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Review of Tiger Temps, Inc.

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84 William Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10038
(212) 425-2222

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Job Title Length Client Hourly Wage Typical of agency?

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Typing speed and software (WP 5.1, 6.0; Microsoft Word)

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Comments:
Started working: 1986

Stopped working: I've been working on and off for Tiger from 1986 - the present

Types of Jobs: Administrative Assistant, Word Processing, P.C. Troubleshooting, Medical Clinic, Graphics

Was this Typical: Yes

Clients: Mostly big corporations in the financial services industry.

Salary: Started out at $15/hr. in 1987 and peaked at $22 in 1994. My pay rate is down to $20/hr. and I am doing Harvard Graphics, Word Processing and Database

Benefits: None

Comments: All of the jobs I've been placed in have been extremely demanding. In fits of paranoia, I often imagine that Tiger sends me on the toughest jobs because they believe I'm a glutton for punishment and can tolerate unrealistic and inhuman expectations. I don't know. Maybe all jobs are like this.

The job I have just resigned from worked me to illness. I worked for 7 bankers, 1 analyst, 2 administrative staff persons, and occassionally bankers from other branch offices. 95% of my work had extremely short deadlines. I had no time to take lunch or rest breaks and often worked until midnight, and sometimes past midnight. Tiger has expressed no displeasure with me when I resign from my jobs. I attended a free ergonomics class provided by Tiger and I thought it was really good.

I haven't worked for many other agencies, but I get the feeling that Tiger pays better than most. Tiger gives free training in most applications. They are usually responsive when I need work. When I expressed discomfort with my last job, they intervened, resulting in better treatment from my bosses.

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