Bunzl reviews

False promises from senior board level management, who are more interested in getting a pat on the back from MD than giving two monkies about the people who make the company what it is, New management took control of the running of the company on a regional basis two / three years ago and since the regions have no direction and lack communication from bottom up, There is absolutely no chance of being promoted internally as the new so called directors prefer to bring in outsiders who have little or no knowledge of the Bunzl ways of life, The only loyalty you can expect to receive is at branch level from your branch manager but again these good old school managers are few and far apart, in fact the company is getting rid of the old school managers to get in what is known within the company as yes managers, who are cut from the same cloth as the regional directors and who like the regional directors want a pat on the head from MD want the same experience from the regional directors. The new branch managers like the regional directors are all about empire building and from many's perspective are wanting to score brownie points to one day get the keys to the towers in isleworth. Low morale is a major factor as all the company want is blood and their pound of flesh the inconvenience which you suffer with regards to home or family life has no interest to the company your expected to act robotic and are expected not to have an opinion. Long hours are expected and with cost savings being made more work is being put on both sales and warehouse with the ethos from the top of if you don't want the job there are individuals that do. No extra money for having a forklift licence or being a fire warden. Customers also know at ground level what the company is all about as over promising and under delivering yes men in national sales constantly burden branches by dumping the proverbial at branches feet and then either denying all knowledge or not wanting to know about the issues they cause to customers. Values here have changed drastically over the last 24/36 months your now an expense and are treated as such. Senior managers at branch level are disalusioned with life at Bunzl since the new changes of directorship, one of Bunzls fundamental mission statements that is promoted in house is attract retain and develop is laughable at best, The moving of the so called goal posts with regards to bonuses is constant and from a sales perspective the warehouse get treated like pond life with little or no incentive aimed at the engine room of branch/company. Have spoken with warehouse managers and all feel the same. Would not recommend this company to anybody that's interested in going up the so called Bunzl ladder , this side of the Bunzl business whilst makes the most money in the uk is fractured, with a very strong stench of us and them.

Local company morale is shockingly low. Really low. Trash flows downhill as they say, and here that is the motto they so adhere to. Upper management dont care how they get results, they just want results even if they have to break a few fire codes. Lower management take it out and blame the hourly wage workers. There are few good eggs in lower management but they are far and few and thus dont hold much power or say so. If you work on the night crew you will be the lowest of the low and highly expendable even if you been there for years. Which is sad because they do the most work. If you want to advance you wont get anywhere here. In my experience its favoritism over seniority.