Honest comparison

MyGig vs Adecco

Adecco is one of the best-known temp staffing brands in Australia, with a consultant-led model that spans office, industrial and specialist hiring. If what you need is a temp placed into a role for weeks or months across a mix of white-collar and frontline work, that model is well built for it. MyGig is narrower and works differently: casual frontline shifts booked one at a time through software, with a flat 15% service fee published up front instead of a bill rate quoted per account.

What this compares: the traditional staffing agency model that national providers including Adecco operate in, compared with how MyGig works. It is not a comparison of Adecco's own rates or terms, which are quoted per client and are not published.

	Traditional agency model	MyGig
Pricing model	Agency model: an hourly bill rate quoted per client and per role, with the margin bundled inside and not itemised.	Flat 15% on wages and on-costs, published, identical for every client and every role.
What you see before committing	Agency model: a quoted rate. The underlying award rate, loading and on-costs are generally not broken out.	A full estimate: award rate with the clause cited, casual loading, date-specific penalties, super, workers comp, payroll tax and fee.
Engagement shape	Agency model: built around a placement, often measured in weeks or months, with a consultant managing the account.	Built around a single shift. Book one, book a hundred, with no obligation between them.
Speed to fill	Agency model: depends on consultant availability and the branch bench, usually a same-day-to-several-days conversation.	Post in about 60 seconds; in Sydney, qualified applicants typically arrive within minutes.
Who employs the worker	Agency model: the agency is the employer of the on-hire worker.	MyGig, as authorised Employer of Record in NSW, WA, TAS and NT.
Service breadth	Large agencies cover permanent placement, professional and office hiring, and specialist sectors alongside temp.	Casual frontline shifts only: warehousing and 3PL, events, retail, hospitality, cleaning, construction labouring.
Fees beyond the rate	Agency model: placement fees and temp-to-perm transfer fees are standard.	None. If you hire a MyGig worker permanently, there is no transfer fee.

Model-level comparison, current as at August 2026. No pricing, margin or service claim above is attributed to the named provider. Product names and trademarks belong to their owners; no affiliation or endorsement implied. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we’ll fix it.

The honest verdict

Where each one wins.

Where Adecco wins

Office and professional temping is a real category MyGig does not serve. If you need an accounts payable temp for six weeks, we are the wrong call.
Consultant-led hiring suits managers who want to hand over a brief and receive a shortlist, with no software to learn.
National coverage, including the states where MyGig is not yet the authorised Employer of Record.

Choose a consultant-led agency for office and professional temping, for longer placements, or for coverage in states MyGig has not reached.

Where MyGig wins

Published pricing you can act on without a sales conversation, and the same 15% whether you book one shift or five hundred.
You see the exact cost of a specific date and time before you commit, including the penalty that applies to it.
No placement fee and no temp-to-perm transfer fee, so hiring someone you like does not trigger an invoice.
Workers are paid the day after every shift with 12% super, at no cost to them.

Choose MyGig when the work is frontline shift work in NSW, WA, TAS or NT and you want to see the cost, pick the person, and commit one shift at a time.

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