cleaner

assistant

technician

catering assistant

caretaker

Royal-Bam-Group

This was a placement week for BAM as I am doing my HNC Construction course. 

A typical day was a cup tea in the morning and plan the tasks for the day, Each day I spend around two hours on site and picked up valuable stills on how a project is run and what procedures are done to make sure the project runs as smoothy as possible. 

Site visits were useful as I could get to see the work taking place and understand the ways of working in a site environment. 

In the office I had a look at the contracts which were in place between the sub contractors and main contractor and sub contractors linked to that to get to see the overall structure of the business and project they were working on. 

I went over health and safety on site and also the programme of works for the day, known as the commissioning programme. I also had a look at the software Rev-it and the overall design of the building in 3 D format. this was where you could see all the services withing the building and how they all worked for each part. 

one thing a liked about working with B.A.M was that everyone within the office works together to come to a agreement as to what needs to be done next and to keep everyone up to speed as the project is happening. 

The most enjoyable part pf the job was working on site and getting to  see the [project being build, it was the spinning fields No 1 Project and so the scale of the job as big. going up to the top floor and looking out on to Manchester was also really good to see. 

On the week placement I learnt Contracts, Health and Safety, Software, Site setups,  programme of works and Quantity Surveying.

OMG What can I say!!!!!!! 
Brilliant to start with as I got a bronze award for excelent services covering three cleaners that were off sick at the School! 
I didn't have to do this work but I did to help out Somerset Bridge Primary School and got commended for the work I don in 2018.
I loved my job then the bullying started by the Buisness Manager and the Office Manager who I did't trust from day one as I was told about them by other members of staff!
2020 came and it got worse as they tried to get me on a disiplinary but I won the day. Come March 2020 the done it again just before my 2 years wwere up and they found fault after fault with my work when I was ill with Coronavirus! I the end they got me & sacked me ofer nothing!
I took a lot of verball abuse by one member of staff and on my private messenger and a cleaner attacked two members of staff and abused me!
It was long hours but I got on with it. I even done over an hours voluntry work a day for the children & the school for NO thanks at all! 
I loved many of the staff but Managment were a disgrace as well as my Line Manager who was a compleat bully! A nasty person to work for!!!
PLEASE DON'T WORKING FOR THIS COMPANY!!!

What is the best part of working at the company?

- The role itself is straightforward and manageable with the right support





What is the most stressful part about working at the company?


- Consistently poor management standards
- Unprofessional communication, including inappropriate tone and lack of respect
- Little to no meaningful support provided during probation
- Lack of accountability and inconsistent leadership approach
- Being undermined in role due to poor communication and being bypassed in decision-making
- Team issues not addressed or managed effectively, impacting daily operations
- Workplace environment can feel uncomfortable, pressured, and unsupportive
- Lack of structure and leadership has a noticeable impact on staff morale and retention

Advice to Management:
A complete review of management approach is needed. Professionalism, communication, and accountability need to be prioritised. Staff should be supported, not undermined, and concerns should be handled fairly and consistently. Without these changes, ongoing issues with morale and staff retention are likely to continue.

Tasks involved to complete computer generated costings building/designs/merchandise/materials, report to seniors to clarify and ensure tasks completed correctly. Learned various formats and procedures carried out to complete given tasks on company database. Time management was crucial and helped control workload through effective planning and organising skills. Work ethos was respect and support each other at any given opportunity. Hardest part job becoming familiar with company protocols/policies as allot of information to absorb and process. Most enjoyable part of job was being treated as equal member of team and not just seen as temporary work colleague, having also got to meet and work with individuals from a variety of different backgrounds and skills.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The support and the management are always there to assist, excluding 1 contract manager he is not nice 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
So many systems to learn and the processes can be somewhat laborious. Some colleagues make silly mistakes. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very very good, everyone is very helpful 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Busy with emails and phone calls and scheduling the engineers for reactive jobs and PPM work

I worked here and it was okay. However they do not listen to their employees while telling you they listen and getting you to fill out surveys. 
The apprenticeship team are useless and do not help you when you are on site. Apprentices of all ages are left to sort themselves out without the financial help to sort out a place to live when you are onsite.
The college is okay and they are helpful.
Only benefits include being paid okay money compared to other apprentices who are on the minimum wage.


One of the worst jobs I’ve had, almost no support is given, training was laughable and not adequate - ironically for a construction company they don’t seem to have any structure.  Team leader’s do not know what they are doing and if you speak up you are then subject to unfair treatment. Weekly meetings consist of telling the team how bad of a job everyone is doing and they expect 90% more effort. Team leaders and management undermine each other this is related to staff with blunt emails. 

Limited growth and opportunity. Lack of morale through the team but some really nice people. Needs someone to come in and develop the business and go back to basics. Has potential to be so much better. Some really good projects and supply chain relationships. Lacks client relationships and new jobs. Had a tough couple years and a lot of uncertainty, hopefully coming out the other side of it now.

Lack of focus on construction, to much focus on transformation and wider teams that don't bring in money. 

Do a separate search for Bam FM (recruiters deliberately try and mislead by using Bam construction reviews). 

Awful company and dire reputation within the sector for exceptionally poor levels of customer and employee satisfaction. 

Very high staff turnover for obvious reasons, definitely one to avoid!

The Hemel Hempstead office standard response to every question is “computer says no”. A horrendous management team who have absolutely no idea how to run a business. 

Most of the engineers are also completely useless, they are losing contracts left, right and centre.

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