Owens Group

Owens Group Employee Review

Best part of this company are the fellow drivers unfortunately just 1% are women

Multi Drop Delivery Driver (Current Employee) - Newport - 3 September 2023

I applied for a job in my area, amazon training was great! then you get passed on to owens! hardly any training they just chuck you in to the deep end and try and break you in Yr first 2 days, no support off management only the fellow drivers which were the best part of the job! unrealistic routes,not told you'd have to travel to Newport before and after work without payment, i then continued to pull my hamstring on the job and when I told them I couldn't work the next day they asked me to return my van and no support was given, they made mine and other new colleagues app crash so we would fail the job, they also told me that I'd be working around my local arewa but put me places I've never been before and complained about how I was bad at the route I was given, they told me I'd only have to work 9 hours a day but realistically i was working 12.

Pros

the colleagues

Cons

the van hire at an extortionate rate & filthy

Ratings by category

1.0 out of 5 stars for Work/Life Balance

1.0 out of 5 stars for Salary/Benefits

1.0 out of 5 stars for Job security/advancement

1.0 out of 5 stars for Management

1.0 out of 5 stars for Culture

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