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Wincanton is a logistics company.

wincanton.co.uk

Wincanton job reviews

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  • Best thing

    Love driving and not being stuck in an office

    Worst thing

    Long hours and being made to go over my hours

    7.6

    Wincanton HGV class 1 driver, March 2024

  • Best thing

    The people also I love hard work

    Worst thing

    It’s very sexist place to work can’t work in the areas ide like to because women arnt welcome

    4.5

    Wincanton Warehouse operative, March 2024

  • Best thing

    Some of the people I work with

    Worst thing

    Pick rates and low pay

    6.0

    Wincanton Warehouse operative, February 2024

  • Best thing

    Fast Paced

    Worst thing

    Under trained staff, Staff lacking ability

    4.9

    Wincanton Shift manager, February 2024

  • Best thing

    My team and managers

    Worst thing

    The HR people

    8.9

    Wincanton Employee, January 2024

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  • Best thing

    The pay

    Worst thing

    The stress of having hourly targets that they increase on a whim

    5.5

    Wincanton Warehouse operative, January 2024

  • Best thing

    I have one

    Worst thing

    Wincanton are so far out of touch with communication it’s unbelievable.

    7.0

    Wincanton Employee, December 2023

  • Best thing

    Work from home

    Worst thing

    Not brilliant working around family life if you have young children

    2.0

    Wincanton Employee, November 2023

  • Best thing

    Delivering to different customers

    Worst thing

    Management

    4.6

    Wincanton Employee, July 2023

  • Best thing

    Mentality easy, don’t have to work with customers. And pay
    Leave paid an hour early if you reach your 110% pick rate.

    Worst thing

    Managers have favoritism and give better work loads to their friends. Managers are mardy and unhappy. People who have been there years get the easy jobs.

    5.5

    Wincanton Picker, July 2023

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  • Best thing

    On the wider network you can progress

    Worst thing

    Hard to progress and get given a chance.
    Lack of diversity in leadership
    Poor pay
    Long hours
    Poor shift pattern

    3.5

    Wincanton Team leader, June 2023

  • Best thing

    Only 3 days a week and pretty much left to it.

    Worst thing

    The other admin I work with is very inconsiderate that I am there

    4.3

    Wincanton Employee, June 2023

  • Best thing

    Freedom once on the road, occasionally regular shifts and decent vehicles to drive. Change of scenery on some occasions. Better money compare to warehouse, factories and other boring jobs,

    Worst thing

    No improvement in general work conditions from employers, antic vehicles and miserable shop staff in some places, rubbish at the road sides and some ugly places to deliver to.

    7.1

    Wincanton HGV driver, March 2023

  • Best thing

    The colleagues

    Worst thing

    The early starts

    9.8

    Wincanton Warehouse operative, January 2023

  • Best thing

    The people

    Worst thing

    Nobody really does much

    7.7

    Wincanton Shift manager, November 2022

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  • Best thing

    Not busy not a hard work load

    Worst thing

    Stressed managers let the stress out on you

    4.9

    Wincanton Warehouse operative, November 2022

  • Best thing

    Good pay, good shifts

    Worst thing

    They take ages to respond to emails, the drinks and food are over priced, u can’t leave the site to go eat u have to eat there

    6.6

    Wincanton Employee, October 2022

  • Best thing

    The pay

    Worst thing

    The actual job is depressing and boring the environment is very bad and depressing with no one to socialise with or have a talk feels like slavery at times

    7.8

    Wincanton Warehouse operative, September 2022

  • Best thing

    Pay

    Worst thing

    Management, horrible attitude, disorganized

    7.0

    Wincanton Warehouse operative, August 2022

  • Best thing

    My colleagues

    Worst thing

    Higher level management

    6.4

    Wincanton Team manager, June 2022

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  • Best thing

    Not much, used to be early finishes but they’re trying to take that away

    Worst thing

    Money, treatment, in order to do the job we must ignore health & safety & put ourselves at risk

    5.0

    Wincanton Van driver, June 2022

  • Best thing

    I get out of house for 9, hour's

    Worst thing

    Sweeping up

    7.3

    Wincanton Forklift driver, January 2022

  • Best thing

    Pay Rate and Hours

    Worst thing

    Unsupportive management and unachievable expectations

    4.2

    Wincanton Employee, December 2021

  • Best thing

    Good pay
    No to much pressure

    Worst thing

    It can be cold in winter

    9.9

    Wincanton Warehouse operative, December 2021

  • Best thing

    The hours

    Worst thing

    Boring and repetitive

    7.3

    Wincanton Team leader, November 2021

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  • Best thing

    Good Team Spirit

    Worst thing

    Salery & Higher Management

    7.7

    Wincanton Multi skilled operative, November 2021

  • Best thing

    Staff shop

    Worst thing

    Not being appreciated

    2.6

    Wincanton Employee, October 2021

  • Best thing

    It's not too much heavy work

    Worst thing

    There is no worst things

    7.0

    Wincanton Warehouse operative, August 2021

  • Best thing

    Meeting new people and money.

