delivery driver

order administrator

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credit controller

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Caterite

I was a Driver here for some time. The job at first was brilliant, straight forward and quite enjoyable, customers would usually give you food on their site if they liked you enough, however in my tenure at Caterite I can say, it was poorly ran. Support from management was not there, constant waiting for butchery and they handed out disciplinaries quicker than Liz Truss' run as PM. There was a high staff turnover in my time at Caterite. Second runs were a must, which I was not a fan of and rebelled about, or waited for the office to be empty and do a quick runner, though I kept my circumstances to myself after hearing stories of treatment towards otherstaff members. The warehouse side of things were awesome and a bit more structured than the transport side of things. I've been gone a long time and hope things have changed since then. If not, then I wouldn't really be suprised. Pay was just above min at the time which didn't help much, but job was 10 times better than a factory job.

Applied for the night shift, was offered the day shift, wasn't told the hourly rate was way lower for day shift. Spent 4 days bored out of my brain just sat watching everyone work, no one made any attempt to show me the ropes even though I kept asking if there was anything I could do to help. 

Complained I was getting bored and was told (bearing in mind I'm well experienced in customer service) that didn't want to push me too hard, overwhelm me and put me off job. Well sat there soooo bored I'd completely zone out of reality put me off!

Some of the customer service advisors attitudes are appalling, muting customers on the phone to call them some rather disrespectful names. Something goes wrong, nobody take responsibility, just goes round in a circle of blame between different departments. Lot of whisperimg going on behind other staffs backs. Just an awful place to work and I was only there 4 days! 

What is the best part of working at the company?
You can make a lot of hours if u need cash. People are nice and depends on department. The company is a bit cheap when it comes to canteen food butter is the only free spreadable to find in the kitchen. Coffee milk that's about it. Looking over hundreds of products and yes that's all there is. Good quality vegetables they sell but when applying for a job go straight to the company and try to avoid agencies. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Most stressful are the sales people they do have no clue what it's like to be a picker or driver.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Culture is good and helpfull again sometimes we are like robots next......

Caterprep facility in Penrith have chill work environment at work, peeling and packing vegetables, potatoes. Caterprep facility in Penrith are operated with irregular working hours all year around not with fixed guarantee working hours, summer time work have 40 hours a week, next 3 months after Christmas have 0 hours contract. The facility are operated with 6 months probation period, noth with fixed term employment contracts. 

It's an alright place to work but it's run by  an incompetent batch of managers who just shout orders at you from their office. Forced to do second routes after spending all day in a class 2 hgv on a tachograph. Sending you out in a van so it doesn't show up on driver's hours. When challenging the management on this you get handed a disciplinary for talking back to a superior.

I had a wonderful interview then things changed when I started as a driver. I was paired with other drivers to learn then i was thrown in at the deep in with a van not enough training and half a load of frozen with no freezer unit. 
The scan pods never work some vans are awful. plus point is the other drivers are always happy to help bad point traffic managers 

I left my Job due to the current climate we are facing, I was told I was good at my job, didn't  want to loose me. I was faced with the reality of working 12 days for free and I owe this back. This next month I am a lot down in my wage. And facing a hard time, basically if you work here make sure you know your holidays or your last wage will make you suffer. 

Horrible company to work for. Staff that work there are great. But the management on nights are a bunch of useless untrained bullies, that speak to you like something they have stepped in, everynight which puts the team in a great mood, not. 

But had to leave as was promised 40.hours a week was lucky to be getting 6 to 7 hours a day in, people on salary wanting to get out early people on hourly suffer especially as things have gone up substantially got told to clean something so asked for a mask but got offered a beard snood instead. One rule for one one rule for others 

This is basically the best job in Cumbria excluding sellafield. The early morning are terrible and the 6 days a week aren’t great but the job itself is great if you enjoy driving! Communication with the managers is shocking but the money is great! I’d recommend if you can handle the early starts. 

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Delivery driver 6 salaries reported	£14.04 per hour
Order administrator 2 salaries reported	£14.14 per hour
Truck driver 4 salaries reported	£15.53 per hour
Credit controller 2 salaries reported	£29,250 per year
Warehouse worker 3 salaries reported	£13.41 per hour

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