Grafton and Diamond recruitment agencies...Legal theives?

Question

I am with Diamond recruitment, and my sister is with Grafton. I should be earning over £10 an hour, instead I earn £5. This is because Diamond takes £5 an hour to be employed by them. I think this is so unfair! Apparently if you want to start a career, such as policing/fire fighter you MUST go through Grafton as companies appreciate the agency shortlisting and then paying employees through their pay roll. Do you think this is fair?

Answer 1

In my experience of recruitment agencies, and I've had a bit, the amount of effort the agency puts in to get work for a client is minimal.  Ideally, when you want a job and sign up with an agency, they should be doing there damnedest to sell your skills and potential.  If necessary, arranging training.  This has never happened for me, although as its easier for an employer to work with agencies I got a lot of low paid jobs this way.

The whole system isn't fair, most systems in our culture are unfair.  We need some think tanks to rebuild our society.