Selco Builders Warehouse Employee Reviews

You have no work life balance.rota changed all the time. They get your forklift license for you for free. Low pay. Managers out alot of pressure on you to work harder.

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An excellent, fair and balanced company to work for.

Buyer (Former Employee) - Romford - 15 September 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?For your commitment and loyalty Selco are always committed to being as flexible as possible.What is the most stressful part about working at the company?N/A.I was employed by Selco for 13 years only left as I relocated.What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Very Fair and flexible towards all staff.What is a typical day like for you at the company?No two days were the same, various jobs required each day.

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Ok place to work with a full set of staff

Picker/Packer (Former Employee) - Enfield, Greater London - 12 September 2023

Was stressful but after the hub opened the hours changed and made things better. Could pay more if you work hard. Weekend work can be long and depends if you like having two days off in the week when your on the weekend.

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Okay

Shop Floor Assistant (Current Employee) - Leeds - 11 September 2023

It’s on okay place to work good people if you like heavy lifting it’s the place for you can be boring on weekends on Matchdays.a lot of walking so your feet will hurt in the boots provided

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Great place

Checkout Assistant (Current Employee) - Cardiff, Cardiff - 22 August 2023

Nothing bad to say about the company.No pros and consJust turn up and work and go homeManagement let you get on with your work . Plenty of breaks etc..

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Not a productive or fun place to work

Customer Service Assistant/Cashier (Current Employee) - Nottingham, Nottinghamshire - 11 August 2023

Management at store are bullies, no support offered at all. Company has no ethics anymore, was at the store when it opened, changed so much, you are not even a number, no care given to staff at all. Horrible company to work for.

Pros

None

Cons

Lots

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Great company to work for

Branch Manager (Current Employee) - London, Greater London - 5 August 2023

Great team environment, fantastic progression opportunities for those wanting to work hard and develop themselves. Good benefits including industry leading pension, health care, staff discount.

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No stock and management is bad.

HGV Class 2 HIAB Driver (Former Employee) - Wolverhampton - 3 August 2023

The work is fine delivering once out. But to work with people who are brain challenged and have a very close clique and stab each other in the back. Management just want to get rid of you, if your not following procedure. Management can’t organise properly. Their motto is Selco have got the products but in fact have to keep running around other stores to collect materials.

Pros

Good work life balance

Cons

Clique people and back stabbers and bad management

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Good memories

Trade desk (Former Employee) - Crayford, Kent - 26 July 2023

I was working in Crayford for a year. Enjoyed every minute there. People are friendly and supportive. Gained a lot of experience. Felt like a part of family

Pros

Companies discounts

Cons

None

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good salary,bad management

driver (Former Employee) - Leeds, West Yorkshire - 13 July 2023

The salary is great but the job is unfortunately poorly managed,would be a good job for a new driver to learn the ropes especially when using the crane

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Shop Floor Assistant (Current Employee) - Liverpool, Merseyside - 4 July 2023

Never known a company that makes it this difficult to do everyday tasks. they re so out of touch with the current job market its unreal. you end up having to do everyone elses job aswell as yyoure own

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Job is good at start but gets worse when u have finished learning

Transport Manager (Current Employee) - Beckton - 14 June 2023

Get paid for 1 job the job that is on your contract however you are forced to learn and perform other job roles with no extra benefit leaving you with no sense of purpose and feeling deflated and tired

Pros

None

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Hard but honest

Sales Advisor (Current Employee) - Leicester, Leicestershire - 9 June 2023

Rewarding job, salary not the greatest but will do for now: staff turnover high as better paid jobs out there. Clicky atmosphere at times but the cafe is absolutely bangin

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Good pay. horrendously managed

Store Assistant (Former Employee) - Leicester, Leicestershire - 3 June 2023

Decent pay positive but only if your desperate Managed by inexperienced people not a single manager has experience in transport or they only care about money in the till customer once threatend a college and they still serves him products they bend the rules to suit them selves if a college bends the rules they try to discipline you avoid

Pros

Salary

Cons

No atmosphere very toxic and back stabbing

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Hard work long hours expected

Factory Worker (Former Employee) - Peterborough - 21 May 2023

Work 50 hours per week. Sometimes unable to take breaks. Hard to get in contact with HO regarding payment issues . Structure of company is weak and SMT seem to only care about themselves .Advert states 37 hours plus but 50 at least ..plus expect you to work overtime ...

Pros

Good staff in depot

Cons

SMT only interested in themselves and bettering there careers

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Over worked and underpaid

Trade Sales Assisstant (Former Employee) - Poole - 19 May 2023

Was really excited to work at selco. I was part of an original team that built and opened a brand new store in the south of England, which was very exciting. The hours were long and the pay was average, but that wasn't an issue at the time.I then moved round a couple of older branches and realised very quickly that progression wasn't an option. The company was more interested in hiring externally, so i ended up with multiple managers who didn't know anything about the company, procedures, or the products sold. Upon one of the supervisors abruptly leaving the company, I was asked to step up as a temporary supervisor with the promise of benefits and with a new apartment and pets to pay for I thought 'great!' but nothing ever came of it, so after a year with nothing to show for my efforts, i left! Work/life balance has been better ever since!

Pros

Discount on building supplies

Cons

Long hours, lack of management, no incentives

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Kind to your face, different story if you leave

Shop Floor Assistant (Former Employee) - Cardiff, Cardiff - 15 May 2023

Store, deputy and transport manager haven’t got a brain cell between them to organise daily deliveries, often you’d be delivering next door to where your colleague would be delivering. The attitude from the deputy and store manager is poor, they talk about mental health awareness etc but try and work you into the ground. The transport manager has never been in a driving role so delivery locations were all over the place rather than split into organised sections then shared between the drivers. No amount of work was good enough, and you were always made to feel like you needed to do more/made to feel guilty for having a day off even though we’d be working with 50% of a workforce due to ‘sickness’. Going back to the attitude from management, your hard work would never been acknowledged but critiqued, we’re told that the drivers decision is final but that’s thrown to the wind when it’s something to do with their favourite customers with drivers being spoken down to because they don’t want to risk damaging both company and customer property trying to fit into tight places. Customers would swear and belittle staff with a manager present without and form of defence or support for the staff. So in short, if you want to work with a great bunch of people, then it’s a good place to work. And if you want to be promised a bonus over and over and no receive one, but have those lies covered with a few slices of pizza then it’s also the place to be.

Pros

Good staff that aren’t management

Cons

Management, management & management

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Bad vibe

HGV Driver (Former Employee) - York, PA - 12 May 2023

Very poor management to many managers not enough shop floor if your face don't fit don't bother. they think you are dirt on the bottom of there shoes and stab you in the back to better themselves

Pros

None

Cons

Go work for them you will find out

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Avoid like the plague

General Operative (Former Employee) - Nottingham, Nottinghamshire - 26 April 2023

Worst possible place to work, don't do it.Hours and pay are a joke, no leadership or training at all. They've never heard of health and safety. I wouldn't recommend this place to my worst enemy.

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I met great people

Trade desk sales assistant (Former Employee) - Essex - 19 April 2023

My time working for Selco I met some friends for life. You work with great people but for what you did and the stress it can be, you do feel under paid. That was the reason I left.

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Talking too much, doing too little

Sales Assistant (Former Employee) - Southampton - 8 April 2023

Attempts to give off an air of a great workplace, and it could be under the correct leadership, but in my case the leadership was found wanting. You will be on a shift rotation, and if you want to change you have to find someone to swap with. However, you will be forced to work some shifts, even if you can find people to swap. This seems arbitrary.