Labor Ready Inc

I used Labor Ready at the suggestion of a friend in the construction industry. They seemed to specialize in providing additional labor for construction projects. I was in need of a laborer who could do digging and shoveling. I had asked for one laborer for 8 hours and two showed up at 8:15 in one car. When I said I was only looking for one person, they said the office had sent both. I called the office and they said there was a misunderstanding in the order, could I use both and get done quicker. I agreed to let both work thinking it would go faster with two shoveling. It turned out one of the labors did not know how to shovel or handle a wheelbarrow. At 9:00 it was apparent the second laborer was slowing down the first so I called the office to tell them to come for the non-worker. They came at 10 with a replacement who said he was a good laborer and could handle the shoveling and wheelbarrow. We restarted the work and the replacement was more qualified but really did not know how to shovel and neither of them could use a pick axe to work the hard clay soil. I ended up doing all the pick axe work when it became apparent that we were not going to finish in 8 hours. We finished at 4:00. They insisted that I fill in 8 hours work as "the lunch 1/2 hour is charged as working time". I was not in a mood to argue so I signed the time sheet and they left. I had used Labor Ready as they said their workers were trained and used to shoveling. They also just charge a fixed $24.99/hour which was reasonable. Next time I will use somebody else as I ended up paying $50/hour for the two that did less work than one skilled laborer.