Bakkavor

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Bakkavor is a food manufacturer. They specialise in fresh prepared foods.

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What's the average pay for a production operative at Bakkavor?

The average pay for a production operative at Bakkavor is between £10.50 and £12.69 per hour.

The top paying employers for factory production operatives are Rolls-Royce, JLR and Saint Gobain.

Last updated 26 March 2024

What is the Real Living Wage?

The Real Living Wage is a voluntary rate employers can sign up to that is based on the real cost of living.

Location Real Living Wage
London £13.15
Rest of the UK £12.00

What is the legal minimum wage?

The minimum wage is the legal minimum you must be paid per hour.

Age group Legal minimum wage
23 or older £10.42
21-22 £10.18
18-20 £7.49
Under 18 £5.28
Apprentices £5.28

How we know this

Based on data from 60 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between April 2022 and March 2024.

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What are factory production operatives saying about pay at Bakkavor?

  • Best thing

    Get around 120-160 minutes of break each day

    Worst thing

    2 days 2 nights shifts (4 on 4 off), pay is not worth the amount I work (back breaking), management do not care about employees, no official benefits to suit our needs, negligence in the workplace from employees and management, out dated machinery always breaking down.

    4.1

    Bakkavor Employee, November 2023

  • Best thing

    1) Friendly atmosphere
    2) Company shop (can get cheap food)
    3) Not a worst payment in local area
    4) Working clothes and equipment provided.

    Worst thing

    1) Not well skilled management.
    2) Work promotion mostly based on personal relationship with higher management.
    3) Focus on results, but not on workers, as result - high people rotation .

    9.4

    Bakkavor Warehouse operative, September 2022

  • Best thing

    the pay is good for young people

    Worst thing

    you are treated with absolutely no respect by managers and other employees it is a toxic environment

    1.9

    Bakkavor Production operative, December 2021

  • Best thing

    Clocking out to go home

    Worst thing

    The divide between salaried and weekly paid staff, the pay rate, company benefits for weekly paid staff

    3.7

    Bakkavor Print room operative, March 2020

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