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It not a fun place
Warehouse Operative (Current Employee) - Middleton, Greater Manchester - 5 July 2021
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The most useful review selected by IndeedWon't even let you take holidays if family member is really sick management always stressing people out your feelings never come first they o ly care about getting there 5000 bonus at the end of the year
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Repetitive , stressful, depressing
Customer Service Advisor (Former Employee) - Stoke-on-Trent - 20 July 2021
Awful company to work for, management constantly condraticting themselves, no communication, brown nose culture.Constantly timed on every aspect of your day,Only get 15 mins of comfort break a day, if you go over by a fraction you will be called out on it via a blanket email to everybody in your dept.If you don’t hit target you will be micro managed and made to feel inferior.Working throughout lockdown was an absolute nightmare.We were threatened with our jobs repeatedly, after trying our best to please their difficult, obnoxious, toxic customers.I bought it up to my manager and was told to find a new job if I didn’t like it.They talk about mental health but very little is actually done.More and more pressure is piled on you with very little back in return.In short, I wouldn’t recommend working for this company, they take without giving much back.On the plus side, we did get occasional gifts sent to us.
Pros
Brownies they sent us
Cons
Everything else
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Selfish money grabbers
Multi Drop Delivery Driver (Current Employee) - Hinckley - 18 July 2021
Dont care about workers, preference of drivers neans some get better routes/more money potential while everyone else left with the rubbish ones and bo way to make money
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Shocking place to work
DPD Delivery Driver (Former Employee) - Chelmsford - 12 July 2021
Managers don’t care one little bit about staff it’s all about numbers and how many boxes you can fit on your van
Pros
None
Cons
Managers are horrible
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Very stressful environment to work in
Multi Drop Delivery Driver (Former Employee) - Southampton - 12 July 2021
It was a very hectic working environment it was virtually impossible to earn any money you had to work an extensive amount of hours, the employment is on a franchise basis so you have to work many hours to pay for your vehicle before you actually earn anything, upwards of 12 hours a day
Cons
Very long hours, not always guaranteed work, low pay
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Linehaul driver
Linehaul deiver (Former Employee) - Durham - 7 July 2021
Not the best wages, filthy tractor units, trailers that have been battered about, runs getting taken off you and given to agency drivers so you loose around £300 +a week transport office staff who are bone idol to say the least and just generally a rubbish place to work.
Pros
Nothing
Cons
Getting dropped at last minute with no excuse🤬
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Not a true tramping job
Class 1 Driver (Former Employee) - Nottingham, Nottinghamshire - 20 June 2021
Expected to to stay in the yard during the day with no facilities and can't stop when out to have a shower and rhe cabs are basic not even a fridge so no where to keep food and no where to wash if you treat an animal like this there would be an uproar
Pros
None
Cons
Everything
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Stress fines points need work weekends
Courier (Former Employee) - Snetterton, Norfolk - 16 June 2021
Bad management Stress fines points need work weekends not stable work nothing it's not guaranteed even they say it is change routes pay rates fine you for everything
Cons
Long hours
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Fast paced work environment
Parcel Sorter/Warehouse Operative (Former Employee) - County Tyrone - 10 June 2021
Its a fast paced work environment where the job is generally the same every day which gives a sense of stability however there is a lot of things that change on a day to day basis.
Pros
Great coworkers
Cons
Early starts
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Very good pay but long hours
Courier/Delivery Driver (Former Employee) - Nottingham - 8 June 2021
Strict time limits for each delivery (easy to manage though)Can be long hoursManagers tend to be on customers side until proven wrong when problems arriveMoney can be brilliant
Pros
Pay rate is very good
Cons
Long hours
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Jobs at DPD
Avoid
Been working as driver for eight months, all I can say is that I felt like in a ship without capitan!!Shift managers don’t have a clue what they are doing, all matters for them is to clear the depo. You will start your day around half ten to leave the depo at 2 pm!!! 3 1/2 hours not paid to finish around 9 pm!! And sometimes when you go back to depo( you must everyday) you get asked to do collection!! Absolutely a joke.they just don’t care about drivers they treat you like rubbish. If you do care about yourself just avoid.
Pros
When you leave the depo
Cons
If you find one let me know!!
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Genuinely enjoyed my time there
Sortation Operative (Former Employee) - Hinckley, Leicestershire - 3 June 2021
I needed an extra income so signed up for night shift via an agency. As a first timer to this environment, it was both scary and stimulating! Yes, it is very hard work (I saw some people leave after a couple of hours), but if you’re prepared to graft, it gets easier. There are opportunities if you show the right stuff. I moved from agency to full time employment. There are opportunities for career progression and to work in different teams, but guess what, if you’re not bothered you’ll most likely not get asked. I found management good in every department I worked in. Good canteen and food. Often free food or ice cream in the Summer.I left as I was doing two jobs, but i’d go back at the drop of a hat (and was invited to do so) if I needed to. I have worked for almost 40 years and can honestly say that I miss the people I used to work with, agency, staff and management. They’re the best.
Pros
Team
Cons
None
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Can be hard work but fair pay if you drive responsibly
Multi Drop Delivery Driver (Current Employee) - Burgess Hill - 2 June 2021
I've been at DPD for nearly a year and generally find it an easy job. I started on a route in an area that I didn't know which was nearly an hour from the depot and it was quite stressful but now I'm on a route close to the depot in an area I know well and it's been so much better. Decent pay and rewards but you have to be careful not to ding your van or damage your tyres or get a parking fine as you'll have to pay for that. People in the depot are good, some drivers miserable and rude but most ok.
