance and reliability for work, meaning that you may go down in the rating system.
You always need to think about your long term future with employment so my advice is to be open, honest and transparent and ensure that when you take on a role, commit to it.
