Reliant Group ripoff dishonest employment agency Seattle Washington

My name is Michael and I am the Dispatch and Operations Manager at Reliant. Reliant is a job placement AND temporary agency now located at 405 S. Brandon Street, Seattle, WA 98108.

In April 2006 when "Kat" submitted her report I was just like her, a temporary employee looking for work. Since then I have worked with the company for 2 1/2 years, working my way to a top management position. I do not pretend to know who Kat is and I cannot confirm or deny anything she said in her report, however I believe I can offer some explanation.

As a placement agency Reliant Group finds prospective staff for local businesses. Usually an employee will work through us for a short period of time while they are evaluated and trained, then they are hired by the company and we receive a fee for finding them. In this capacity a prospective employee gets paid according to the company who is considering them for hire's procedures, not ours. On the other hand, as a temporary agency Reliant places our staff at many different locations and pays our employees once each week, according to our procedures. We pay every Friday for the previous week's work.

It is my theory that "Kat" was likely "hired" by Reliant and told she would be paid weekly because she was being paid as a temporary (through us) worker until we found her a permanent job. Our company then likely found Kat a possible "placed position" with a company who wanted to pay her bi-weekly. The bottom line is that Reliant Group is a reputable company that tries to find work opportunities for people who are otherwise having trouble finding their own. We work VERY hard at trying to find the balance between our customers and our employees' needs. Kat says Reliant drug our feet for 2 1/2 weeks but it sounds like she sat back for 2 1/2 weeks waiting for us to find her a job and then complained about it when it did not pay weekly.