Mission Foods Employee Reviews

I enjoyed my time with Mission Foods, the technical and operations team are leaded by people who know their job. Long time employees are happy with their job(you can find people working there for 20 years).I had a very good team to manage and each one of the QAs were awesome to deal with.

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miserable to work for DO NOT WORK HERE if you can avoid it

Production Operative (Former Employee) - Seaham, Durham - 9 August 2023

you are given no trainning at all but are expected to know how to do your job perfectly and when you cant you are turned into a verbal punching bag by pretty much everyone around you

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Insights into Mission Foods

Based on 22 survey responses

What people like

Energising work tasks
Ability to meet personal goals
Ability to learn new things

Areas for improvement

Inclusive work environment
Time and location flexibility
Overall satisfaction

There's nothing fun about working for mission

Quality Auditor (Former Employee) - Seaham - 30 March 2023

I worked here for 19 years if this is anonymous then why do you want me to tell you anything more ok it was great to start with but the last 5 years was terrible. HR department have no idea how to help their employees, and never will i feel sorry for all the packing and production staff

Pros

4 on 4 off on wrap lines

Cons

Very strict team leaders

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The worst place ever

Packer/Machine Operator (Former Employee) - Coventry - 20 March 2023

The worst place ever, management is incompetent, job is horrible you standing all 12 hours shift(I worked night shift) in one spot, pay rate is a joke, you can't leave this place even on your break so You are there like in some prison I strongly not recommend

Pros

Nothing

Cons

Everything

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terrible agency no training given to new staff

production Operative Temp (Former Employee) - United Kingdom - 5 July 2022

there is pretty much no training given to new people most people are miserable working there but can't afford to quit the pay sounds good but really is not close to good enough for the amount of strain the actual work puts on a parsons body and the agency dose absolutely nothing to make anyone's life any easier in fact in my experience they made life harder which makes people walk out of the job i would not recommend working here

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Burned out

Warehouse Operative (Former Employee) - Sunderland - 15 June 2022

Would be a great job if the automation Worked. When it goes down which is regularly, one person ends up having to do the work of three people. Ended up hurting my back.

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Bad Agency, Long Hours, Tired Staff

Packer/Picker (Former Employee) - Seaham, Durham - 12 February 2022

I was initially tricked/coerced into going here; I didn't apply and was invited as part of a few days course I was on, in Food Production, which I did to fill in some spare time; before I knew it I was been presented with a contract to sign. I thought it was just part of the course to learn some practical examples and have a tour of a food manufactuer.The agency were quite stringent with their times to set the weeks' shifts, with only around 2 hours per week allocated by the agency for this. I was too busy to call during those particular 2 hours. The Agencys' communication was poor, as they were expecting me at work at a time in which I told them twice I was not available for, and therefore would not be able to work that shift.Only 12 hour shifts available during inconvenient times for me. Training was not provided so you needed to learn on the job. Was allocated several 15 minute breaks, which were useful as the factory floor was quite tough on feet.Was physically and mentally exhausting and after one shift was clear that it was not a sustainable job for me.Hopefully things have changed since I worked there. The factory experience was poor as management didn't seem to have time to support staff and the agency was exceptionally poor.I must say as one positive, the staff were hardworking and supportive of each other, which really helped me get through; the camaraderie was exemplary in a situation which seemed difficult for all.

Pros

Several Breaks offered Zero-Hours Contract

Cons

All of the above

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Good place to work.

Maintenance Manager (Former Employee) - Coventry, West Midlands - 4 May 2020

Friendly people with a team culture. Good clean working environment with a great product range. Good management team with excellent product knowledge.

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People i worked with are lovely and supportive

Customer Services Adviser (Former Employee) - Coventry - 28 February 2020

I had to leave due to personal issues, but i loved working for the company. My manager was very supportive as was the company. Would recommend to any potential employee looking for a new position.

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People are kind

Hygiene Team leader (Current Employee) - Seaham, Durham - 13 February 2020

Every day is educational and the staff are friendly. The job can be very rewarding if you put the time into it but you can also just do a very basic job

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I like the work

Production Operative (Current Employee) - Coventry, West Midlands - 30 January 2020

I am working deferent work experiance in the deferent company in 37years. Before work company kanes foods ltd I worked Machine operator,I like the work

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Hard work

Picker/Packer (Former Employee) - Seaham - 12 August 2019

Enjoyed the staff however not happy with the way I lost my job as I got promised another role back on packing.The days was enjoyable as they were diffrent every day If I got asked to go back I would.

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Very professional

HR Assistant (Former Employee) - Seaham, Durham - 16 July 2019

They are lovely to get on with and a very productive company. To work with and I they are very trustworthy to go in to work as work experience and it develops new skills

Pros

Easy to get to

Cons

Transport issues

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Not the worst company to work for

Mixing Operator (Former Employee) - Tile Hill - 28 February 2019

A typical day at work starts about 6.50 PM near clock in device where a member of management team will assign you to your daily position. You could be expected to do any work at warehouse (packing/ stacking / warehouse /mixing dough/ measuring seasoning or mixing preservatives) depends what you was trained for.

Pros

4 days ON/OFF work

Cons

No overtimes, no bank holiday pay, sick pay

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My rewiev

line worker (Former Employee) - Coventry - 4 February 2019

Good place to work on begin of your carrier.Easy accomodation. Long hours shift.Good is only one shift.Minimum wage but dont expect more from that place

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Productive

Operative worker (Former Employee) - Coventry, West Midlands - 13 December 2018

working 12-hour night shifts packing tortillas and fold boxes make sure they are up to date ensuring that stock levels were maintained and restock whenever they were needed (sauces, seasonings, tortillas and pitas) having a sense of team work (whenever someone needed my help or needed to be replaced, I offered myself to do their task) having to adapt to doing a repetitive action for 12 hours straight being able to work under pressure

Pros

good money

Cons

repetitive action

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Bad

Packer (Former Employee) - Seaham, Durham - 7 September 2018

Worked there on and off for 3 month the worst place I've ever worked its OK if u get the hours or if ur employed by mission as u get treat better but as I was agency got treat bad with being sent home early too much glad I left

Pros

None

Cons

Everyting

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food operative

Food Production Operative (Former Employee) - Seaham, Durham - 9 August 2018

very hard working doing 12 hours shifts. learned new skills in factory. not very good at communication management.there no work place culture in their. none.

Pros

company pension

Cons

long hours

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Active Environment

receptionist (Former Employee) - Seaham - 7 August 2018

A busy environment with quite a lot of advancement opportunities for anyone who is willing to work for it and take the job seriously. There is also a good chain of command.

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Productive and fun workplace

Production Operative (Former Employee) - Seaham, Durham - 2 May 2018

I worked here for 1 year I worked in packaging doing 12 hour shifts 6 days a week the pay was okay but the work environment was awful no one wanted to be there this was part of the reason i looked for other employment

Pros

Cons

Yes

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Productive work place

Machine Operator (Current Employee) - Coventry - 14 March 2018

Mission Food - company where I grew up. In 5 years time I learned many things. Like operate different machines, feeling up the paperwork, understand where are good quality product where are not and many other things. Work as a team or individually. As well I made good relationships with always helpful management, colleagues. Also, I had difficult days, because of machines issues, but that days just gave to me more knowledges and experience. I enjoyed to be the part of that team.

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