temp agency

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In October, finally a flash of luck: Lee got a job through a temp agency collecting water payments at $17.30 an hour.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

The temp agency assured the 43-year-old artist that it would be a short-lived gig — a week at the most.

From Salon • Nov. 9, 2023

Workers under Hudson’s banner were offered severance, while the many employees who’d been hired via a temp agency called Adecco received nothing, despite often doing the same work as their staff counterparts.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2023

Indeed, the children at the automotive plant worked for a Hyundai subsidiary, which itself blamed a temp agency for the problem.

From Slate • Nov. 16, 2022

Even the temp agency I had signed with had been unable to find me any type of consistent assignments, so I had no dependable income coming in.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad