Ornua
Work wellbeing score is 62 out of 100
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Ornua Careers and Employment

Work wellbeing

Results based on 46 responses to Indeed's work wellbeing survey.
Work wellbeing score is Below average, 62 out of 100

Happiness

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Below average

Purpose

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Below average

Stress-free

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Low

Satisfaction

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Average

About the company

  • CEO
    John Jordan
    67%
    approve of John Jordan's performance
  • Founded
    1961
  • Company size
    1,001 to 5,000
  • Revenue
    £730k to £4m (GBP)
  • Industry
    Food & Beverage Manufacturing
  • Headquarters
    Ornua Co-operative, Gratt...
  • Link
    Ornua website

Ornua is a dairy co-operative which sells dairy products on behalf of its Member Co-ops; Ireland’s dairy processors and, in turn, Irish dairy farmers. It is Ireland’s largest exporter of Irish dairy products, exporting to 110 countries worldwide.

Headquartered in Dublin, it has annualised sales of over €2.3 billion and a global team of 2,400 employees. Ornua operates from 10 business units worldwide, including 13 production facilities, and has sales and marketing teams working in-market across...

Ornua is a dairy co-operative which sells dairy products on behalf of its Member Co-ops; Ireland’s dairy processors and, in turn, Irish dairy farmers. It is Ireland’s largest exporter of Irish dairy products, exporting to 110 countries worldwide.

Headquartered in Dublin, it has annualised sales of over €2.3 billion and a global team of 2,400 employees. Ornua operates from 10 business units worldwide, including 13 production facilities, and has sales and marketing teams working in-market across all four corners of the globe.

The Group is structured across two divisions: Ornua Foods and Ornua Ingredients.

Ornua Foods is responsible for the marketing and sales of Ornua’s consumer brands including Kerrygold, Dubliner, Pilgrims Choice, Forto and BEO. Markets are served by production facilities and in-market sales and marketing teams in Africa, Asia, Germany, Ireland, the UK, the rest of Europe, the Middle East and the US.

Ornua Ingredients is responsible for the procurement of Irish and non-Irish dairy products and for the sale of dairy ingredients to food manufacturing and foodservice customers across the world. Ornua Ingredients is also responsible for managing volatility through de-risking and trading strategies. The business is supported by production facilities in Saudi Arabia, Spain, the UK, the US and by in-market teams in Africa and the Middle East.

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Rating overview

Rating is calculated based on 88 reviews and is evolving.

3.00 out of 5 stars.20191.78 out of 5 stars.20203.56 out of 5 stars.20212.78 out of 5 stars.20222.56 out of 5 stars.2023

Reviews

Food Production Operative in Stoke-on-Trent
on 12 April 2023
Not a fun or happy place
This job wasn’t fun and it definitely was a happy or pleasant place to work. Full of people that didn’t care and didn’t like being there. Poorly paid for the job role.
Production Operative in Leek
on 22 September 2023
dont go
What is the best part of working at the company?the breaks when nobody can talk to youWhat is the most stressful part about working at the company?the people only work for themselfWhat is the work environment and culture like at the company?terrible its like if youre not in the group of people that have worked there 5 years you have to do everything cause its not there jobWhat is a typica...
Production Operative in Leek, Staffordshire
on 19 September 2023
Horrible environment
The worst environment I've ever worked in management have no idea unless ur one of the special ones ur going nowhere in that job I work nights I wouldn't recommend it to my worst enemy it's the pits in jobs
Production Operator in Leek, Staffordshire
on 29 May 2023
Makes me stressed
Horrible culture, treated horrible no one is friendly huge divide .No respect for factory staff treated like garbage huge divide our opinion means nothing unless your in friendships with office staff ie Human Resources or management
Skilled production Operator in Leek
on 5 May 2023
Priductive an good
What is the best part of working at the company?OTL and workmates.Always can find any solution for any situacion.Friendly atmosfore and if u wanted get higher than grade A u have oportunities.What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Sometimes rush to finish orders What is the work environment and culture like at the company?All good ,we work a lot nationalities if factor...

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Working at Ornua

  • Production Associate1.8 out of 5 stars.
  • Controller2.0 out of 5 stars.
  • Warehouse Worker2.0 out of 5 stars.
  • Quality Assurance Analyst3.0 out of 5 stars.
  • Packer4.0 out of 5 stars.
  • Zone Leader3.0 out of 5 stars.

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