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PeopleReady, a TrueBlue company, specializes in quick and reliable on-demand labor and highly skilled workers. PeopleReady supports a wide range of blue-collar industries, including construction, manufacturing and logistics, waste and recycling, and hospitality. Leveraging its game-changing JobStack platform and 600-plus branch offices across all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Canada, PeopleReady served approximately 94,000 businesses and put approximately 220,000 people to work in 2021. read more

EMPLOYEE PARTICIPANTS: 78

TOTAL RATINGS: 2248

CEO: Kristy Willis

Kristy Willis PeopleReady CEO Rating

PeopleReady's CEO, Kristy Willis, has 75 employee ratings and a score of 88/100, placing them in the Top 5% of similar size companies on Comparably with 1,001-5,000 Employees and Top 5% of other companies in Seattle. When breaking the CEO score down by factors such as department, gender, and ethnicity, we see that males at PeopleReady rate Kristy Willis higher than females, giving the CEO a score of 88/100.

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Where This Score Ranks PeopleReady's CEO Rating

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In the Top 5% of 2126 Similar Sized Companies on Comparably
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In the Top 5% of 140 Nearby Companies in Seattle
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1st place versus 3 competitors rated on Comparably

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PeopleReady CEO Kristy Willis Bio

Kristy Willis has served as President of PeopleReady since March 2023. A purpose-driven leader, Willis is inspired by PeopleReady’s mission to connect people and work and the opportunity to enable clients to move their business forward while serving local communities. In her role, she guides the company’s strategic direction and is focused on achieving service excellence and industry leading growth through technology and delivery model innovation and employee empowerment.

With TrueBlue since 2018, Willis most recently served as Chief Sales and Operations Officer of PeopleReady, and before that, Chief Sales Officer. Before joining PeopleReady, Willis spent nearly 20 years with the Adecco Group, most recently in the role of Senior Vice President for the company’s Western Division, where she was responsible for leading sales, service delivery, fulfillment, operations and financial management.

Willis has appeared on the Staffing Industry Analysts’ prestigious Global Power 150 Women in Staffing list multiple times. In 2022 she was ranked No. 2 on the World Staffing Awards Leaders to Watch list. She also won the SILVER GLOBEE in the Female Executive of the Year category and the Silver Stevie® Award for Woman of the Year in Sales.

Willis holds an Executive MBA from IMD University in Lausanne, Switzerland, and has completed executive education programs at Harvard Business School.

Who Ranks PeopleReady's CEO Rating the Highest?

Ethnicity - Hispanic or Latino 100/100

Department - Marketing 92/100

Department - Operations 91/100

Who Ranks PeopleReady's CEO Rating the Lowest?

Experience - 6 to 10 Years 79/100

Department - Customer Support 80/100

Ethnicity - African American/Black 83/100

PeopleReady CEO Kristy Willis At a Glance

The CEO score provides an understanding of how employees feel about the CEO’s leadership style and effectiveness at PeopleReady.

Based on 75 ratings, Kristy Willis ranks right above ManpowerGroup's CEO, Jonas Prising.

PeopleReady's CEO is highly regarded by Hispanic or Latino employees, the Marketing department, and the Operations department. However, employees with 6 to 10 Years experience, the Customer Support department, and African American/Black employees have a less favorable view of the CEO and believe there is room for improvement. Overall, the CEO score has remained stable over the last 90 days.