Pros
Good hours, fair pay so long as you don't incur any fines or damage to vehicle
Cons
Risks involved .... Eg pay for any damage to van, tyres, parking fines, people claiming non receipt of parcels
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HGV Class 1 Driver (Former Employee) - Hub3 Oldbury - 30 May 2021
No job security at all, I had to stop in a service being solo and trying to call to get a permission to stop and off course nobody answered, I had to go at toilet and I was suspended 1 month and after that they sacked me for this, if you looking for a good job avoid DPD,I understand they sacked drivers for any stupid reasons,one of the manager's it was a stobart driver before and planner's are the worst like their filthy stinky truck's.
Pros
Money, uniform
Cons
Long hours, bad attitude from planner's and manager's1.000.0000 km truck's.
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Dpd wearhouse
wearhouse operative (Former Employee) - Springfield, Essex - 27 May 2021
DONT DO IT!!!!!!!! very poorly paid expected to work like animals u was told by a manager I'm not paid to think and we should leave the thinking to the management. By the way I am an ex manager of 13 years experience in retail who decided to try a new career.They make you feel guilty if you don't stay to do overtime and treat all staff like they are a number they have no respect for anyone. I am truly embarrassed to say I work for them and would tell anyone trying to get a job there trust me you don't want to. I have seen fights on the wearhouse floor and only one person was disciplined the others who were management git away with it stressful degrading and very bad for mental health
Pros
Zero
Cons
Empty coffee machines that arnt even free, poor canteen with dirty fridge, and over crowded staff facilities.
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Management are dogs
The management are dogs getting drivers put off the road by someone with no mot credentials, all about the brand. Tell drivers to use different postcodes further away from their area if on the sliding scale contracts to bump up their miles then sit back and say nothing when drivers are getting sacked right left and centre this was at their tannochside depot!!
Pros
Decent pay but well worked for it!!
Cons
Management needs redding out
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Long hours for less than minimum wage
Delivery Driver (Former Employee) - Warrington, Cheshire - 22 May 2021
Do not work for a service provider! You will be expected to come in either at 5am or 7am.You have to sort your parcels out and load up your van. you will probably get about 110 drops, ( you'll get more parcels than this as you may have more than 1 parcel for certain drops). You get paid £1 per drop but if you bring any back you don't get paid for that, (that can easily be 10 per day). Obviously you don't get paid when you are loading up, it can take up to 3 hours sometimes as the management are bad and the parcels may come off late. You will be constantly stressed as you have to deliver each parcel by a certain time., each drop has a green bar going slowly to red. you may have to break off to do a timed delivery which could be 20-30mins from the drop you're on. obviously you can road works and traffic which can result in you driving around like a madman as this will be the only way you will finish the shift. You can get pick ups placed on you from business which you have to pick up towards the end of your delivery, which could mean scanning in over 100 parcels for £1 and you also have to make sure these parcels are dropped off at the depot at the end of the shift which can easily add another unpaid hour onto your shift. You will only have a week to week rota so don't plan anything as you will not know what days you will be doing from week to week and when you first start you will more than likely be just working weekends as nobody wants to do them. Also if you prang your van you will be charged, very easily done as you are rushing around in a LWB and sometimes in the tiniest -
Pros
None
Cons
Long hours, working out less than minimum wage, Self employed so no holidays, sick. Have to sort your own tax out.
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Driver
Multi Drop Driver (Former Employee) - Roche - 20 May 2021
Very long days bad pay having to look for your parcels every morning around 30 minutes to many parcels and late finishes finish around 7-9pm every day management don’t care
Pros
Pay
Cons
Long hours
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Fast paced with no help
Parcel Sorter (Former Employee) - Ferndown, Dorset - 14 May 2021
Awful place to work for, especially with parcel sorting. Permanently under staffed.Angry drivers, never went a day without arguing with someone.They promised a full contract after 3 months, worked there for 7 months and never got the contract.
Pros
None
Cons
Under staffed.
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Slow days/busy days/fun/disappointing
Parcel Sorter (Former Employee) - Exeter - 13 May 2021
I love working for DPD for specific managers.I have had a problem with a couple of agency staff which one caused my injury to pull out, other than that the staff are awesome to work with and if I ever needed anything they helped.My family and friends love and prefer DPD as they are reliable and they deal with any problems that occurs. The drivers are friendly some have a terrible attitude swearing and blaming night shifts for the dayshifts messing up, and disrespectful to parcels. Dayshifts don’t care about leaving the warehouse in a state leaving pallets all over, empty food packets even though by law it is forbidden to eat out of the canteen especially in industrials. Some staff will leave and not help out when your shift ends so you need to keep your head down and work hard dpd will keep you on until they employ you only if you make the effort.
Pros
Good laugh, friendly and caring staff, busy most days especially the holidays.
Cons
None
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Fun when things go well
Multi Drop Delivery Driver (Current Employee) - Cardiff - 10 May 2021
Great for a stop gap Job money's ok if you get a tidy route it's self employed long hours and when things go wrong the go wrong management was great no issues at all but if you think this is just a cushy driving job think again it's brutal
Pros
Money
Cons
Long hours fast paced
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