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Management were unprofessional, unresponsive and lacked the knowledge and understanding of team management. They treated their team members with disdain and contempt.Because i was on a zero hours contract they threatened not to give me any work for taking time off. when wages were not paid correctly, the process to gain redress was as painful as pulling teeth. As an organisation they lacked basic knowledge of Equality & Diversity. Were tolerant of abuse of their staff, worst company I have worked for.
Pros
fantastic team mates and clients
Cons
terrible management and working hours.
I worked for mears Eastbourne for two and a half years and every pay packet was wrong. If you are highly skilled do not work for them as you will be given all the work whilst others sit in there vans doing nothing. Management is rubbish. There are good people working at the branch but they do seem to take on people who are DIYers, which means the good people have to go back and fix the rubbish they have done. Pay for skilled people is rubbish as well, you get paid the same as any other idiot that does not know there Back end from there elbow. In short I can only speak of my experience of this branch, I hope all mears branches are not run in the same way but unless you are a DIYer do not work for this mears branch.
Pros
Work is easy
Cons
Management are useless
I worked for Mears in a few different areas within the UK. The Domiciliary side appeared to be well organised, but the changes to rotas made it difficult to manage our time as travel times were not adequately added in. On-call at the time was very unsupportive, as a new support worker was often questioned why I was calling and how I got the number, I did not feel confident with the 'support'. I was often sent from one area to another with a 5 minute travel time which was unrealistic. After spending more on fuel than I was getting back on mileage decided to leave. Management did not me to leave and offered me a position in an ExtraCare living facility. I thoroughly enjoyed my time at that particular service, very person-centred and active environment.
Pros
flexible hours, good pay- additional on weekends
Cons
driving long distances with little travel time, short notice to changes to rotas
One of the standards of Mears is service users, but anytime you mentioned this to office staff, you were met with We have to run a business... they don't care about work morale and if you aren't in the clique they treat you like dirt. Over worked, you don't even get to spend the the full time with service users in the allocated time they have been charged for because you have to cut short the visit to get to the next visit, and if you aren't on time, a third party company calls the work phone asking where you are. They don't take in account of travel time between some service users, that can take over half an hour if you are in a rural location and they book visits from the hour to the half hour and the next visit on the half hour to the next hour even though you have to drive half an hour to the next house. You are always in trouble and always being passed about in shifts, shifts change sometimes with little to no warning. The serive users are majority the reason to stay in this job, they are so grateful, and thankful. Just a shame you can't spend the full amount of time with them, like they are charged for.
Pros
The service users
Cons
Long hours, unsociable life.
No surpport will health issues that could of helped to do the job better. The basic things like chair back support foot rests screens for computers. Applied for my discount for my glasses which I never received
Pros
Longer lunch breaks
Cons
No insensitives
Friendly staff and made to feel part of team. Residents very friendly too when you get to know them. Management very supportive and supports you through whatever your training pathway. Very approachable with staff.
Pros
Supportive staff
Cons
Long hours at times
Lovely people at branch levels. Senior management do not engage with staff and policies do not flow through to reality. Constant pressure and demand for more but no ground level support
Pros
They pay you
Cons
Long hours, high demands, no support
Management do not support their staff, only look out for them self’s and other management, very bad for covering things up and allow unsavoury characters to continue to work in vulnerable settings, with children and elderly, extremely concerning ! Interviews not carried out properly and health and safety breached constantly. Very cliquey in some settings it’s like being back at school. Very high turnover of staff/sickness and grievances raised, says it all.Horrible company to work for, my advice is stay clear !
Pros
Leaving
Cons
Management
Not a ideal company to work for as they was not much help what so ever especially if you don't drive and had yo take buses they don't refund your money and only ever help when it sutied them
This feedback is for care work in Brighton.Let's start from the beginning.. I didn't even started that time and already had to chase them about start day and training day. Three long days training and they don't even offer you a glass of water I am not talking about another refreshment like cup of tea or coffee. My first day already very stressed as they've gave me hours and places which wasn't in agreement on interview and job description. Very mean and spiteful colleagues included manager. Colleagues taking pictures behind your back and reporting to senior, senior laughing and collecting evidence then sit you like a child bringing the evidence and giving you disciplinary warnings for something totally irrelevant, manager doesn't letting you to help to your night staff colleagues if you want to help them to bring gloves from the office or necessary equipment for work, clients big bullies and management let it happen.This was one of the most stressful job experiences in my life. From the day I have joined Mears I had to join Unison to cover my back.. I have regretted I ever applied for Mears company.Sad, very sad .
