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    Travis Perkins Reviews

    Updated 15 January 2019
    162 reviews

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    Pros

    • "Work life balance, investment in colleagues, great culture that is open, collaborative and non hierarchical" (in 8 reviews)

    • "Good people who are always willing to help" (in 7 reviews)

    Cons

    • "long hours, poor structuring of breaks - sometimes found myself working 7-5 non-stop" (in 8 reviews)

    • "office a bit shabby, senior management presentations a bit overly evangelical" (in 7 reviews)

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    1. "Digital Learning Team Leader"

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      • Culture & Values
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      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Travis Perkins full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Amazing company, great culture and brilliant people. Fun is high on their agenda.

      Cons

      Nothing I can think of.

      Advice to Management

      Keep doing what you're doing.

    2. "Tool Hire within Travis"

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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Northampton, England
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Northampton, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Travis Perkins full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      share options and priviliges good prospects from lower levels

      Cons

      not forward thinking in all areas, top heavy

      Advice to Management

      top heavy

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    3. "Wickes Home Delivery managed by Travis Perkins"

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      Former Employee - Van Driver in Crawley, West Sussex, South East England, England
      Former Employee - Van Driver in Crawley, West Sussex, South East England, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Travis Perkins full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Good rates of pay compared to other employers in the area (you get day rate regardless of hours worked, with an average of a 48 hour week calculated over 16 weeks).
      They will offer a training path for HGV licence from van driving in exchange for a minimum term contract.

      Cons

      Long hours, no set break schedule for some types of shifts (sometimes worked 7-8 hours before taking a break). Very bad treatment from lower management and loading / forklift staff (sometimes foulmouthed). Will overload vans and set delivery times that are impossible (for ex deliver 1000 kg of kitchen furniture to a upper floor via stairs in 20 minutes). Office staff is only interested in ticking the boxes, complete disregard for parking issues, length of walking from vehicle to delivery address, hours of work or vehicle defects if you do not complain loud enough. No gps provided, occasionally you have to use your own phone for contact with customers or base office.

      Advice to Management

      Implement appraisal policy for lower management partly based on employee review. Reduce hours worked, especially on "access crews". Review delivery times for flats. Fix barcode issues. Review and make staff aware of grievance procedure.

    4. "Proud to work for Travis Perkins"

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      Current Employee - Branch Manager
      Current Employee - Branch Manager
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Travis Perkins full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Market leading, ahead of the competition

      Cons

      there is nothing to dislike

    5. "Appalling culture of intimidation with no evident support"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Travis Perkins full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Role was close to home

      Cons

      A tough environment to work in without support or encouragement from management. There was a culture of letting employees go for failing to meet targets. No support in place. Branches are often too close to one another to produce effective sales.

      Advice to Management

      Support, encourage and think carefully before letting good reliable employees go. Poor manager at branch.

    6. "Worst company I’ve ever worked for."

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Bedford, England
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Bedford, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Travis Perkins full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      I left this awful company.

      Cons

      Company I was working for under the TP group didn’t have a clue by far the worst company I’ve ever worked for (Primaflow F&P)

      If your face fits and you’re a yes person, then you’ll be fine.

      No consistency and lack of leadership.

      No HR team on site, everything has to be done over the phone and when you do get through to someone they are unhelpful at best.

      Day to day issues reported to the management team and just ignored.

      I could go on and on...

      If you want a guaranteed headache everyday then this company is for you.

      Advice to Management

      None because they don’t listen.

    7. "Exhausting"

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      Former Employee - Assistant Branch Manager in Darwen, England
      Former Employee - Assistant Branch Manager in Darwen, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Travis Perkins full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Great close knit team, control over whole running of branch, lots of resources

      Cons

      Overworked, Underpaid, Under appreciated, Counter productive H&S policies.

      Advice to Management

      Stop increasing work load to allow focus on what matters, the branch performance and its staffs welfare

    8. "Assistant Manager"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Travis Perkins full-time

      Pros

      - large company
      - secure job

      Cons

      - low pay
      - 54 hour week

    9. "Toolhire manager"

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      Current Employee - Toolhire Manager in London, England
      Current Employee - Toolhire Manager in London, England
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at Travis Perkins full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Money isn’t great nor bad and environment

      Cons

      Workload and hours, pay structure is appalling

    10. "Trustworthy company"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      knocked a star off for offshoring my job but they did everything to offer redeployment and were supportive and gave a generous payout

      Cons

      office a bit shabby, senior management presentations a bit overly evangelical