Bunzl reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(673 total reviews)
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Frank van Zanten

75% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Bunzl has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 673 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Bunzl employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Transportation & Logistics industry (3.5 stars).

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673 reviews
5.0
Sep 13, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Bunzl is a great company that offers a generous salary and benefits, a matching 401K up to the first 6%, and an employee discount.

Cons

The Management is unrealistic, not supportive, a 16 to 18 hour day is not uncommon. Equipment is overused and run down. Management refuses to replace due to hurting their yearly bonuses.

1.0
Sep 5, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Not much... If your upper management Shareholders

Cons

The greed of upper management is the downfall here, i love the way they portray the business as being loved by the customer... So why so many complaints??? i tell you why because the call centre and national accounts promise the world... when in fact at ground level.. warehouse..pond life we call ourselves because thats how we are made to feel, have pressure heaped upon them.. warehouses shutting down with job losses.. their work being put on another warehouse maybe 2 others.. no extra staff to deal with it.. shoddy forktrucks breaking down consistantly, 10 hour days plus late finishes BUT no overtime paid (maybe at flat rate if there is} and i'm sure i saw upper management actually getting blood out of a stone.. Someone.. or some people are getting rich off the back of a lot of damn hard workers and loyal ones at that.. WAKE UP. They have a mission statement something on the lines of.. EMPLOY RETAIN.. PROMOTE.. TALENT.. TEAM.. off the top of my head. This statement is total rubbish... There is ZERO chance of promotion and no matter how hard you work or get results.. no matter what is said in your appraisals YOU WILL GET STEPPED OVER BY OUTSIDERS WITH NO EXPERIENCE IN THE COMPANY OR BUSINESS. All the glossy pictures and wonderful words on Bunzl's websites are a joke.. in fact misleading and embarassing. Left after 10 years of loyalty and promises turning to dust... again and again.... Im not the only one who says this.. there are employers stuck there who agree... BELIEVE ME...

1.0
Aug 29, 2014

Stabbed on the back

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Was a good place to work until people with egos bigger than the company came in trying to change and restructure without any knowledge of the business. Forcing through petty changes to disrupt the workforce to until an unpopular working practice.

Cons

Lack of understanding by top level management about the sector we were in and not being engaged with customers correctly. To many simple mistakes being made by promising to much to customers to fulfil their needs without the infrastruture to back it up.

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