Labor Ready: How does it work?
Asked by Erix
Do you have to show up at their office every day you want to work, or do you call in, or do they call you? I've heard all of the above - Does it vary by location? Is there transportation provided to any of the work sites, either by Labor Ready or the client companies?

Best Answer:
They call you when jobs become available and tell you how many days etc. Sometimes transport is available from their office, other times you have to get yourself to the jobsite. Depends on the client.

i know the answer to this one, frontwards and back - every morning, you show up at their office, ready to work - you stay around for about an hour, seeing if there are any jobs that you are qualified/willing to do....if there are any other people going to that site who are willing to give others rides, you pay that driver a small fee....labor ready never provides transportation, and very very rarely would a client ever.
Answered by shizzle

you are better off going with a temp service like aerotek if you are a skilled laborer,they pay anywhere from $12hr to $35 unlike labor ready where you have to go into a hall with a bunch of drunks and druggies at 5am and hope to get a measley min wage job. the only benefit of labor ready is they pay daily but charge you for ,hard hat,safety gloves,safety glasses,back brace..etc. http://www.aerotek.com/?source=yssp i order guys from aerotek all the time to assist on my projects and they get paid better than my full time employees and sometimes me.
Answered by TRUTH

In most cases, the offices open at around 05:30 and the potential workers need to be there at opening for best pick of available work. True, those with cars will get better offers (and will probably be offered a small stipend for transporting other workers) but mostly it's a first come, first picked type of arrangement. Their rules are fairly simple and straight forward: Work today, get paid today. Work whenever you want (subject to available positions, of course) but you must finish any job you start. Leaving any job site prematurely is grounds for immediate expulsion from future opportunities to work. Here's the good part: Let's say you got up Monday to be at the office at 05:30am, and was assigned to work at an office building. If they liked your work ethic and the quality of your work, they could ask to have you back on Tuesday (or sometimes, to continue on through the rest of the week). This is called a repeat ticket. When you have a repeat ticket, you just report directly to the job site at their normal reporting time; there's no need to get up super early to stop by the Labor Ready office first. The office will generally provide you with the ticket the evening before when you get off to get paid.
Answered by Captain S