Post by pavel on Jan 17, 2016 17:06:25 GMT -6
Temp agency workers detail pressure to discriminate at Alabama-based temp agency
By all accounts, Automation Personnel Services Inc. aims to please its customers.
For just over a quarter-century, the Alabama-based temp agency has provided temporary workers to industrial companies and warehouses in the South, and its dedication to clients shines through its motto: "We built our success helping you succeed."
But that focus on customer service can be treacherous. When its clients wanted to hire temp workers based on race, sex or age, Automation was happy to oblige, according to dozens of former employees.
Often, the practice was blatant. A manager at a Georgia manufacturing plant asked Christie Ragland not to send him "any black thugs," she said. Ragland, a former Automation office manager until early 2015, said her boss told her to give the client what he wanted. And in Memphis, Tennessee, Josie Hernandez said her branch manager would comment, "Don't hire that damn nigger," and ordered her to send only Latinos to a flower delivery company.
Read more: www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/01/temp_agency_workers_detail_pre.html#incart_2box
By all accounts, Automation Personnel Services Inc. aims to please its customers.
For just over a quarter-century, the Alabama-based temp agency has provided temporary workers to industrial companies and warehouses in the South, and its dedication to clients shines through its motto: "We built our success helping you succeed."
But that focus on customer service can be treacherous. When its clients wanted to hire temp workers based on race, sex or age, Automation was happy to oblige, according to dozens of former employees.
Often, the practice was blatant. A manager at a Georgia manufacturing plant asked Christie Ragland not to send him "any black thugs," she said. Ragland, a former Automation office manager until early 2015, said her boss told her to give the client what he wanted. And in Memphis, Tennessee, Josie Hernandez said her branch manager would comment, "Don't hire that damn nigger," and ordered her to send only Latinos to a flower delivery company.
Read more: www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/01/temp_agency_workers_detail_pre.html#incart_2box