Maxi Haulage Employee Reviews

Don’t expect much from management.Can work anywhere between 8-12 hours per night and mostly drop and swap.Working nights you’re left alone so that’s good. They refuse to pay towards CPC course. No communication between office staff, booking time off is a chore and they still send you work, not know you’ve booked time off.

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Unproductive and poorly managed

Class 1 Driver (Former Employee) - Warwick - 31 May 2023

Transport office are clueless and careless when it comes to assist you with problem solving. Trailers are not maintained properly and quit often go out while defective. Place is very unorganized which make your work a lot harder than necessary.

Pros

N/a

Cons

Poor pay, poor management, poor equipment

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Stressful place to work

Transport Planner (Former Employee) - Glasgow - 5 December 2022

Work-life balance is non existent.Salary is low.The job is secure but there is no options to develop your career further. The management and the job culture are the worst this company has. Shocking

Pros

None?

Cons

Mainly everything

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Enjoyable place early morning starts

HGV Class 1 Driver (Current Employee) - Wrexham - 21 May 2022

I’ve worked for maxi for 6 years had my good weeks and bad weeks. It’s just the same has any other tramping jobs lots of hours not much time at home.but you can do days or nights and be home

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stressful, unhelpful and unrealistic work ethics

Driver (Former Employee) - Warwick, Warwickshire - 11 November 2021

Do not go to this company. They have not got a clue about drivers welfare or proper planning. To many managers telling drivers different things and unrealistic delivery times.

Pros

weekly pay

Cons

bad attitude to drivers and half of the trailers are not road worthy

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HGV Class 1 Driver (Current Employee) - Bellshill - 30 September 2021

If i could have given lower scores i would have, best way to explain is that i got a final written warning for a seagull flying into the windscreen, i had no other disiplinary issue on my record, left after 6 months in the job

Pros

None

Cons

Everything

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Great Company

Driver class 2 (Current Employee) - Warrington - 2 September 2021

Lovely staff. It is a pleasure working for / at Maxi haluage. I would highly recommend it.it is fast paced and enjoyable, the staff are friendly and I would happily carry out my role on a more full time basis if the opportunity arose.

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Great company to work for

Warehouse Operative (Former Employee) - Glasgow - 24 March 2021

Had a great time working for maxi in Irvine and at bellshill great experience also great squad of people working there.Gerry looks after his workforce

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Best HGV Job I Have Ever Had!

HGV Class 1 Driver (Current Employee) - Warrington, Cheshire - 19 November 2020

I have heard alot of bad reviews for working on the general haulage side of Maxi. But as for working on DAF/ Volvo contract I have never had a job better. Brand new trucks, decent managers just go out and do the job no phone calls or mither and decent salary for working nights £12.50 an hour for Class 1.

Pros

Good Pay, Weekends off.

Cons

Have to wait 3 months for uniform.

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Avoid this company

Dogsbody (Current Employee) - United Kingdom - 10 June 2020

Toxic workplace management have no management skills would trample over you to succeed. Blatant favouritism is rife and good employees are overlooked because of . How they are still In business I’ve no idea. Arrogant managers lie to customers and staff.managers are narcissistic and full of their own important. Human Resources is there in name only ! People should avoid working here at all cdts

Pros

Nothing

Cons

Everything

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it was a good experience - in that i learned how bad a company can be

Supervisor (Former Employee) - Wrexham, Wrexham - 11 March 2020

no idea where to start with maxi haulage - my senior bosses were arrogant, clueless, and nepotistic, the juggernaut drivers were like something from a 1970s itv comedy show and impossible to manage (i lost track of complaints i got from motorists about their dangerous driving), the wages were awful, and stress levels went through the roof every day. very difficult trying to mediate between senior bosses who didn't care one bit and drivers shouting down my throat all day. i did gain valuable experience as it taught me exactly the kind of company i should NOT waste my precious energy on. it's a cliche when people say the happiest day at work was the day they quit, but it's true in the case of maxi haulage. the bosses should wake up and realize there is more to a business than looking good on the website, but that is all that matters to them. good riddance, maxi haulage.

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Bad place to work.

HGV Class 1 Driver (Current Employee) - Warrington, Cheshire - 21 February 2020

Dreadful planners, horrible work that no one else wants, long hours, treated like scum. Never worked in a more unprofessional company in my 30 years of HGV driving.Awful

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Productive & team friendly

driver (Former Employee) - Birmingham, West Midlands - 1 February 2020

I enjoyed this job only reason for leaving was company moved base and travel was too far. Otherwise perfect job. I loaded vehicles, drove goods to the destination helped plan lorry drops.

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HGV Class 1 Driver (Former Employee) - Warrington, Cheshire - 13 January 2020

Wow not even £10 a hour for class 1 hgv just shows what a shoddy outfit maxi is that's ridiculous another place to make people work unrealistic hours to earn a living. People spend 3000 to get the licence to walk in to a job less than £10 a hour disgusting. No wonder the looking for drivers

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Not a good place to work.

Transport clerk (Former Employee) - Warrington, Cheshire - 19 August 2019

A firm lack of diversity and inclusion Full of narcissists Official complaints made due to the treatment of staff members who worked in general haulage HR in warrington was appauling

Pros

None

Cons

It woukd take too long to type it....

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Hgv1 driver (Former Employee) - Warrington, Cheshire - 21 May 2019

Started at maxi in Warrington first couple of runs got knackered due to traffic not my fault, finished the week went back in the following week to be hauled in the office and told not a very productive week last week, I thought iss off you desk jockey, the jumped up little a hole. Needless to say I walked out and went to work for a decent company. If I was you I would avoid at all cost.

Pros

Non

Cons

Useless company

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Clueless Desk Monkeys out to shaft Drivers

Tramper (Current Employee) - Warrington, Cheshire - 6 March 2019

Prepare to suffer disslocated shoulders with anliquated trailers, You have to put in the hours as wages are abysmal by tramping, The Desk Monkeys are all in it ogether to rip drivers off with wages, expenses and holidays., they should be investigated for fraud, they think they are important, arrogant ex squaddies, nuff said

Pros

Its a job

Cons

Have you got all day ?

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good but then hours became longer

hgv class1 (Former Employee) - Warwick, Warwickshire - 4 March 2019

great work working on your own and seeing locations meeting people and keep good knowledge .Able and trained to do haulage 100 percent to company satisfaction

Cons

long nights away

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Dont expect the truth from managment

HGV Driver class 1 (Former Employee) - Holyhead, Gwynedd - 23 December 2018

worked for this shower out of Holyhead, at interview told how good the job is, all lies. Maxi have got to be the worst company I have found, The truth is not used by management and never will be, you will be treated like dirt by the manager of Warrington. better to work for other company's in the area and don't leave a job to go to Maxi, you will regret it. Cannot rate the CEO, but if he condones the actions of his managers he will also be very poor..

Pros

Not many

Cons

too many to list

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Waste of time

HGV Class 1 Driver (Former Employee) - Bellshill, North Lanarkshire - 11 October 2018

Worked for them total shocking motors are Biggin management scared to pick up the phone issues never sorted , what more can I say back in the stone agas , bellshill fight with Warrington and the drivers are in the middle , if you want to sleep in a dog out go for it , or your wages short every week then this the place for you

Pros

Going home

Cons

Going home

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Terrible place to work for.

Driver (Former Employee) - Warrington, Cheshire - 4 August 2018

Absolutely the worst place you could ever work for, the office staff has no idea what they are doing.. and the management are a joke.. the trailers are falling apart but still expect you to take them out.. JOKE OF A PLACE..