A W Jenkinson Employee Reviews in Penrith

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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Great place

Vehicle Operative (Former Employee) - Penrith - 8 September 2023

Long hours but the money is worth it all . Good people who work there and will help you out as much as possible. Up to date on all health and safety

Pros

Relaxed and fun

Cons

Long days

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Insights into A W Jenkinson

Based on 49 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
Sense of belonging

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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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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Busy days. Easy enough.

HGV Class 1 Driver (Former Employee) - Penrith - 12 March 2021

Walking floor tramping job.4 nights out.Loads of work on.New trucks and good trailers.Good training and helpful at all times.Forest products good, waste not so good. Salary +bonus +night outs.Good money to be made.

Pros

New trucks. Good wages. Steady work.

Cons

Long hours. High turnover of drivers.

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LGV 1 Driver (Former Employee) - Penrith - 2 August 2020

Good place to work. Worked for them almost 18 months on night shift. You got you job to do and nobody bothers you during your shift. Only reason I left that I 2as tired of night shifts. If the would offer a dau shift I would go back without hesitation.

Pros

Good atmosfeere and freedom

Cons

Sometimes dirty jobs

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Good job

HGV Class 1 Driver (Former Employee) - Penrith, Cumbria - 1 June 2020

Good job good pay for what you do, nice vehicles, all the planners run different overall in my opinion it were good.there were some jobs better than others but mostly doable.

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Dont bother

Class 1driver (Former Employee) - Penrith - 22 March 2020

Paida daily rate,work twice as long as long serving,pretty much 6 days and dont care about family life tried stitching me up when handed notice in Management lied however i was too clever for them and came away withlast laugh,really poor environment everyone out forthemselves and really dont care poorly paid for graftudoo nvr again chipliners good learning curve tho

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Good company

HGV Class 1 Driver (Current Employee) - Penrith - 9 September 2019

Very good company to work for the nights away from family can be an issue at times but over all the job is what it is there are quite a few good bunch of lads these would be my first call if i needed more work again

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HGV Class 1 walking floors

class one walking floor driver (Former Employee) - Penrith - 29 December 2017

Working from Penrith depot four nights out per week, early starts, sometimes late finishes, can be dirty work delivering forest products, waste amongst other things. Good quality vehicles, Volvos and Scania, good quality trailers, well maintained, good salary, overnight parking paid. Left up to you to do the jobs. Easy work after the first few months.

Pros

Good vehicles, trailers and wages.

Cons

Bit too far to travel.

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Timber crane Operator/ Lorry Driver (Former Employee) - Penrith, Cumbria - 30 June 2017

joke of a company work you to your last hours,Promise of fuel allowance but never got it.truck kept breaking down and never got final wage and holiday pay made up some excuse not to pay.