Bidfood Employee Reviews for Warehouse Worker

Great pay, good lads poor management and the compulsory overtime is getting beyond a joke. The more you give the more they want. Decent benefits and you actually get sick pay after 2 years now but it was after probation when I started. It would work a lot better if it was 4on 4 off 12 hour shifts but it’s a 45 hour contract mon-fri with compulsory OT which is every night nearly

Pros

Layed back good wages

Cons

Long hours all week

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Operative warehouse (Current Employee) - Glasgow, Glasgow - 15 August 2023

Good work, good chances toProgress good lads working there always get a good laugh the wages are well paying for warehouse work can’t complain. Decent place to work if you like the type of job.

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Official response from Bidfood

6 September 2023

Thanks for stopping by and for the great feedback! It's so nice to hear about your positive experience as part of our #BestTeam! Wishing you continued success and satisfaction in your role!

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What people like

Fair pay for job

Areas for improvement

Sense of belonging
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Energising work tasks

Unrealistic targets

Warehouse Operative (Former Employee) - Manchester, Greater Manchester - 12 July 2023

The managers push for a 1000 pick rate per shift with 20+ employers but there’s is only 16000 items to be picked on average every shift. If target of 1000 is not achieved they are on your back straight away.

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Official response from Bidfood

9 August 2023

Thanks for stopping by to share your thoughts. We've passed your comments on to the Manchester management team to review and wish you all the best for the future.

Great pay, stressful job

Warehouse Operative (Former Employee) - Harlow - 11 July 2023

A very fast paced company, non organised management, very stressful, and you work like a robot maybe worse than that but a very good teamwork. If anyone wouldn’t care about that then I would suggest to work there cause it’s very good wages for a warehouse operative. It’s literally like a supervisor wage in other warehouses

Pros

Good teamwork, Very good wages for a warehouse, and if you finish your tasks earlier you can go home and get paid for a full day

Cons

Felt that I was forced to stay extra till we fully finished our tasks

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Official response from Bidfood

9 August 2023

We're sorry to hear that the role wasn't for you, wishing you all the best for the future!

Good place to work.

Warehouse Operative (Current Employee) - Reading - 5 July 2023

Nice place to work. Some things are not perfect but in general you can’t complain. Fair pay and nice benefits. I met a lot of nice people in this place.

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Official response from Bidfood

12 July 2023

Thanks for stopping by, it's great to hear that you've had a positive experience working here as part of our #BestTeam!

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Best workplace I’ve ever been

Warehouse Operative (Current Employee) - Battersea, Greater London - 7 June 2023

Not really much to say great work life balance amazing management great team of staff. Pay is good enough to live a little. Work can get on top sometimes but all in all great place to work.

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Official response from Bidfood

25 July 2023

Thanks so much for feeding back on your positive experience and being part of our #BestTeam - we'll pass your comments on to the management team at Battersea. Wishing you continued success and satisfaction in your role!

Good pay and fun place to work

Warehouse Operative (Current Employee) - Downton, Wiltshire - 25 May 2023

Voice picking keeps you fit and you'll likely cover 10 miles per shift so it's great for your legs.Picking from pallets is tough at first, but once you learn what the products look like, it becomes much easier.Highly recommended place to work. Management can be a little peculiar, but that's the only downside.

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Official response from Bidfood

6 June 2023

Thanks for stopping by and for the great review - we'll pass your comments on to the management team at Salisbury. Wishing you continued success and satisfaction in your role! #BestTeam

Easy going and amazing people

Warehouse Operative (Current Employee) - Chepstow - 14 April 2023

Overall a very big pod place to work, everyone gets along and has a laugh, the management ain’t too bad and you can your breaks whenever you want, they do work overtime after shift if needed but there’s also chances of early finishes which is great !!

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Official response from Bidfood

10 May 2023

Thanks for stopping by and for the great feedback, wishing you all the best for the future! #BestTeam

Very strange

Warehouse Operative (Former Employee) - Wakefield - 17 March 2023

Great set of lads but poor management.Instead of the work being shared out and the lazy staff managed it seemed the more you did the more you got gave to doVery if your face fits culture

Pros

Set hours and no weekend work

Cons

Poor management

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Official response from Bidfood

11 April 2023

Thanks for stopping by, wishing you all the best for the future.

