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I worked here for a long time on nights. Back when night shift was good. I can confidently say it’s not the worst place in the world. The agency is the most backwards thing known to man. I was told by a manager I’d be getting full time and the agency worker wasn’t having it, went and found a general manager asked him, to find out in fact I wasn’t getting full time and mocked me right infront of my face while telling me there was no shifts available and That I’d be flat on my backside till there was. But beyond that production is good stuff, If you get a good team. If you’re young and are looking for a pay check every week I recommend this place. It did me good until they gave everyone full time contracts but a shift pattern nobody liked and then started firing allThe new fulltime hires. I quit as I had abit tooMuch pride back then.
Pros
Breakfast is cheap
Cons
The locker room bogs
Worked in low risk at Greencore Manton Wood for years and wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone unless you’re really desperate for the work. The environment is unpleasant and toxic for the most part. You’ll be treated as “just another number” so be prepared to do work that you don’t want regardless of what you say.There are simply too many managers. In low risk alone you’re looking at over 20. Don’t even think about stopping to talk to colleagues or else one of the many managers will have you doing 3 other jobs while they sit (non-socially-distanced) in an office. Whether it’s the “coordinators” or the higher up managers, be prepared to be treated like you’re worthless by power hungry people who forget that they work in a sandwich factory and are nothing special.For the amount of stress that comes with the job, the pay really isn’t worth it. The pay itself isn’t all that great unless you’re working weekends. A good point is that you might make some actual friends there, but it’s hard to judge who they are because of the amount of people who will backstab you or talk bad behind your back. This is one of the reasons morale is so low.I’ve seen my colleagues disciplined for taking days off due to family emergencies or for their mental health. While being disciplined, you’ll have snobby HR staff throwing the book at you and encouraging managers to give you harsh punishments. They’re more for the company than for the workers. Greencore like to act like they care about their colleagues and their mental health but that couldn’t be further from the truth. You’re met with people - more...
Pros
Decent shift pattern
Cons
Uncaring managers, very cold, poor pay, not the best hygiene
No communication between depots, promises made then broken. There are clicks which if you don’t fit into there is no where to go the pay don’t reflect the work you do
Pros
None that I could think of
Cons
Low paid for the work, promise the earth and don’t deliver
Caring company that focus on staff wellbeing. An employer that goes the extra mile. Offers great benefits and always finding new ways of engagement. A great company to grow and develop your skills.
Pros
Sandwiches at great prices
Cons
None
One mistake and your out. On first day suggested to run bent. Trucks a disgrace. Overall a bad feeling as soon as I turned up for my first shift. No training, just give you the keys and off you go. Good job I asked questions before I left the depot or would have been even worse than it was. Will not be setting foot in the place again. Feel sorry for the drivers that work there long term, I spoke to a few they all said the place is a shambles. "No matter how long you've been there one mistake and your out!!!!!!!!" Got this off 2 drivers. Rant over.
Pros
None
Cons
Underpaid, overworked, lack of organisation and certainly don't care about the drivers.
This was very hard working there becuse they never gave u fullshift to work they aleays sent you home early so u was not making enougj money as agency didnt give much hours but it was friendly environment as there were all foreigners working cheap labour
Expected to work every Sunday so no 2 day weekends off/Expected to work new years day/Pomised a bonus that doesnt get paid/Horrible management that treat you bad if your face doesn't fit/Unrealistic pick rate of 1000 that is virtually unachievable even going non stop (you will sweat even in a chilled enviroment)/1 half an hour break and penalised if 1 minute late/Expected to do overtime regardless, worst place I've ever worked in my life. Only apply if it's your last resort and there's literally nothing else available.
Pros
Leaving to go home
Cons
Everything
Work was very easy and enjoyable made some good friends but was poorly run by management team nothing would be fixed when reported some other drivers were very lazy and you had to clean out your vehicle at start of your shift
Pros
Cheap sandwiches
Cons
Poor communication
Easy work but have opinion then your out of the door then make up the excuse agency no longer want you etc More respect for management if they where honest with you
Pros
Lads in warehouse
Cons
To many brown noses
I really enjoyed my time at greencore as a delivery driver. You had to start at 4.30 am load your van with the days work. Usually get to your first drop about 6.00 am. Really easy to do your just delivering sandwiches and snacks. My route had 25 drops so I was finished 10.30 then drive back to depot. The job was salaryed so job and finish I Usually worked 35 per week but got payed for 48. I would recommend this company for employed with this company.
