Winston Staffing Services — Local services in New York

I guess I shouldn't be surprised that this company's ratings reflects poorly on them. I was contacted by Karen and did not think that a singular person should be representative of an entire company. However, I now see that her actions and apparent incompetence is a direct result of a poor company and she is most likely a direct product of her environment.

Karen contacted me first; I never made any submission to Winston's website nor had I applied to any jobs that they were involved with. The job in question was with Stony Brook University. I have handfuls of family from both sides that have attended SBU, so I liked that a job role relevant to me was revealing itself. It helped that I have a positive history with SBU as well.

The problem was that Karen failed to give me much details. I felt a bit like I was pulling teeth just to get an answer. My main concern was not having a job description. When I finally received one, most of it was redacted. I already wasn't feeling good about the situation but decided to wait to hear more.

I was called after the weekend by Karen telling me I had the job. No interview necessary. I've never had this occur in the history of my job search, nor when I was on the hiring side of the table. So I called SBU using the phone numbers on their website. A recruiter there kindly explained some of the information to me.

This prompted Karen to call me back and she was highly upset that I reached out to them. I apologized because I had never used a temp agency and therefore did not understand the process in full but she insisted that she told me "ALL" of that already. She didn't. Failure to communicate and there I was apologizing to be nice. I don't know how many times she needed me to say I was sorry but she continued to yammer on about it. I knew right then and there that I would not continue my business with her or Winston Staffing.

I wish it ended there but it did not. I told her that I would "Get back to her" about it because I still had the paperwork on my laptop. I called around to recruiters in different companies that I was interested in working with and then finally sent Karen an email simply asking her to withdraw me from consideration for the role with SBU.

Earlier, before my email, Karen told me she'd be in the office until 5pm that day. She began to pelt my phone with calls every 20-40 minutes and well past 5pm (I have the call logs on my phone) and she never left a voicemail nor replied to my email. I guess she finally got it through her head that I lost interest because it was close to 6pm on Monday before the calls stopped and it is now almost 1pm on Wednesday and she is radio silent. Finally.

Overall I would not recommend anyone signing up for Winston Staffing nor do I think anybody should take their call if they solicit you. It seems like from thumbing quickly through the reviews that there are a lot of other recruiters here like Karen, and I cannot believe that they were even capable of earning what is currently a 2.8 out...

Deyanira A. Pimentel is the rudest person i know. She criticized my attire after i told her my reason for wearing what i wore was because my apartment was flooded and i was just getting back on my feet or at least trying. She told me that i should wear makeup because she doesnt want me showing up at these jobs with my face looking as if i just rolled out of bed (verbatim). She also suggested that i change my nail color because it was too bold. The color was green a very sophisticated green but i guess she didnt think so. She told me that i should buy new clothes and show up with a blazer; mind you i had one but i took it off because it was over 85 degrees outside; reason why I didnt wear makeup.. She made me feel extremely uncomfortable and unwelcome. She also told me that i shouldnt wear the jewelry that i wore because it makes too much noise. I had on 3 thin bangles that i got from my dad who is muslim so its a religion thing. My earrings according to her were too long, I should have worn studs and not small drop earrings. I express to her the hours and days that i could and couldnt work and she said that it was fine and i also told her since she made it mandatory that i change my appearance that she would have to give me a week to get things in order. I was not working at the time so my money was very low. She agreed to that as well all to call me later that night and offer me a position for 3 days at a hospital in Jamaica Queens and i live in the Bronx. She kept on going on and on about my clothes which in my opinion was interview attire so i didnt want to show up at the place she sent me to "not presentable" so i turned down the offer and she then said to me " oh dont worry about the nails theyre fine just make sure you get a blouse" i told her i dont have any money and that i am relying on a relative to help me and she kept pushing and pushing. We eventually ended the call and she never called me back to follow up or answered any of my calls or emails. When i did finally speak to her she told me that it's not her job to reach out to me but that i should keep in contact with her and for me not to get an attitude because she's the one helping me.

I've tried countless times to notify someone of the experience i had but i havent been successful. I left numerous messages on the supervisor Charles Orandello phone and even he has yet to call me back. I would never ever recommend anyone to...

This is my second review about this agency and the recruiter I was dealing with. I took down the first review after giving no stars to the recruiter Akber because I thought I would give him the benefit of the doubt. He reached out to me three months ago after applying to one of the agencies job postings and advertised the agency and how many connections they had to hospitals, big corporations, city jobs and etc. Akber got my hopes up in expressing how much help and assistance he can be during my job search and in the three months of looking for work he set up one interview. But only after I put up the first review about a month ago that is when he reached out to me finally set up an interview at Weill Cornell hospital. After sending numerous of emails with no responses and phone calls I am back to square one. Haven’t heard anything from akber after that interview, I sent two emails in the last two days and still no response. This agency and their recruiters are very unprofessional, I can’t speak for all of them but by reading the reviews of others I should have definitely stood clear of them. I have been dealing with another agency called Larkin Agency, a small agency with only about 5 staff members. In the three weeks of dealing with that agency Nancy has set me up on three interviews and scheduling another one this week. For all those seeking employment I would recommend Larkin over Winston. Winston sells dreams and gets your hopes up but doesn’t follow through. I would give no stars but they get one star for one interview in the three months of...