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Dont bother with this company
Lvg 2 driver, loading shovel, fork truck (Current Employee) - 9 years - 23 July 2023
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The most useful review selected by IndeedBullying by management, Treated like your nothing, give out Disciplinary's like their going out of fashion, Health & Safety when it suits them, not a good place to work
Pros
Non
Cons
No breakfast breaks Half hour dinner break
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Bizarre structure of incompetence
refuse loader (Former Employee) - Bristol, Bristol - 10 September 2023
Directors are always on the take, running everything bent and refusing to take responsibility. If you see a director or upper manager, they're probably heading to another meeting with free lunch. Otherwise, plenty of the guys know where to score quality gear, and you can make money from the scrap you keep off the rounds.
Pros
Dodgy characters can supply anything you want
Cons
Going down the drain
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Areas for improvement
- Sense of belonging
- Support from manager
- Ability to learn new things
Productive
Street Cleansing Operative (Former Employee) - Bristol - 8 June 2023
What is the best part of working at the company? Really good work to keep you busy What is the most stressful part about working at the company? The winter and the rain really cold no where to hide out the way What is the work environment and culture like at the company? Yeh fun and hard to fit in sometimes What is a typical day like for you at the company? 6 am start straight out on the route then finish for 2:30’pm
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great colleagues poor management
Recycling Operative (Former Employee) - Bristol - 2 March 2023
decent pay great hours but if you finish your work you get rewarded with other peoples work lack of communication and if you have personal problems that effect your work or childcare they refuse to help
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Unbelievable
The lads are sound but as soon as you look at supervisors and upper management it turns into a nightmare. Far too many people trying to stab each other in the back. Apparently this is how it’s always been! Can’t wait to find something new.
Pros
4 on 4 off
Cons
Awful leadership.
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Glad I left
Recycling driver (Former Employee) - Bristol - 28 October 2022
Management out to get you Worse than big brother Expected to do overtime reguardless of issues Management out to catch you doing things wrong rather than right Didn’t realise how bad job was until I left. You get into a rut
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Was quite a depressing place to work in the latter years
Street Cleaner (Former Employee) - Bristol - 21 October 2022
The duty of care for staff is second to none in print, but extremely lacking in reality, you are just a payroll number and dispensable. Business needs and money saving comes top of the agenda
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Don’t “Waste” your time with this company!
HGV Driver/Loader (Former Employee) - Bristol - 26 May 2022
Awful company to work for, pays peanuts for the hard work you’ll be doing. No people skills with management, the harder you work the more work they will dump on you, pays to drag your feet and not break your back. Residents would rather spit in your face than say thank you. Stay way away from this one, there’s plenty more jobs paying lots more for the same treatment, go where the money is, not this dump.
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where chaos is a boss
Been working here since Bristol waste started and saw the company going down since. The only good things are life-work ballance, from 6 - 14:18, loaders typically finishing earlier, so that's a big plus, there no punch in punch out system, but if there a lot of work on the floor, they can keep people waiting till 14:18, as it still time you are paid. Overtime after paid at 1,5 rate, make sure you write it down or take a picture of overtimesheet, because they've got ability to disappear and then you will change into beggar mode and try to recover it, good luck with that. There are a lot of funny and easy going guys, who really will help and sort out problems at work better than people in charge. Plus the day going faster if you have a good crew, so you can chat to someone and laugh. Saying about management they like to use their power to try to find something on you to penalize or discipline. Some people in charge are ok and some good managers forced to follow the order what incompetent from above said. Also there are a lot of directors with fat salaries who never show their faces to workers and noone knows who they are and not once Bristol waste had a genetal meeting where directors meet work staff for 7 years it exists, saying it all. But they regularly have a massive pay rise, some equivalent to loaders yearly wage and for us as workers Bristol waste started negotiation with unions with 1%, standart every time. Work could be phisically hard, especially recycling or refuse containers, street sweeping autumn when a lot of leaves... If you say your round is too big, they would -
Pros
Rubbish will always exist, the job is indefinite
Cons
Rubbish, no light at the end of the tunnel ;)
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Bullied from supervisors.poor management.very stressfull place to work.poor comunication between management,supervisors and staff.
refuse loader (Former Employee) - Albert rd bristol - 1 September 2021
If you want a stressfull job this is for you.the hrs are ok but they always want more.it payed per hr of work but always expect the work finished and if not you get a mouthfull.they have there favourits if your face dont fit they make your life misserable.we worked all through covid and was made to drive our vehicles out on the rounds.no petrol allowance given and they gave us a £50 bonus.cost me hundreds of pounds in fuel.the company is terrible.
Pros
Aint any
Cons
Give them your all and its never enough.
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It's fine
Recycling operative (Current Employee) - Bristol, Bristol - 21 August 2021
It's cool working were I work at Bristol waste I enjoy my role and enjoy the team.Ive had or heard no bullieing just the normal man to man banter which you'll get in any role such as Bristol waste it's definitely one of them jobs don't like the banter don't do the job me personally love it
Pros
Good breaks
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Terrible management
LGV Driver (Current Employee) - Bristol - 5 August 2021
Not a great place to work. Management is awful and the supervisors aren’t much better. Lots of bullying across the board. Seems like it’s every man for himself.
Pros
Good working hours
Cons
Poor management
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Awful management
Refuse Driver (Current Employee) - Bristol - 21 July 2021
Reasonable pay but awful management from the top down to supervisors. Some roles can be repetitive. Car parking if you're early enough. Overtime available daily
Pros
Overtime if you want it
Cons
Management
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Busy filled days
Refuse Worker (Former Employee) - Bristol - 24 February 2021
i enjoyed working for Bristol Waste and there were opportunities to try different types of jobs. I worked at three different locations throughout Bristol.
Pros
30min - 1 hour lunch
Cons
some jobs were long hours
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Productive
Financial Assistant (Former Employee) - Bristol - 29 March 2020
This job was engaging and accepting of my young age, (this was done as work experience) and the employees were welcoming and helpful when I was struggling with tasks.
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its not a bad place to work but would not work there again
recylcing collecter (Former Employee) - Avonmouth - 7 November 2018
was long hours and was on my feet the whole day was unable to sit down as am out on the round recylecing all day the only time u can sit down is when you finished
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good team
Apprentice (Former Employee) - Bristol, Bristol - 22 March 2018
friendly staff good company to work for only downfall was they just didn't help when I need it and also didn't give me a chance to finish my level 2 but apart from that good hours
Pros
excellent pay
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Fantastic Company
Payroll Manager (Former Employee) - Bristol - 19 February 2018
Fantastic company to work for would work for them again, good and strong leadership from senior management, very good culture, good job security good team structure
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good fun hard work
Driver Team Leader (Current Employee) - Bristol - 15 January 2018
busy day early starts was very on going had many benifts to progress carrear as long as you keep your head down working life was simple.worked well with management and council
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not a fun place to work
Driver Team Leader/Operative (Former Employee) - Bristol - 17 December 2017
It's ok if your face fits, they always find friends and family jobs. The hardest part of the job is working in bad weather, the most enjoyable part of the job is meeting people and being outside when the weather is good.
Cons
PPE was not up to standard for adverse weather conditions.
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hardwork
Driver Team Leader (Former Employee) - Bristol - 24 January 2017
this job a high level of fitness due to all the walking and lifting. used to be a good company but since being taken over has gone down hill fast. bad management.
Pros
wages
Cons
management
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