    Worst thing

    Not getting enough support on your department.

    8.6

    Wincanton Colleague, August 2021

  • Best thing

    Probably the pay

    Worst thing

    High pressure environment. Poor and sometimes even bullying management, treated like a robot.

    7.3

    Wincanton Warehouse operative, July 2021

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  • Best thing

    My collegues

    Worst thing

    Disorganisation & not enough equipment to use to do our job or that the equipment we are expected to use is not fit for purpose

    2.5

    Wincanton Warehouse operative, July 2021

  • Best thing

    If you work quick, don't take breaks you could have a earlier finish.

    Worst thing

    Unfair distribution of routes, blame game mentality, one rule for one and one for another, rules and health and safety ate just for the sack of a tick box exercise.

    1.1

    Wincanton HGV driver, June 2021

  • Best thing

    I have the hours I want and the company has a great welfare team

    Worst thing

    Not being able to take holidays when we want

    8.8

    Wincanton Warehouse operative, June 2021

  • Best thing

    Pay and scheduled hours. I work 6-2 and it suits me perfectly.

    Worst thing

    Weekends off are rare. No time off at Christmas. You have to be in the manager’s little gang to have any chance of progression.

    8.0

    Wincanton Warehouse operative, June 2021

  • Worst thing

    Colleagues like to get you in trouble for no reason

    7.0

    Wincanton Employee, June 2021

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  • Best thing

    Job satisfaction and safety

    Worst thing

    Shift time

    9.0

    Wincanton HGV driver, June 2021

  • Best thing

    I like the job and the people I work with

    Worst thing

    Treated differently to warehouse staff ie: pay and bonuses

    3.5

    Wincanton Stock and admin clerk, May 2021

  • Best thing

    Freedom to delegate the team

    Worst thing

    Very poor communication

    7.8

    Wincanton Team leader, May 2021

  • Best thing

    The pay

    Worst thing

    Busy periods can be problematic

    9.8

    Wincanton Warehouse operative, May 2021

  • Best thing

    Shift pattern

    Worst thing

    Heavy lifting, working unpaid hours

    1.5

    Wincanton Employee, April 2021

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  • Best thing

    Holidays and weekends

    Worst thing

    Management not listening to the workers when they've got plans to change things

    6.0

    Wincanton Warehouse operative, April 2021

  • Best thing

    Pay, relaxed atmosphere

    Worst thing

    No direction, no leadership

    9.2

    Wincanton Multi skilled operative, March 2021

  • Best thing

    Health and safety standards are excellent. Pay is really good and its job and finish. Best job I've ever had.

    Worst thing

    Dealing with members of the public who cant drive a car properly.

    9.9

    Wincanton HGV driver, March 2021

  • Best thing

    Early starts, salary is ok, up to date vehicles.

    Worst thing

    Management, being told I'm going somewhere else at the last minute.

    6.6

    Wincanton HGV driver, March 2021

  • Best thing

    The people I work with

    Worst thing

    Lack of support and training

    3.3

    Wincanton Administrator, February 2021

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  • Best thing

    I dependent work

    Worst thing

    sexism inequality

    2.5

    Wincanton Stock controller, February 2021

  • Best thing

    Been there 15 years I know a lot of people

    Worst thing

    Stress

    4.3

    Wincanton Manager, February 2021

  • Best thing

    Pays ok

    Worst thing

    The amount of different jobs you're supposed to be fully acquainted with that you only do once every 6 months or so

    5.5

    Wincanton Admin clerk, February 2021

  • Best thing

    Pay

    Worst thing

    Everything management care about performance even if health and safety rules are broken managers see you as a number.

    2.3

    Wincanton Warehouse operative, January 2021

  • Best thing

    Other operatives i work with

    Worst thing

    Management not being informed about anything

    4.1

    Wincanton Warehouse operative, January 2021