production operator

warehouse worker

shift manager

senior r&d engineer

receptionist

Newly-Weds-Foods

Very welcoming & helpful at interview then complete opposite when working there. The workload is unreasonable , wage seems high but should be double.Production operative is an incorrect job description , you are expected to complete extensive paperwork , run the lines as a line leader would , undertake extensive cleaning duties that I would expect to be done by Industrial cleaners , this included painting walls , stairways etc ( definately not in the job description ) . Heavy lifting which I knew but not to the extent involved , staff where not rotated as they should have been giving everyone a fair share of the tasks involved . They are only interested in targets , so they put the same people on certain jobs which is unfair to them & doesn't give others a chance to learn roles & get up to speed on them . The management are the most false & uncaring people I have ever come across & have no idea what goes on in reality on the shopfloor . I saw a very high turnover of staff while I was there & I totally understand why .  The working atmosphere is not great , staff morale is not good .

Avoid this company especially if you are foreigner and from outside (don't have any relatives in company). Company has cash bonuses for workers recommendation, so inside company created groups of relatives and family members. Unfair treatment is huge, group of workers (supervisor friends) has benefits (trainings, better salary) and do easier jobs while others work for less and supervisor is expecting from them work harder, without training and job knowledge. Some people are stand and chat for 30 minutes and nobody cares unless you are not friend of supervisor. Management doesn't know whats going on shopfloor, which worker what can do, supervisors are rude non-professionals.
Apart of unfair treatment environment is very noisy, dusty, extremely hot in summer, freezing in winter. Only fair thing is weekend overtime available and medicash if you are full time employed.

Worked here at the OSSETT site in Yorkshire, England from 2003-2004.  Hence my experiences are not current.  At that time NewlyWeds had only fairly recently acquired the site.

The role I had was in the lab and the pace was fast and pressurised, which helped pass the shift but did create stressful moments too.

It would be interesting to see how working practices now have evolved.   They had just entered a period of evolution of TQM, around six sigma and kaizen. Quality circles formed to identify poor working practices and root cause problem solving.

A day in the life at Newly Weds Foods consisted of making samples, working effectively within a team of 4 people to meet daily requirements and completing other kitchen assistant duties such as cleaning, and stock rotation.
I learned valuable skills that i can take into any job, the two main skills i learned was improved communication and being more motivated to complete every task adequately.
The management was great, they made me feel like an important part of the company, they included all their workers and they had clearly adopted a more democratic leadership style  where anyone could have input in the business.

Night shift get ignored by management. Certain supervisors abuse their power and make you feel bad for simple mistakes. Lack of mental health or wellbeing support.
Management in general seem to actively dispose the work force and when they do appear, they give you impossible orders and resort to shouting and punishing you for simple mistakes. File notes and disaplinaries happen all the time.
Do not apply here, the money is good but the job will mess with your head

My first experience in a warehouse. Although the job is very easy, supervisors are very rude. I worked with two supervisors and both need to be sent to school: to teach them some manners and how to talk to other human beings. 
Xenophobic and races comments from some of the staff (majority of workers are friendly). I left the job when a senior worker made a  races comment infront of the supervisor and he said nothing to him. 

Or maybe that's how the majority of warehouses environment is!!!

Any person with a bit knowledge and aware  of their professional value is running away. The culture is toxic.  Structure is full of managers who can't make their own decisions but have to 'double check' if this what they said is correct. Nobody from managers want's to take responsibility for theirs decisions just pushing tasks out from their desk. 
There is no training plan for new starters. You are learning by trying to complete the tasks and learning on your own mistakes. 


The job can be physical and stressful at times but most colleagues can help get you through the day. Staff breaks are very limited (20 mins) as manager tends to monitor most young peoples breaks but gives longer to his buddies. Holidays are not done on a level playing field as you never get any copies or feedback from handing in holiday forms. 

Agency messes you around and can’t even give you correct wage slips, cut your padlocks off your lockers without informing you first only supervisors, make you change shift because it’s overstaffed and they have no organisation or communication at all, newly weds gets a bad reputation in my opinion because of the agency messing the staff around.

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Production operator 2 salaries reported	£30,986 per year
Warehouse worker 1 salary reported	£29,149 per year
Shift manager 1 salary reported	£37,000 per year
Senior r&d engineer 1 salary reported	£40,000 per year
Receptionist 1 salary reported	£25,000 per year

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