Poor work life balance and really stressful to work for! Management is horrendous

Warehouse Operative (Current Employee) - Birmingham - 5 March 2023

Managers talk to you and treat you like rubbish on their shoes, you go above and beyond to help them out and they leave on time while you’re still working! Never have chance to book holiday because they already book too many people off that are required for workload! Extremely stressful! No work- life balance, you go in the afternoon and you sleep when you’re home and wake up and 4 hours later you’re back in home! Terrible place to work for !

Pros

Some decent people

Cons

Tired all the time, stressed out all the time!

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Official response from Bidfood

9 March 2023

Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts. We're going to pass your comments on to the management team at Birmingham for review, but it sounds like it may also be worthwhile for you to pick up with your line manager or a HR Representative to address some of your concerns. If the shift hours you work aren't right for you, don't forget that internal vacancies are advertised weekly on the Hub. You'll also find lots of health and wellbeing information available there that could be useful for you.

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Clique mentality

Warehouse Operative (Former Employee) - Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh - 28 February 2023

Aggressive nightshift managers & favoritism. I'll say without any hyperbole that if you wish to get anywhere within the company, you better smile and say yes to every request. This is not a place if you consider yourself intelligent and can think for yourself. Aggressive managers picking on staff they think won't bark back, always asking for overtime, which is fine but as soon as you say no, watch your back.

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Official response from Bidfood

13 July 2023

We're sorry to hear that you didn't have a positive experience during your time with us, we've passed your feedback onto the management team at Edinburgh. Wishing you all the best for the future.

Dismal place

Warehouse Operative/Picker (Former Employee) - Slough Trading Estate, Berkshire - 26 January 2023

This company is a absolute joke I was working at slough depot for 8 months u are treated like dirt from the management they don't care about Ur safety and the health and safety in that place is a joke, u do overtime and ain't paid for it wages are never ever correct and they do nothing to help you whatever I would not recommend working here to anyone unless you want to be treated like rubbish

Pros

Working alone

Cons

Rubbish management

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Bad management!

Warehouse Operative (Former Employee) - Stowmarket - 9 December 2022

Worst place i have worked management are useless and all cover up for eachother, they like control and if you have a voice then don't go. The business itself is ok just not stowmarket!!!

Pros

You will get good money

Cons

Have to carry managers friends

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Busy , and cliquey

Warehouse Operative/FLT Driver (Current Employee) - Edinburgh - 24 November 2022

Depot not fit for purpose atmospheric place to work ..still working in stone age ... could work in a more productive way , but does not happen ... money is rubbish for the job you have to do ...

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Official response from Bidfood

15 December 2022

Thanks for stopping by, we're sorry to hear that you don't rate your time with us so far. Where you've said about working in a more productive way, we always welcome any suggestions for improvements from those doing the job - please speak to your line manager or employee rep to feedback, or drop a message to Communications@bidfood.co.uk and we can pass on any additional comments you may have.

Hard work, but well paid

Warehouse Operative (Former Employee) - Nottingham, Nottinghamshire - 17 November 2022

Management very understanding.It’s hard work to start with but once you get the hang of it, it’s enjoyable and management are always on hand to help. Staff do come and go a lot but that’s because they don’t give it chance. Pay is good, but you do earn it - especially in peak periods.

Pros

Management, employees, pay

Cons

Hours were awkward for seeing kids

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Official response from Bidfood

6 December 2022

Thanks for stopping by, it's great to hear about your positive experience during your time with us. Wishing you all the best for the future!

Hard work but good pay

Warehouse Operative (Current Employee) - Chepstow - 4 November 2022

Hard work picking during the night and need to be prepared to do overtime when required. Good pay and opportunity to buy cheap food from the warehouse.

