Smiths News Employer Reviews

my typical day starting early in the morning 6.30. returns team, scan magazines, good into bins, rubbish up the line into scrap bins. as a team sorting out part works to be sent back to publishers, put on a pallet ,labelled ,loaded onto wagon.

A typical day at work involved organising and arranging stock(magazines) to be packed quickly and effienciently.
I learned a lot of valuable skills including packing, scanning, using sap system, maintenance and repair of equipment and stock control.

The hardest part of the job was to pack the stock a quickly and at the high degree of accuracy which – more... the company had set (99.95%). – less

Started at 7pm. Went in found out where you worked. Then start with helping other colleagues. then set up the pack to be done for the "twilight shift". then start work on our section.. work till 12am then have a half an hour break. then comeback can finish whenever the computer said the time we look to finish is. Learnt that no job is for life and various – more... other skills that will come in handy for my next job.
Co-workers were brilliant had a write laugh with them. probably the only thing I miss from that place. The hardest part of the job was probably not knowing what time you are going to finish, it normally varied from 1am to 6am.

Enjoyable bit of the job was payday if we did overtime which was mostly every other week and the work colleagues. – less

being a passanger to a driver, delivering papers to shops, learnt how to be on time propaly for every shop, learnt were and what papers go were.

Good place to work, Managment very flexible with requests, Most co-workers friendly.

1.00am get up and go to work. The lorries would deliver to warehouse and we then would have to sort and pack into various titles and then load onto van and deliver to various retail outlets. I had a very good relationship with management and all my co-workers. We all worked well as a team.
The hardest part of the job was out in all weathers but the – more... most enjoyable part was being out on the road and seeing various different people it also fitted with my family life at the time. – less

good place to work, friendly staff and good management. heavy lifting work tho.

as a merchandiser at smiths news the job was a good job just there was not alot of hours

the distribution of daily newspapers and mags to retailers throught out the night.
Pass over with Higher management in the morning
Planning for the months in advance
Good work colleges.

I enjoyed every aspect of my job as i love talking to customer and reaching my targets

My current position involves delivering and collecting magazines and newspapers accross the county.
The use of hand held scanners is very important as it tracks the delivering of the magazines and the delivery time of each drop.
The hardest part of the job is having to get up at 2am each morning and trying to have a social life.
The most enjoyable part – more... is that its only 5-6 hours work so i have the rest of the day to myself. – less

I fed the track with boxes of magazines for the scanners.

Stacking empty boxes on pallets for storage.

During 25 years of work there I did numerous jobs including yard work, recycling packaging, occasional deliveries using light vans ('Transit' type) I also did some scanning, labelling etc.
I was responsible for logging Van mileage, organising services – more... and cleaning the vans. – less

I have 6 years experience for transport, FLT driver , manage over 100 drivers. Responsible for newspapers and magazines delivery/returns
collection
achieve correct delivery time
reduce complains from customers
reduce overweights
yard marshal

Always on your toes,time sensitve product so no second chances.Learned to be adaptable and responsive to changing situation.Decent management and good co-workers made the hard times bearable.Dealing with late deliveries was a headache,but hitting all KPIs left me feeling of accomplishment.