Bridgend County Borough Council Employee Reviews

Very little support when struggling. Only had one manager out of a team of people who gave me the bare minimum of the support I needed and still need currently.

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A lot of work

Payroll Officer (Current Employee) - Bridgend - 22 August 2023

Cuts to local budgets has put a freeze on hiring sufficient staff. As the years have gone by more and more work has been introduced and the workload is now massive. It is still possible to get everything done but only just.

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Jobs at Bridgend County Borough Council

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Terrible to work for

Care Assistant (Current Employee) - Mid Glamorgan - 22 July 2023

Your overworked there's hardly any communication and nobody cares about you or if you are stressed or anxious and nobody answers the phonesTerrible place to work

Pros

There isn't none

Cons

Long hours

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Lovely place to work.

Swimming Teacher (Former Employee) - Ynysawdre, Bridgend - 19 July 2023

Lovely place to work, good atmosphere. Very supportive.Supportive managers and fellow colleagues, lovely team.It was a pleasure to work there and wouldn’t hesitate to come back.

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Good job but no support or progression

Administration Assistant (Former Employee) - Bridgend, Bridgend - 5 July 2023

When hired for the job you will only be able to do that. I enjoyed the job but there is little to no support for progression or improvement.The environment is very clique and if you don't fit in you won't be comfortable working there.

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Insights into Bridgend County Borough Council

Based on 24 survey responses

What people like

Inclusive work environment
Time and location flexibility
Clear sense of purpose

Areas for improvement

Energising work tasks
Ability to meet personal goals
Ability to learn new things

Enjoyable and rewarding work

Care Worker (Former Employee) - Bridgend, Bridgend - 22 June 2023

Enjoyable, rewarding work ruined by poor management. Little consideration for work life balance.Potential to be a great job if the management improves

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Good workplace

Paralegal (Current Employee) - Bridgend, Bridgend - 2 May 2023

It’s a good place to work. They allow for flexible working which is incredibly useful. They also allow for completely working in the office, if that is something you prefer.

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Ok. Could be better

Support care worker (Former Employee) - Bcbc - 26 April 2023

Lovely job stressful at times. Staff good. Manager in home not very nice and speak to staff really bad so big staff turnover. Holidays hard to have, good training and reasonable rates of pay.

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Supportive and no micromanaging

Family Support Worker (Former Employee) - Civic Bridgend - 1 April 2023

Best place I’ve worked love my team and feel empowered to manage my own workload. Hybrid working and lone working however always someone on hand to support and guide me when needed

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Good work placement

Technical Consultant (Former Employee) - Bridgend - 26 December 2022

Job satisfaction very high enjoyed my time there only reason that I left was that I was head hunted by a very large consultancy with better money and package and security

Pros

Working from home until supervised

Cons

No fuel or milage allowance

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Fun and friendly staff team

Day Care Assistant (Current Employee) - Bridgend - 7 December 2022

Not payed enough Fun and friendly staff team to work with some management supportive and some negative Some back stabbing at times but all in all a nice place to work

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Home care

Health Care Assistant (Former Employee) - Maesteg, Bridgend - 26 September 2022

No work life balance,7 day rotation before a day off ,changes to rota a lot . One the plus sides love keeping people as independent as possible in order for them to safely stay in their own homes for as long as possible.

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Not a bad place to work.

Leisure Attendant (Former Employee) - Bridgend - 19 August 2022

It was a nice job, very relaxed atmosphere and adequate support from management. I felt trusted and not micromanaged. I have worked for other local authorities and BCBC were the best to work for. The main thing that lets them down is the low pay compared to others.

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Very poor and unsupportive work culture. Senior managers quite happy to throw staff under the bus when needed!

Human Resources Business Partner and Equality and Engagement Officer (Former Employee) - Bridgend - 2 May 2022

Very poor work culture, stressful and very uncaring and supportive senior management.Very poor and unsupportive work culture. Senior managers quite happy to throw staff under the bus when needed!

Pros

None

Cons

Everything

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Awful Experience from start to finish

Assistant Cook (Former Employee) - Bridgend, Bridgend - 28 April 2022

From originally applying for an Assistant Cook position with a Bridgend School it took about 12 weeks to actually be given a start date.I was continually chasing them for information. Eventually I started,only to be told after a week that they shouldn't have allowed me to work until my DBS check was back.They knew this when I started!Anyway,I'd already decided it wasn't for me.I was made to feel stupid and the staff were very patronising.I was 'taught' how to sweep in a certain way!There was hardly any interaction with the poor kiddies,they were so rushed through their dinner,many didn't have time to finish.It was just like a factory line.Not friendly and a nice experience for children.Put me off paying for my own children's dinner when I saw what they get served!After leaving I didn't receive my weeks pay,as was told I couldn't get it without my dbs!

Pros

Hours fit around family

Cons

Patronising staff Made to feel stupid Unwelcoming Awful customer service/interview process

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Good workplace

ICT Engineer (Former Employee) - Bridgend, Bridgend - 8 December 2021

A good place to work for work/life balance. Generous policies for sickness and family emergencies. A lot depends upon your immediate line manager. If they are supportive then your experience will be good.

Pros

Generous holiday allowance Generous petrol allowance flexitime

Cons

Difficult to progress once at a certain level

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Absolute dump beware you will probably need a stab proof vest to work here so many back stabbers.

Road Worker (Former Employee) - Waterton, Bridgend - 21 August 2020

This place is run like an underground organisation management are corrupt & if you're face don't fit you've got no chance,half the work force are just on a jolly most days.95% of workforce are tossers who think their important the other 5% are used & abused. Accidents are rife. No wonder the borough is in such a mess with this motley crew.

Pros

None

Cons

Getting injuries & stress

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A great time of my life

Inclusion Officer (Former Employee) - Mid Glamorgan - 21 April 2020

Loved working for BCBC. Very friendly team and excellent support network when required. As with many jobs the pay could always be better, however my love of the job was enough for me.

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No support from management

Human Resources Assistant (Former Employee) - Bridgend - 16 April 2020

I worked in a busy area of HR. Lots of colleagues were struggling and ended up on sick leave. When I went on sick leave, despite numerous attempts to ask for help, I was forced to come back to work and made to feel guilty by management. All they care about is bums on seats, they don't care about you as a person!

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Fun and productive workplace

Consultation, Engagement and Equality Officer (Former Employee) - Bridgend, Bridgend - 20 February 2020

Good, but development investment was not very good and its a slow moving environment generally due to the amount of red tape involved. Threat of redundancy always around the corner. However the people were great, very flexible. Great as a working mum. The public can be aggressive and uncompromising to staff.

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Don't Bother

Driver / Road Worker (Former Employee) - Bridgend - 21 January 2020

I was employed as an Agency Driver and despite having a H.g.v licence I was used.Dumped with one weeks notice only Because they wanted experienced ground workers.i busted my backside doing heavy manual work overlooked for overtime,winter maintenance work,and emergency call out rotas totally disgusted with the way I was treated.management haven't got whatwhat they are

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