Pros
Job and finish
Cons
Early starts
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Bad management family factory if want from you something it's very nice and very helpful but if you need something it's just show you a back .Management asking to broking a presagers and food safety because the amount of product is important and not the quality .if you complaining it's just suck you
Pros
Nothing
Cons
You must to work different hours like 3 am to 3 pm without night ad pay
No managment at all, very poor management, It is not known at the English level of migrants -team leaders of course, they have no education, very bad communication with people, and the people can not hold on themself , mean toilet))can do on the work in line pants, I always tell you that they do not have spare people, sometimes people cry there
I started working in Greencore through agency just over 4 years ago. First few weeks were with few hour shifts and many cancellations (as it was agency). 11 months after I started working there I was offered a place in company, but as it turned out later in, it was only because of specific job role that causes people back pain as there was no rotations on work tasks. Even then I’ve asked for line coordinator support, but no luck for most of the time. That’s where I personally started developing mental health issues and to this day I’m still struggling with it along with a life long health condition. Lack of support from management is unfortunate. Most of the time it feels like the more you give to them, more they want to take away. Quite a lot of different cultures around and lack of respect between managers (line coordinators and zone managers) and line operators are unforgivable. As people are already saying, workers are slaves and are bullied to work longer hours. Personally I’ve got quite a lot on my sleeve with my health and it’s hard to work there when there’s barely any support from management. I’m struggling most of the days. The good part is cheap sandwiches. Some people working there are actually quite nice. Without a fight, it’s hard to survive there. Unless you’re in one of those culture groups with Rumanians (quite a few managers there of this nationality and workers in general). Haven’t had much experience with HR. Unfortunately I don’t know much of SSP. Last time I had heard anything of it, they only pay after day 3. Means that if you’re sick for 5 days, - more...
Pros
Cheap sandwiches
Cons
No respect
Very badly run by management and so-called team leaders.No organization what so ever. if you don't fit in you will be given all the worse jobs so you will be bullied out of job.
Pros
none
Cons
everything
I would not recommend anyone to work thereThere are no rules management not very nice You are shouted at you can have many different jobs in a day. You are just a number.All they care about is getting the work done
Pros
None
Cons
Long hours
The agency just want you in when you can they give no notice and if you can't show up that's you with no shifts for weeks on end worst management ever as well there are no pros only CONS you don't get any holidays and if you do you get about 2 says before they say you are needed back in
Pros
Nothing
Cons
Pay hours managment
This is a harsh place to work, if you are a European and a agency worker you will be left alone, as they get treated a thousand times better than greencore staff, there are plenty of bullies that work there that seem to get away with doing it, alot of the lines end up with alot of agency workers that are extremely lazy and you end up carrying them making you work three times as hard for very little support from most line controllers, it is back breaking work to start with and then they will introduce more work onto the jobs you already do and the management replies to the complaints by saying "if you don't like what we want you to do then you can easily be replaced" , people don't respect the social distancing and management seem to think that you can't self isolate unless you have symptoms, you have to fight for a pay rise every year with little effect, what greencore expect you to do for the same wages as agency who do next to nothing in comparison is insulting, unless you are absolutely desperate for cash working at greencore ain't worth the anxiety, low moral and lack of confidence and a painful back you will get by working for them.
Pros
Cheap sandwiches although how much they throw away you'd think you would get them for free
Cons
Cold, standing in one place for hours, money, aches and pains, bullies, low moral, being took advantage of.
Bad management , not great pay , too many best mates of managers to get a fair crack of the whip . If you are a yes man & stick your head up the managers bum you are onto a winner .
Pros
mojority of drivers are good bunch
Cons
Needs a management overhaul, not great pay for the work exoected in this day .
Excellent company to work for. Though there can be some stress and very tight outload times, if organise and manage the process there are few issues.The senior managers took time to mentor, listen and act on your concerns. Doing something wrong was not the end of the world, but often an opportunity to develop and learn.
Pros
The culture
Cons
Machine breakdowns.
Here at Greencore I met very professionals staff and management as well.I never experienced that kind of training.Even it’s a little bit hard because everything is new for me it is a really great pleasure to work at Greencore.Many thanks to all staff.Daniel
Pros
book club, free coffee 😃, decent canteen
Cons
N/a
Lack of progression , pay is poor along with poor management would of stayed here longer if there was more opportunities to progress and earn better money but I found this to be none existent
Pros
Worked with some good people
Cons
low pay poor management