temp agency
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In October, finally a flash of luck: Lee got a job through a temp agency collecting water payments at $17.30 an hour.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025
Indeed, the children at the automotive plant worked for a Hyundai subsidiary, which itself blamed a temp agency for the problem.
From Slate • Nov. 16, 2022
Kerwin Garin, 64, goes from one gig job to another, working as a chef for a temp agency.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2022
Bee’s been fired from so many of her temp agency gigs that she barely bats an eye when she receives her latest pink slip in Bee and PuppyCat: Lazy in Space’s first episode.
From The Verge • Sep. 8, 2022
She must be only twenty-five, and I remember Dennis bragging about how he recruited her outside a downtown temp agency with the promise of working in a multinational business.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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