They have to know who there hire is going quit , they get charge $70 for time cards an other junk they give u if quit an not return , scam ? I don't get it , how could they afford live ? If I didn't need the money , long gone , at 62, if there, won't be long,

Dave, The temp agency is making at least $5/hr from the company you work at.

You say you make $15/hr. At a bare minimum they are paying the temp agency $20/hr. Probably closer to $21-$23/hr.

Companies do this because
1) they only have to submit your hours worked to the temp agency. The temp agency does the figuring out of your wages.
2) the company in a lot of instances is not responsible for any workmans comp insurance. That is on the temp agency to pay for that.
3) The company has very little to do with the hiring process. They lose someone, they just call the agency to send someone new.
4) generally speaking working through a temp agency you can't collect unemployment. So there's another insurance/tax they don't have to pay out.

You said something about time cards costing $70. Those cards at most cost $10 including the programming of them if they're electronic.

I'm not sure about temp agencies in Iowa, but here most places that hire people through them use them as a probationary period before seeing if they want to hire them on to the actual company. Generally it's about 90 days. The one company I worked at would usually review temp employees at 30-60- and then at 90 days. The 30-60 day reviews they would tell the temp what they needed to work on to be hired on. They would then at 90 days decide if they wanted to keep them a temp for a little longer, hire them on, or get rid of them.

Same goes for the temps. People will go through them to learn their options. They'll go to a place and decide after a week or so they don't want to work at the company, and they'll ask the agency to send them somewhere else. The older people get the more they use that option.

Some use temp agencies to find them a job knowing full well they're only going to be there long enough to get enough money for their next couple fixes. The companies know this. It's no skin off their backs. All they have to do is call and get a new temp sent over.

Also people on SSI/SSA/SSD use them because it's much easier to pick what hours or shifts you want to work. The temp agency tells the company "Hey I got Joe here. He can only work 7 am - 11 am these days." The company then says ok or no depending on their needs.


I worked at a hunting lodge through a temp agency. I asked the guy out of curiosity one day what he paid the temp agency for me to work there. He said he paid $15/hr for me. I only made $10/hr from the agency. I asked him why. He said all I have to do is sign your time slip and fax it over. They do everything else. He's the one that told me he doesn't have to pay the workmans comp insurance. He didn't need to hire an accountant to do payroll, or end of year tax forms. All that was handled by the agency. He said he figured with the 10 employees he had there it saved him about $20,000 - $30,000 a year in insurance and other fees even having to pay an extra $5/hr/employee.

You need some chamber pots.

Not sure what a clean room facility is but it sounds like yours isn't very clean lol.

Very good information here that I never knew about Temp Services. It seems to me they arent making a lot after paying all they are involved with paying. Workmens comp for me was 50 percent back in the day.

Idk anymore but definately no future in such of many places like that , lot places u go Thru temp place get on, all same , not worth a hoot , I feel like got run over by steam rollar yet from yesterday morning , did lot work today , retire this summer an work pt an have more time, retirement bad, death sentence, not right away but health probly start in cpl yrs, not much can do about time, I guess fail life of crap jobs , all I can say is when younger try get educated enough so don't end up in some dead end factory job an waste ur short life on worthless jobs like me

Camso
Bodine Electric
Crown Holdings
Hormel
Anderson Window factory. (Stinks up that side of Dubuque) I wouldn't want to work there, the odor would/does give me a headache.
Bimbo Bakeries
Duluth Clothing warehouse
There are a lot of other ones that are hiring in your area too.

I don't know of anyone here that wishes you bad luck but you have to help yourself too. I don't know why you're more worried about trapping than making a living. It looks like you know your retirement isn't going to be enjoyable and you won't have medical insurance along with a bad knee. You called your retirement a death sentence, what a crappy outlook, maybe you should work a little longer. Sounds like you know you should. You'll likely have to work full time though. Get a job with insurance and get yourself healthy.

It's entirely your decision. My thoughts on this don't matter. it's your life and I sincerely wish you the best.