truck driver

warehouse worker

sales executive

business administration apprentice

yard worker

Barrett-Steel

I enjoy my role and take pride in my work. I have developed strong skills in Barretts Steel operations and consistently perform my duties to a high standard. Management is generally good; however, in recent years there has been little improvement in how employees are supported and rewarded.
While the company continues to invest heavily in the factory and business development, there has been minimal investment in employees. Last year there was no pay rise at all, and two years ago the increase was only 2%, which is significantly below the national average of around 10% per year. Our site is profitable, and employees work hard to achieve these results, yet this success is not reflected in our pay.
As a result, morale is declining. Some employees have already left, and many others are unhappy and actively seeking alternative employment. Although I am a skilled and committed operator, the ongoing lack of pay increases has led me to seriously consider leaving as well.

Old trucks, non covid complaint, they do in house training for everything but it's just ticking boxes. If you have a problem management will let you down. Head office and hr offer no support. They are disorganised and do not have proper transport planners or managers so your often planning your own route and then if it goes wrong it's on your head. The loads are often unsafe as they just pile to much steel on. Staff are great but management are beyond poor. Always have an excuse for everything, never accept responsibility if they mess up which is often. They are happy for you to handball steel beams but if you put your back out they won't help they won't pay you. Wouldn't even allow me paternity leave. The list is endless. The only good thing about this place is the great bunch of blokes you will work with thier top class but management and head office are poor and will repeatedly let you down. 

I love working here, starting as an Admin Clerk, I've grown & developed my career to my current senior position. For sure, Barrett's want "doers" & those that aren't prepared to work hard to progress & push themselves won't go on to enjoy a long service. Every colleague has a job, role & responsibilities, there's no one sat in an ivory tower creaming off the top. That said rewards are positive, culture & benefits continue to  improve year on year.

What is the best part of working at the company?
You have easy days where you finish at a decent time, and bad days where your king of overtime (due to traffic or hold ups at customers sites) 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Traffic, wrong addresses, phone numbers being wrong & sometimes the planning is designed by a monkey in a zoo sending you here there & everywhere to finish where you started off

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Hgv drivers are a bunch of zoo animals with lots of banter & laughs 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Working with steel is hard graft, but the jobs easy enough when you use common sense everywhere you go

The team I work with in the office are fantastic, a great group of people. Able to share skills, experience and support while enjoying daily working life. 

I have a lot of Support from my Manager, and I endeavour to make the people that work for me feel supported and valued. 

I have had lots of support and been able to progress from my initial role into the role that I am currently in. 

Health and Safety is very important to the Site and Group, and a lot of training is given to ensure that the Warehouse have the right knowledge and tools to succeed safely. 



I left this job as this company is beyond a joke no communication between supervisors and managers to the lads on the shop floor. working on a machine was horrible the process planner hasn’t got a clue on how to manage her operators always used to give certain individuals easier work as she wants them to look better than others she would do anything to make you feel unhappy I wasn’t there for very long due to this reason I felt my mental health deteriorate because I felt like my job was being made harder on purpose why other people was getting the easy life. Would seriously avoid. 

New lorries but they are very small inside, day cabs.

Decent workday when alone and most of the guys are decent. 
Few guys desperate to be recognised and will throw you under the bus when they can. 

Management started of great but once job and finished was removed, the drivers would be asked to do painting etc. 
move paper/boxes for hierarchy to offices/storage. 

I couldn’t work there again as there are many similar jobs with managers who are actually ex HGV drivers. 
Driver bonus was also removed. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Remuneration pretty good but that all, management are dire

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Oops manager is an out and out liar

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Most of the staff are clicky like waking into a strange environment 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
As a driver it’s all good once out on the road

The role was straight forward and I took comfornt in speaking to my customers daily.
There were several divisions withi the the building but no one spoke to anyone else unless it was accounts.
I learned about specialist products and the market place for those products.  
Management good.
The hardest part of my job was letting my customers down due to other departments not meeting their promises but the most enjoyable part was building relationships with new and existing customers.

A caring business to work for.

I have received external and internal training to enable me to be happy and successful in my role.

Able to share skills and experiences together with my colleagues.

Collaborative, caring and advancing skills and knowledge.

Excellent work/life balance.


Top Job Titles	Average salary
Truck driver 11 salaries reported	£41,189 per year
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Business administration apprentice 1 salary reported	£16,000 per year
Yard worker 2 salaries reported	£26,607 per year

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