Blue Arrow Arvostelua 

Random spam WhatsApp from Maria asking if interested in a remote position. Told her where to go and blocked. Who uses recruitment companies like this!?

One of the most unprofessional approaches I've ever had. Just ignore, delete and report. After requesting a gdpr request to stop.

I was initially contacted by a consultant based in the Glasgow office regarding an administrative position in Hamilton. Following a successful completion of all necessary checks and interviews, I commenced the role in early July. My contract was initially stated to last until the end of August. However, to my surprise, just two weeks into the role, with only one week of hands-on experience with the systems, I received the news of my immediate termination via a Teams video call. My manager cited that I hadn't reached the desired level of proficiency she expected.

It was baffling to be expected to excel in a role within such a short time frame. I was taken aback when I noticed that the job was re-advertised just two days after my termination. This led me to speculate if there might be some arrangement between the company and the agency to undertake placing and subsequently terminating employees in order to swiftly replace them and receive a bonus.

In an effort to secure new employment and manage my financial responsibilities, I reached out to the consultant via email after my termination. Regrettably, my email went unanswered, prompting me to remove my account from their platform, and I've decided not to utilize their services for any future job searches.

My experience has left me with a very negative mindset of this agency, and I would not recommend their services to others.

Beware, the 999 call centre jobs at British telecom, being advertised, is NOT guaranteed and they don't mention that anywhere on their adverts! Blue Arrow lures you, making you think you've landed a "wonderful job" at BT as 999 call handler. AT first, they tell you you will you get FULL FOUR WEEKS paid TRAINING (Full time), then they reduce the training to THREE WEEKS. This is still ok but what makes it worst is when BT (midway through the training) decides that three weeks training is too long and fire FIVE people out of the eight hired by Blue Arrow, six working days before the end of the agreed three weeks training. One morning you come and they just ask you to pack your things and leave! This is unacceptable! What a disgraceful way to treat people! The Blue Arrow representative at BT will NOT do anything for you. As long as she is being pampered by BT, she does not care a damn about the people hired by her company. AVOID!!!! Some of the five people kicked out even resigned from their former jobs thinking they will be working at BT after the end of that "training". They were not even allowed to finish the training!
Shame shame shame on you Blue Arrow! You should learn to protect the interests of the people you hire.

Outstanding company to temp for, great customer service which is always on point.

I work for Blue arrow exclusively now as an hgv driver......it is the only agency that makes you feel like a person....not a name to fill a position.. Jake Taylor my liason takes the time to remember little details and ask about them days even weeks later.... thank you . I appreciate and only use blue arrow for my work now.

Never had a problem with Newcastle they will help with any shift pattern you want.jake and the team fantastic job 👍👍👍

Blue Arrow Newcastle
Jake
I've been hgv driving for Blue Arrow Newcastle for almost two years and I've found them to be good / supportive , especially Jake.
Id recommend them

Similar to others experiences, I have an unsolicited WhatsApp approach from this recruitment agency. I retired many years back!

After signing up to this company i subsequently was receiving WhatsApp messages from scammers. They emailed to notify me and even the email recieved was not clear on what information was leaked and what was being done about it.

Will never use this company to attain work

Blue arrow liverpool are great at finding me work and supporting with admin when needed. WELL DONE TO ALL OF THE TEAM

Thanks 😊

Paul Peacock

Yet another cold WhatsApping! I see a few others here have been randomly targeted too. Mine was at 7pm on a Saturday evening!
Must be desperate to be contacting unsolicited people in this way:
From Lauren Blankson "We are recruiting for a variety of positions. May I send some information for your reference?"! Well, I only hope Ms Blankson is being paid well to carry out this unthought out, & likely thankless, task.
I haven't been looking for a job for years!

Ive been working with blue arrow first job jewish kitchen 1990 hemel hempstead,again 20 years later in cambridge and now ive move to norfolk Norwich depot full time loving it schools care homes garden centres really so much work, big shout out to Jamie Parslow thoughtfull massively supportive and has engouraged me to excel myself, best boss to date, faultless.
First review ive ever done 10 more years and i can retire. Not 1 bad day in 5 months love it!!!

Total waste of time. Register with them, leave messages and send emails to the consultant that signed you up. Doesn't have the decency to respond. Very Unprofessional.

so i got a message a few minutes ago from a ‘chloe’ claiming to work for the agency when asked how did you get my number she said she got it from the data base and they are only there to send me job opportunities, when asked to prove she works for the company as luckily i came on here straight away and found multiple other people getting the same thing, she told me to go into birmingham office🤣 block any number claiming to work for this agency.

I work for blue arrow and I happy to be employed by the company and they are helpful in enay way I there is a problem or enquiries that I have. and you get answers straight away. Thanks. R kane.

I worked for agencies for 20+ years blue arrow are right up there with the best I’ve worked for never had a problem with wages or getting shifts. Kenna and Jennifer went out their way to help when I had an internal problem and it was quickly resolved.

I have had one of the amazing experience with blue arrow. I found the team to be very professional, kind and were really looking out to support young aspirants like me to fetch a good job. Ebran Uddin, a vetting officer from the team was assigned to completed my documentation process. He really inspired me with his excellent customer service. He ensured the entire process to be really smooth with his timely response and his effort to go extra mile for me, clearing my queries is highly appreciated. i found his service to be very professional and courteaous. I definitely would suggest the management team to please consider Ebran for an appraisal and provide recognition for his incredible customer service.

Kudos to the team.

Thank you.

Beware of scammers who contact you through WhatsApp claiming to offer job opportunities. It's best to exercise caution and verify their legitimacy before proceeding. In my experience, I came across one such scam, but I was fortunate enough to have read reviews that warned against it. When I asked about their authenticity, they ignored my inquiry and proceeded to explain the job details. It's crucial to report such scams and immediately block the perpetrators.

Worked for them a long time ago (sorry date given here is incorrect as only let's me choose until 2022) but as recently had a clear out I had paperwork which reminded me of them which needed shredding. They had a contract with a famous gas firm and employed a lot of students those days for part time work. The permanent staff were treated to a different standard but they would fire agency staff on the flimsiest pretence and so had a 2 tier system. One issue was permanent staff would sometimes openly go on the internet for shopping including a manager's wife who sat next to me who was full of herself as agency staff dared not to. So I decided to do the same one day seeing as they fired agency staff all the time over far more trivial matters. I didn't realise it was partly because agency staff have no employment rights anyway and so they probably didn't even need a reason. As soon as I did so the manager's wife reported me and I was sacked, but not because of going on the internet but because they claimed I had "revoked access" for IT to see what I had been doing which I now realise conflicts with their sinister allegations that I was on political websites naming Bush and Blair (it was Rory Bremner). IT lied through their teeth and so I was precluded from even claiming benefits for 6 months as a sanction after this and they ruined my reference and it stopped me joining police at a later date. Prior to this I exceeded all their daily targets so much so I was placed in a specialist team as a result. I was young then and didn't know my rights but it's a bitter experience.

Randomly messaged me on Whatsapp, no idea where they got my number from.

No introduction or context just started with "hello, how are you?" When I asked who they were they mentioned they worked for Blue Arrow and pasted a load of pay offers for full-time and part-time packages with no indication of what the work even was.

Had a look on Trustpilot and others seemed to have the same experience. Blocked them instantly.