Pertemps People Development Group: top 20 company to work for
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Tags: 100 Best Companies to Work For 2010, Pertemps, Pertemps People Development Group
Pertemps People Development Group has reached number 19 in the The Sunday Timeslist of the “100 Best Companies to Work For 2010″.
Ben Birchall, HR director, Pertemps People Development Group, says: “It was undoubtedly a tough year for everyone at PPDG and all Welfare-to-Work providers that had to weather the storm of staff turnover and the uncertainty around Flexible New Deal. Many of our competitors suffered as a result. The economic climate and difficult jobs market clearly had a wider impact.
“In this context, PPDG’s rise to 19th position was truly remarkable – a testament not only to the company’s values and commitment to its employees, but its employees’ continued passion and commitment to their company.”
Source: http://www.recruiter.co.uk/seven-recruiters-in-sunday-times-‘best-companies-to-work-for’/1004621.article
Sadly, Pertemps People Development Group isn’t entirely the best Welfare to Work provider. With so many New Deal Complaints, Pertemps People Development Group were highlighted as a major concern:
- Fraudulently filling in timesheets – such as saying the participant was there much longer than the actual period of time they attended
- Flawed New Deal Scheme – Complaint to New Deal Personal Adviser (NDPA) about the flawed scheme including the common procedure of getting participants to copy jobs out of a newspaper on to their Job Lead log although many haven’t even bothered applying for them.
- Back to school… – 30 hour job search without any work placements as promised and general disorder in the “training” rooms.
- Contract non-compliance and false reporting of job outcomes – external links
Atleast (or so it seems) they treat their staff well, shame about New Deal participants and the taxpayer!
Link Summary
- New Deal should be subjected to a Serious Fraud Office inquiry
- New Deal fraud: Concerns rise as news spreads
- New Deal Fraud: Over 278 full fraud investigations
- 1,869 fraud tip offs in the first half of New Deal
- a4e New Deal: Finance Director resigned
- New Deal 13 week Course, Skills Training Ltd, Hounslow
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To work for, or to work with? I find Pertermps to be quite good an agency in terms of getting results but they’re not easy to get started with. In Birmingham, the rules seem to change the rules depending on who is on the front desk. Also, they don’t really seem to tailor what they have to individuals.
Not sure what to think now! They appear as No.19 in the Sunday times top 100 companies to work for, which is fantastic. But they have so many new deal complaints, I wonder how the sunday times got to this conclusion.