Pros
Some of colleagues are nice
Cons
Bully and mean manager
Mears is not a good company to work for all they think about is themselves as a company not there employees do not work for Mears the best thing about it is going home at the end of the day
Pros
It’s a job
Cons
Not really anything good
You will be working for Riverside a company full of snakey managers that will have you running around like a headless chicken it really is an awful place to work with the ethos of making life more difficult for the operatives
Pros
no lunch break
Cons
Awful PDA set up and need to take pictures of the van everyday morning and evening
I worked for Mears from 2002 to 2014 and they were evolving but still a great company to work for, I went back in 2019 after working client side for 4 years and the cultural change was phenomenal and debilitating I never thought I would say it as I loved working for Mears and missed it when I left but I could not wait to get away from the poisonous branch ethos.It wasn't what you knew but who ! And what you could offer them personally, and sadly when I reported some incidents (With proof) to the HR department I did not even receive a reply apart from the "We received your e-mail and we will..... So so sad
Pros
The guys on the ground are usually good
Cons
Poor management across the board and a massive gap from the top to the middle
Mears group have been absolutely fantastic with me, I work in the Ellon area and I couldn’t ask for a better team to work alongside, if your looking for a nice easy going job then working for Mears or in any care setting isn’t for you. As a walker in one day I clock up a lot of miles but it’s all worth it when I see the difference I make to my clients day. Mears are very flexible with hours, they try their best to work around what you can do.
Pros
Meeting lots of new people.
Cons
Don’t get paid for walking between clients but can claim if you drive.
Stay well clear from this company it is as bent as it gets HR are all in with it plus directors /CEO’s The pay is good That’s because nobody will work with for them afterwards Health and safety concerns raised and then ignored even by HR even get your line manager telling you to bury the gas leak because he hasn’t done Enough audits And then you get treated like something they’ve scraped off the boat And then I send you all over the place just to get rid of you that was the Birmingham area stay well clear all gas engineers.
Pros
None
Cons
As bent as it can get
Quite possibly the worst company I have ever had to work for. I was TUPE'd to them with no consultation period and no notice. They acted as though we were invaluable to the company until it was quickly realised they had no intention of keeping us and made it impossible to stay.
We had a vast amount of knowledge of the contract and yet ignored on a daily basis. We attempted to show them better proven processes. They repeatedly lied not only to us but to the service users and landlords committing various breaches of their own sub-standard contract.
Although being out of work is a scary prospect for most people, for the sake of my mental health it was essential for me to leave before they manufactured a reason to get rid.
If you have any sort of choice, please think very carefully before working for this group. You will not be respected or treated well.
Pros
None
Cons
Everything
Management very slow to help with any issues, felt very let down, could never get a reply to email enquiries, the site I was on was lovely though, very nice staff and very helpful with the job
The company slogan is “making people smile”, last time I checked people didn’t smile after experiencing intimidation, bullying, harassment, victimisation and discrimination. Pay nearly always wrong, breaching employment rights, contracts and health and safety on a regular basis, very disorganised company with not even a grip on the AASC contract. Lots of staff have grievances in place and there is a divide between workers due to pay disputes and contractual rights, which has been instigated and driven by management.The contract manager based in Wakefield thrives on intimidation, bullying and discriminating staff which is often backed up by supervisors who are also intimidated into not speaking out against higher management. No work life balance and high sickness records by staff due to management and company conduct
Pros
Nothing
Cons
Pretty much everything
Need training and more shadow shifts as working with various medical conditions. Personally as a newbie def need to shadow more tons to learn esp medication and understanding various conditions to be able to relate knowing makes one more comfortable to be able to deal with situations that might arise
Pros
New
Cons
Zero contract?
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