Bakkavor

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

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Bakkavor job reviews

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  • 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

    People who I work with

    Worst thing

    Some senior management have not respect for people

    6.2

    Bakkavor Manager, October 2023

  • Best thing

    4 days off

    Worst thing

    Environment, doing the same thing every single day.
    Going back home very tired. No chance of going any higher

    3.0

    Bakkavor Hygiene operative, October 2023

  • Best thing

    Days of I work 4 on 4 off

    Worst thing

    Work pressure

    9.3

    Bakkavor Section leader, September 2023

  • Best thing

    Friendly working environment and they always try to accommodate me if I need time off for family reason holiday etc usually a chance of overtime

    Worst thing

    Nothing

    9.2

    Bakkavor Fork lift driver, September 2023

  • Best thing

    Good coworkers

    Worst thing

    Not enough coworkers

    5.5

    Bakkavor Employee, July 2023

  • Best thing

    My team are really friendly and I get along with them well.

    Worst thing

    False hopes of progression
    Do way more work than paid for
    Management haven't got a clue
    Horrid political culture
    Entitled people
    Good people keep leaving or getting fired because of how they are treated

    1.3

    Bakkavor Employee, March 2023

  • Best thing

    Meeting with a few good people

    Worst thing

    The work environment. Wet and cold and a lot of pressure from the production department and Managers

    7.7

    Bakkavor Maintenance engineer, January 2023

  • Best thing

    How most people are friendly,welcoming it feels like my second home and my collages are my family! And knowing I've made a difference to help keep the place running .

    Worst thing

    Dealing with issues from people just because your doing your job

    4.6

    Bakkavor Cleaner, January 2023

  • Best thing

    Leaving work after shift

    Worst thing

    Poor management

    1.7

    Bakkavor Employee, January 2023

  • Best thing

    The team how we help each other when things get hard

    Worst thing

    Deadlines and requirements

    8.0

    Bakkavor Despatch operative, December 2022

  • 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

    It’s easy

    Worst thing

    The maneger are bad

    3.2

    Bakkavor Cook, September 2022

  • Best thing

    4 on 4 off rota

    Worst thing

    Not want a wanted

    9.6

    Bakkavor Employee, July 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

    Good team, main manager is excellent but a lack of communication from sub managers.

    Worst thing

    Long hours, lack of communication from top managers to workforce via supervisors.

    5.5

    Bakkavor Employee, October 2021

  • Best thing

    Team values

    Worst thing

    Poor supervision, disregard for health and safety as required by law, very little management awareness and involvement on the front line

    2.8

    Bakkavor Employee, July 2021

  • Best thing

    Working in warm environment

    Worst thing

    Working over Christmas

    7.7

    Bakkavor Cook, July 2021

  • Best thing

    4 days off.

    Worst thing

    Night shift

    7.0

    Bakkavor Production operative, May 2021

  • Best thing

    4 on 4 off plus my holidays means I work less than 6 months a year

    Worst thing

    Communication is not good enough between each different shift

    8.7

    Bakkavor Team leader, May 2021

  • Best thing

    People I work with

    Worst thing

    Pay

    4.1

    Bakkavor Team leader, May 2021

  • Best thing

    4 days on and 4 days off

    Worst thing

    12 hour shifts

    9.6

    Bakkavor Employee, April 2021

  • Best thing

    Shift pattern 4 on, 4 off

    Worst thing

    People who don’t care about equipment, plans or targets

    6.6

    Bakkavor Section leader, February 2021

  • Best thing

    Nothing is great there. Too much pressure put on people to go faster.

    Worst thing

    Everything. No proper training.

    4.3

    Bakkavor Team leader, January 2021

  • Best thing

    4 days on 4 days off

    Worst thing

    Long hours, repetitive tasks, treated like idiots.

    3.4

    Bakkavor Production operative, January 2021

  • Best thing

    Set rotation which never changes,good team work,all managers are approachable and holidays

    Worst thing

    Cold

    9.8

    Bakkavor Team leader hygiene, January 2021

  • Best thing

    Freedom to self-organise and plan your own day, with respect to the tasks you must do.

    Worst thing

    Plans sometimes break down, due to emergencies or other events happening where you need to react.

    9.5

    Bakkavor QA, November 2020

  • Best thing

    The team

    Worst thing

    Getting up at 05.50

    9.7

    Bakkavor Engineer, July 2020

  • Best thing

    Short working days and 33 days of holiday

    9.9

    Bakkavor Semi operative, June 2020

  • Worst thing

    12 hour shift. Shit pay

    4.6

    Bakkavor Dispatch supervisor, June 2020

  • Best thing

    Ability to priotize workload

    Worst thing

    Understaffing

    8.0

    Bakkavor Line leader, June 2020

  • Best thing

    4 on 4 off shift

    Worst thing

    To much to list

    5.5

    Bakkavor Forklift driver, May 2020

  • Best thing

    Work in my own

    Worst thing

    At the mercy of the public

    4.9

    Bakkavor Driver, May 2020

  • Best thing

    Day offs

    Worst thing

    noo communications between

    6.4

    Bakkavor Despatch operative, March 2020

  • Best thing

    Time off shift pattern

    Worst thing

    Management

    5.5

    Bakkavor Yard operative, March 2020

  • 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

  • Worst thing

    The way people are treated

    4.8

    Bakkavor Relief manager, November 2019