Connex-education Reviews

Santa claus is not coming to Birmingham town lol

I worked all year and they didn t bother sending me a Christmas card let s leave the sentimental bit til later

Liars

AVOID this agency I ve worked with different agencies and I had never had any issues until I decided to register with this one They are LIARS When I registered with them I told them not to contact my references until there was something confirmed and they agreed They talked to me about a possible job in a school - it was exactly what I was looking for and they were talking to the school A few days later I got an email saying that the job had been confirmed so they would contact my references - I agreed and they did It sounded strange to me as I hadn t had any interview or trial day but if they had talked to the school and say that it s confirmed why shouldn t I believe them I still have the email they sent me where clearly says that that job was confirmed I went through a very difficult time and had to go abroad but I came back on time to start the new job apparently in March When I contacted them nothing had been confirmed and my file still hadn t been cleared for work It s unbelievable how unprofessional they are Just a few days later I got another job for 3 months - obviously not through them A couple of months later as my contract was coming to an end I contacted them again to see if they had something available My surprise was that my file still wasn t cleared for work and they needed proof of NIN which I had sent months ago What do they do with the documents they receive from candidates And on top of that they needed another reference They don t even have my file cleared after months and they need another reference They are a joke If you re thinking about registering with an agency think twice before registering with them There are many good agencies out there

AVOID

AVOID - I joined this agency for a very specific job they put me through hoops which is normal completing forms references etc and then they told me I was clear to work but I didn t hear anything so I had to assume they hadn t been honest about the job So I carried on with my other agency then out of the blue she phones up says the jobs ready makes me and offer and I think I m starting on the Monday this all happened the Friday my current agency thankfully told me that they only applied for references that day So they completely lied to me claiming they had it when they hadn t even applied They are incompetent I ended up loosing the job whilst they messed around getting references All in all they ve wasted not only my time but those that had to write a reference for me avoid this agency they real are rubbish and dishonest Also they were very very nasty about my current agency who have been nothing but amazing

Liverpool AVOID

The liverpool office staff are unprofessional and have no work ethics especially Jp and the office manager H Avoid at all costs They rip you off with the day rate without telling you They only communicate via text message They don t speak to or treat you very nice given they can cancel an assignment on you at any given time with no explanation but if you cancel one and only one you are unreliable and don t have good morals Then they threaten you with your P45 coming in the post Says in their terms and conditions that you are within your rights to cancel an assignment Avoid the liverpool office at all costs they will make you ill and stress you out Register with Sam at Warrington instead She is lovely and very welcoming I would not work another day for the incompetent Liverpool office This could be improved by hiring staff that have a good telephone manner Ones that are professional and know their own terms and conditions Threatening people with their P45 is not the way to run a successful business

Avoid the liverpool office

Avoid the liverpool office They wasted more than 3 months trying to register me and also charged me for a dbs even though I had one with an updated service They kept on asking the same documents several times and did not communicate with me during the process I tried to ring them several times and they either hung up quite rudely or refused to address the issue The staff members are rude lazy and incompetent After finally registrating they never contacted me or did anything to help me find a job Its a terrible company and all the 5 star reviews you see on google are paid Do yourself a favour and find other agencies in Liverpool There are way better options available

Terrible communication

The person put in charge of my clearance went off work for over 3 weeks Nobody processed me my DBS was left unsent and no one contacted me This is my second negative dealing with Connex who I had interviewed with previously was accepted and no one got back to me They have wasted my time and energy twice and I won t be fooled a third time

Totally unprofessional organisation

Ghosted by the lead area manager no emails no return call system is useless for booking overall a dreadful experience AVOID at all costs

Nottingham office

Nottingham office Jade is so unprofessional does not take call bounces any questions one would consider this to be be the worst experience of a supposedly professional individual in over 40 years of working in education

Give Connex a miss

Connex are confused about the right of freedom of speech so here goes it is the right to articulate opinions and ideas without interference retaliation or punishment They sent me to a school which was on its knees in Liverpool city centre It was filthy there were no resources and I heard multiple racist comments from staff there I was appalled to be honest And then there supposed sports day was being run by an outside company with staff who yelled orders and commands at the young children relentlessly Very upsetting and a huge red flag regarding safeguarding in my humble opinion Connex pretend they care about you and where you teach they don t