A W Jenkinson Employee Reviews

Company is great. Money paid on time every week. Expect £770 tramping walking floors£640 days or £680 nights. Chipliners Tramping depends on your planner. They all have the same work to cover and some of them just have waste. So lots of tooing and froing from same sites. Some planners have some good distance work but personally I found it a bit monotonous.

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Avoid as other drivers moan about you and what your getting

LGV 1 Driver (Former Employee) - Selby, North Yorkshire - 8 June 2023

Other drivers constantly moan your earning more than them and they dont even do as much work as you they get up around 7 and moan your ahead of them and earning a better fuel bonus

Pros

None

Cons

Easy work

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Insights into A W Jenkinson

Based on 46 survey responses

What people like

Ability to meet personal goals
Clear sense of purpose
Fair pay for job

Areas for improvement

Time and location flexibility
Support from manager
Energising work tasks

Don't believe a thing they tell you,

HGV Class 1 tramper (Current Employee) - Scunthorpe - 2 May 2023

My honest opinion of this company is its run like the 1980s no respect for drivers your contract is like 2 pages of how they will rip you off. You get a set week rate which is really low regardless of hours, not hourly rate. They top it to a decent wage with bonuses which they can take away at any time every driver there cannot understand their payslips or how the bonuses are calculated.

Pros

None

Cons

Jenkinsons

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No communication with anybody from the firm

HGV Class 1 Driver (Former Employee) - Chesterfield - 25 April 2023

I was willing to help out when I could but got nothing in return When I asked was weekend work compulsory they said no and yet I worked on certain Saturdays

Pros

Easy work

Cons

Long hours no life but work

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They don't care

LGV 1 Driver (Former Employee) - Chippenham, Wiltshire - 23 April 2023

Really poor management and planners have no idea what the job is like and what you do. They want to much from you with poor training given. Expected to wear your own cloths to work in no uniform given for some time after starting. Plan you no where near Facilities to wash so your often go through week with no showers. Expect you to contuine drivibg a lorry with issues like airleaks or bold tyres. Will leave you a letter terminating your contract with poor to no excuse. They won't work with you to get the work they want compleat. Seems to be a us and them Mentality with planners and drivers. Worst company I've worked. They will put you in a situation on a daily basis to lose your licence for their gain. They simply don't care about you at all. You won't get back till late on Friday and you will get harrisment from planners texting you on personal phone about the following week before you even have your time off. You will be expected to put your taco on break while being loaded and you can't go stop at a Service they will watch your every move on tracker. They won't reply to messages once they have left q letter in your pigon hole to Terminate your job. Rude and Inconsiderate management. Simply don't care about your well being at all.

Pros

Money can be good while cab hopping but will be horrible doing so for any amount of time.

Cons

No life and they will make you work till late Fridays because they are rubbish planners

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Lack of communication and badly managed

HGV Class 1 Driver (Former Employee) - Queenborough, Kent - 16 February 2023

I spent 3 months at AWJ, and although I wanted to give the company a go, it turned out a complete nightmare. I was promised £730 a week take home pay, and I never saw that pay scale once. I was lucky to take away £500 - £600 a week. They don’t pay you night out money unless you’re one hour away from the yard, and I spent more time tipping general waste than forestry. Everything about the company is miss led to just get you through the door to make up the driver numbers.

Pros

Non

Cons

Bad pay, no life, and bad management

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Decent

Driver (Former Employee) - Chippenham, Wiltshire - 15 February 2023

Decent company to work for, wage is pretty good for the work. Do what you need to do and the planners leave you alone. Decent bits of kit well maintained.

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Great company

HGV 1 Driver (Former Employee) - Penrith West - 14 February 2023

A great company. They look after their drivers very well. I only left there because I live on the east coast & they operated on the west, otherwise I would still work there.

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Excellent

HGV Class 1 Driver tramper (Former Employee) - Lockerbie - 24 January 2023

Really enjoyed working here. Tramping Monday to Friday. If you have a young family do not do it. Try for a day shift job. Overall excellent can’t fault them for anything.

