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All you’ll do is firefight all shift (for good money though)
Engineering Team Leader (Former Employee) - Nelson, Lancashire - 1 December 2021
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The most useful review selected by IndeedAmazing set of lads in the engineering department however there are not enough people to achieve what the management expect.Morale is dreadful due to multiple redundancies in the last 5 years. Can’t hold on to experienced engineers but the management are never questioning why.Machines are very old and lack of people mean the maintenance strategies aren’t effective. Feel free to work here if you like money but running around for 12 hours to earn it.A lot of the team are legacy people who’ve been with the business for a long time and are resistant to change - allowing a poor work ethic to continue.
Pros
Free coffee via vending machines, good continental shift pattern
Cons
No training support. Over worked engineering department.
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Avoid at all cost
Machine Operator (Former Employee) - Bridgwater, Somerset - 3 January 2022
Avoid this company at all cost,no job security at all and wages are going down. No pay rise in bridgwater for 7 years and management treat you like rubbish.so many have already left because of this. 4 have just been made redundant even though they are still advertising for workers. Joke of a company. When it was gerber it was the place to work in town now its refresco its the lowest of the low and your be mad to take a job there.
Pros
Not a lot
Cons
Long hours, no hot food, low wages
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Joke of a Company
Warehouse Operative (Former Employee) - Bridgwater, Somerset - 12 September 2021
If you are an unambitious person with no self confidence, pride or honor, this is definitely a place for you. But if you show any of the former mentioned characteristics this will be a very unpleasant experience for you. A company full of adults that act like children. No freedom, once you're inside, it's like you're their property. Definitely was the worst experience of my life, glad I left, every job I had after was better by far.
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Disrespectful management
Operator (Former Employee) - Bridgwater, Somerset - 18 June 2021
This is the last company in the town where you would like to work... Poor management, salary's going down... What else i can say... Years ago was one of the best places to work, and now its the one of the worst...
Pros
Nothing at all
Cons
Salary, management
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Good lads but poor management
Warehouse Operative (Former Employee) - Nelson, Lancashire - 20 February 2021
Management don’t have a clue as to what is going on. They don’t support you as you are an agency worker and will fob you off. They only support workers which are employed by Refresco. You can only go through an agency and they treat you like your nothing because they can just replace you whenever they want. You have targets and even if you are trying your hardest you will still get performance strikes and sacked. They say in the job description that they will offer you permanent role but that is never the case hardly anyone is given a contract by refresco. Management and supervisors will use any excuse to get rid of you if they have too many workers. You do more than your job role and never get appraised or appreciation by your supervisor.
Pros
40 minute break
Cons
Poor management and supervisors
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Hilariously incompetent management
Operator (Current Employee) - Kegworth, Leicestershire - 6 February 2021
The people here are okay, and it's a friendly atmosphere. Sadly that's as far as any positives stretch though. The senior management sit in their ivory towers and make decisions on things that they have no experience of. Occasionally they take a break from this to figure out how they can justify a pay cut for the workers, and a reduction in their perks too. Win win. During the rare occasion where there is a quarterly brief, if you ask a question, they shout at you and tell you that you can't ask that question.The lower tier of management are largely unqualified and seem to struggle with composing a comprehensible email, their only expertise seems to be fobbing people off.. This is probably why most of the projects result in catastrophic failure, although this could be a result of a reluctance to spend what they need to, and get lower costs at all costs, even if this is a cost to productivity..
Pros
Free parking there
Cons
Working there
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Soul destroying
Filler Operative (Former Employee) - Shop floor - 12 January 2021
The management are utterly useless and they are all bullies. They love making people feel scared and they don't care at all. The machines and lines only get thoroughly cleaned when they are due a visit, which they normally stop production for. Other wise you are asked to cut corners to make it look clean enough to start production again. It's outrageous.
Pros
Free coffee machine
Cons
Management
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Bad place to work
Factory Operative (Former Employee) - Bridgwater, Somerset - 16 December 2020
They are changing grades but not telling that to people as well as not mentioning that at their adverts! Be careful, because management are lying to you about the salary on your interwiev! Once you here, youll find out that your wages will be much lower! Managers are liars! This company dont care about their people!