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Be prepared for mental health problems

Warehouse Operative (Former Employee) - Chepstow - 29 June 2022

Welcome to the meat grinder. Typical day at bidfood chepstow is chaos, managers haven't got a clue on what their staff actually do. They cant get a basic day to day operation to run smoothly after years of doing it and change things for the worse. The absence increase due to stress is huge, the turn over rate for new staff is ridiculous as they turn to bullying tactics and pressure people into leaving. If you already suffer with mental health I would say avoid at all costs but if not keep quiet as this will be used as a weakness against you constantly. Culture can feel extremely toxic and it feels like its staff vs managers. Managers wont address individuals for any wrong doing. Same smokers taking extra smoke breaks for example which they full well know who they are yet they will tar the whole workforce with the same brush. Honestly never worked anywhere this terrible. And if you have any kind of concern or issue you wish to raise you will basically get told you know where the door is. It is what it is. And what it is, is a joke.

Pros

You get paid.

Cons

Stress, Pressure/forced to work overtime, Bullying Tactics, ZERO understanding of mental health.

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Official response from Bidfood

12 July 2022

While we're sorry to hear that you didn't have a great experience with us, we'd like to thank you for stopping by and taking the time to share your feedback. We take health and wellbeing very seriously and have recently launched our new Health and wellbeing guide, as part of our new health and wellbeing strategy, which includes lots of support and resources for employees' physical, mental, social and financial wellbeing. We also have a dedicated Health and wellbeing team who meet regularly to discuss how we can improve our health and wellbeing initiatives across the business. We've passed your comments on to the management team at Chepstow and wish you the best for the future.

NIGHTS! This would be great if you're antisocial but if you want a weekday social life it's not for you.

Warehouse Operative (Former Employee) - Cannock - 30 May 2022

I personally didn't enjoy working here but some of the staff are amazing! One of the managers went above and beyond for me but unfortunately it impacted my home life too much to continue working there. A HUGE thank you to him for that. PRIf you don't like being cold, this is not the place. Unless the orders are low overtime is expected to complete all the work that comes in due to not enough staff working after 3AM. Some of the managers will be passive aggressive if you don't stay over. I was trying to get more time at home and wanted to switch to the 10-6AM shift, i was lied to by the Manager on days saying that other people wanted to be on the night shift so i asked everyone during a briefing and no one did AND the night shift was always talking about them being short staffed.

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Official response from Bidfood

16 June 2022

We're sorry that you didn't rate your time with us, we understand that night shift work isn't for everyone depending on your out of work commitments. We hope you've found something that is better suited to you, all the best for the future.

Quick to sack you off shut up shop and move branch

Warehouse Operative (Former Employee) - Bristol - 25 May 2022

Don’t waste your time job is dead money is rubish higher ups are greedy twits really not a good company and when covid hit they mixed up several branches furlowed people with out cars and made people with transport unwilling to mix take unpaid leave until six months later they made everybody redundant and shut up shop at Bristol would rather be unemployed than work for scum bags like these

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Official response from Bidfood

30 June 2022

We’re sorry that the changes we needed to make in response to the pandemic negatively affected you. Wishing you all the best for the future.

No support

Warehouse Operative (Current Employee) - Cannock - 18 May 2022

As a New team member you are expected to know your role and expected to Meet the company expectations within a week of starting if you do not meet the company needs abs expectations you are then threatened with having probation extended or even having your position within the company terminated

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Official response from Bidfood

16 June 2022

We're sorry that you're not feeling supported, we're going to pass your comments on to the management team so that they can investigate. Don't forget that we also have a HR representative available at each site if you want to raise any issues with them.

Toxic atmosphere

Warehouse Operative (Former Employee) - Gateshead, Tyne and Wear - 10 May 2022

Can’t balance home life, upper management have not got a clue how the warehouse works on a day to day working shift it is all process process process, working long hours through night shift staff turn over is horrendous can’t maintain staff as they soon get feed up and leave avoid this place not recommended at all

Pros

None

Cons

Not appreciated, taken for granted, staff soon get feed up and leave

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Official response from Bidfood

21 June 2022

We're sorry to hear that you didn't rate your time with us, we've passed your comments on to the management team at Gateshead to review. Wishing you all the best for the future.