Pros

Travel the country

Cons

Away from home

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Not a nice place to work at

HGV Class 1 Driver (Former Employee) - Penrith - 15 January 2023

Hard work and always lots to do on a Friday. Not a nice place to work at.The pay needs to go up in this place to make it a job I would go back to.There is a lot of better job about then driving a HGV

Pros

Cons

The pay

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Avoid at all costs.

HGV Class 1 Driver (Former Employee) - Chippenham, Wiltshire - 8 January 2023

You are in the hands of the planners who are mostly clueless morons who expect you to work 12-15hr days, everyday. Steer clear if you value your sanity.

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Easy going

HGV Class 1 Driver (Former Employee) - Queenborough - 3 January 2023

Easy going. Easy work on Walkign Floors some long distance driving mainly London work. Good fleet max 3yrs old next gen scanias.

Pros

Decent pay

Cons

Late finishing fridays

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Dont waste your time

HGV Class 1 Driver (Former Employee) - Chippenham - 2 December 2022

You're just basically a glorified bin man most of the time. Planners have shocking attitudes and are on weird power trips. Management are poor. Wage structure is pathetic and impossible to work out, if you do query the wages you can never get hold of anyone to sort it. Trailers are old and ready for scrap yard but units are pretty good. All in all, Don't bother, its a complete waste of time

Pros

only one and thats pretty good tractor units

Cons

everything else

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Great place

HGV Class 1 Driver (Former Employee) - Penrith, Cumbria - 22 November 2022

away Monday to Friday no guarantees of being home on Friday your not just a number here and are appreciated. your left to get on with it and have support from your planner.

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Shocking company

Plant Operator/Supervisor (Current Employee) - Birmingham - 28 October 2022

To many mangers that all try to the job but no communication! You will be worked and stressed to death Not a nice place to work and you are watched 24/7 by the cameras that they watch all the time

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Long hrs and dirty job . People that give u the work think u are driven a rocket .

HGV Driver (Former Employee) - Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway - 18 October 2022

OK to work for but not home every Friday. And they always keep u out to the sat and tell u on a Friday afternoon that ur not getting home. And other drivers all always finished at 15.00 on a Friday and ur out until 19.00.

Pros

Good pay

Cons

Long hrs

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Good place to work

HGV Class 1 Driver (Former Employee) - Avonmouth, Bristol - 8 August 2022

Job was great, money is good, Varied working conditions.Most planners and management were very helpful !!Most of the lorries were in tip top condition.I only left due to relocating to Cornwall Otherwise I would still be working there

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Well paid hard graft.

HGV Driver (Former Employee) - Chippenham, Wiltshire - 23 July 2022

A superb company that looks after it's workforce but do not expect to have it easy. You WILL be driving 10 hour days and where possible, maxing out driving hours.

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Great place to work

HGV Class 1 Driver (Current Employee) - Queenborough, Kent - 14 July 2022

I haven't been here long but staff and management seem great and always want to help. Great trucks and trailers. Pay is good too. Overall very good first impression

Pros

Great trucks and staff

Cons

Can't think of anything

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Class 1 LGV Driver (Current Employee) - Penrith - 4 April 2022

Overal it is good place to work. New wagons and most of tbe trailers. Most days you decide what time you start. Some days are long shifts up to 13-14 hours. Sometimes they try to compensate with less hours next day. Downside is that there is salary and working 60h/week gives you less than 10p/h which is not great these days.

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Excellent wages - have to work for it.

Driver (Former Employee) - Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway - 20 March 2022

AW Jenkinson is a good place to work as a driver. The wages are on par but you will struggle to work them out as you are paid a basic rate then 20% of what your truck makes.Equipment is good and they have no problems getting trailers in and sorting the problem immediately. Work is ok if you are prepared to graft, can be a bit dirty/smelly at times. Management in some offices needs looked at, but majority of planners are spot on.