Pros
Days off
Cons
Night shifts, bad management
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Poor poor poor
VNA Driver (Former Employee) - Kegworth, Leicestershire - 11 August 2020
Floor bouncy for vnas to work, management never around when you need them. Don't tell you where the Fire Assembly Point is, leave battery charges on the floor with trailing cables. Warehouse not complete with workers still walking round everywhere. Full of dust! When you do the online training they tell you to cheat and take pictures of the answers with your phone so that you get 100%
Pros
None clowns everywhere
Cons
None clowns everywhere
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Taken over by the muppet show
Jubbly king (Current Employee) - Wrexham, Wrexham - 28 July 2020
Good factory to work, until taken over by Refresco, leadership team didn’t have a clue, HR manager horrendous, shop floor guys treated like dirt, JOKE
Pros
Redundancy
Cons
Poor management
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Great place to work.
Senior development technician (Former Employee) - Bridgwater, Somerset - 27 July 2020
Very knowledgeable and able team members. Excellent departmental management. Fast paced work, usually a 10 hour day required. Constant deadlines to meet.
Pros
Great team. Good pay.
Cons
Very detailed work. Lots of desk time required.
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productive and very friendly staff
Production Operative (Former Employee) - Nelson, Lancashire - 11 June 2020
lots of training will be given but most you learning from frendly staff. managment are helpful just most of the time they hear you but not listening.
Long shift hours
Pros
free coffee
Cons
long hours
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Poor management
Machine Operator (Former Employee) - Wrexham, Wrexham - 26 May 2020
Unfortunately, words do not go hand in hand with deeds. Development was promised at the beginning of the cooperation and after 2 years group redundancies. I do not recommend.
Management does not care about employees and try to squeeze them like a lemon.
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Greate atmosphere
Machine Operative (Current Employee) - Bridgwater, Somerset - 8 April 2020
Very nice place to work in for people who like machines.
Great management. Right people in right place.
Improvements and smart solutions are implemented usually on time.
cons: big company so some
things u might need or want requires approval and time.
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Good Company to work for
Multi skilled Engineer (Former Employee) - Bridgwater, Somerset - 5 April 2020
A very fair Company to work for. Good training. Good pay. Most of the Managers are fair and approachable.
Most of the work is on a continental shift.
Overtime is a good rate.
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Rewarding.
Colour & Flavours Logistics Department (Former Employee) - Bridgwater - 18 February 2020
Multinational Company present in several countries with a excellent working ethic and constant training.
Relocation opportunities to other countries and career development.
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Good company
Technologist (Former Employee) - Bridgwater - 7 February 2020
Good company, secure job, social guaranties. Salary is ok for this region and job you do. Prompt decision making from management. Great management! Friendly colleagues, challenging job tasks. Great team work.
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Stressfull and strange.
G6 Multi-skilled Line Engineer (Current Employee) - Bridgwater, Somerset - 3 February 2020
Lots of management that do nothing, place used to run just as well or better with one manager per department, instead of 4-6 managers per department. There is no scope for developing and gaining skills.
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It can be recommended to any FMCG professional.
Multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer (Former Employee) - Derbyshire - 24 December 2019
I had a Fixed-term position.
Achievements and responsibilities:
• Industrial Line Improvement Engineering
• Maintenance, corrective and preventative, of the ~2000 machines, conveyors and embedded inspection systems, composing seven packaging lines based on Siemens Simatic Step 7 platform.
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Ok
Distribution Manager (Former Employee) - Bridgwater, Somerset - 3 December 2019
Good job security and largely a good place to work with good benefits and most employees focused on doing a good job under difficult market conditions.
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Production Machine Operator (Former Employee) - Nelson, Lancashire - 13 August 2019
Only worked there for a 6 months fixed term contract. Worked continental hours which was hard to start but soon adapted. The company at the times were great, good workers, management that listened.
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