Travis Perkins Employer Reviews

I was only at Travis Perkins for a 4 week work trial and was not actually paid by Travis Perkins

Running day to day Hire department
inc :Running Transport
Advising and Making sure customers had the right tools for the right job at the time they needed them.
Making sure the tools were serviced and ready for hire.
Buying and selling of powertools and ppe.
Managing staff members to obtain the best out of team.
Link selling.
Daily accounts and Banking.
Checking – more... invoices and querries.
I Completed several Managerial courses and Health and safety Courses. – less

Expect the same thing every day. First thing in the morning it's too busy and customers moan that they aren't being served but, we try our best to quickly and efficiently serve every customer at once to keep them happy and buying more of our stock. We dont want them leaving us to a different builders merchants. I've learned an awful lot in my 3 years – more... with the company! I know every single bit of stock in the yard and know what they can be used for, even when talking with customers I learn different things and the different names that they call each product, that makes it easier for us to identify them when other customers ask for a specific item. I am very confident at driving the forklifts and many people say i'm an exeptional driver! The management is terrible at my branch. Our manager doesn't reward us or give us any appraisal for what we do. I personally like appraisal because it motivates me to want to work harder. Alot of the deliveries to customers are wrong and me and the other guys out in the yard notice these mistakes and tell the manager but, the mistakes still happen. He takes holidays on stock take days and avoids the Regional Director visits when he can. He sometimes doesn't pay you for the overtime you have worked. My co-workers are brilliant! especially the two guys i work with in the yard. We get on so well and are such an effective team! We are all so friendly to each other and our customers. The hardest part of the job is trying to keep on top of keeping the yard tidy for health and safety reasons, also to keep on top of loading/unloading lorries whilst serving the waves of customers. The most enjoyable part of my job is to just have a laugh with my pals because that keeps us working hard and keep a smile on our faces which is great for the customers to see! – less

Started with stacking shelves and relabelling items then progressed throughout the week and took on more responcibilties such as signing and the taking of deliveries within the store.

start at 0730 load vehicle and prep for day usually between 2 to 4 loads
learnt how to deal with the public in a friendly and helpful way.
managment are usualy very helpful and flexible
coworkers are very friendly and we have many laughs which help the day to pass
hardest part of job is when in the yard and weather is very wet or cold
making a delivery – more... to an awkward site and getting thanked by the customer for my help – less

The job was good for me to learn how to work within the UK. I found that after some time and the implimentation of new management the job became untenable.

For my own personal and professional development I choose to do some voluntary work. Throughout my time working here I developed my organisation skills and learnt to prioritise effectively. I delivered excellent customer service and received positive feedback regarding this.

really enjoyed working here only left for family move most days were full from start to finish and always got on well with other staff and customers

enjoyed varied day to day work...................................................................................................................................................................................................

I like the work and the people who work their aswell on the first day the management and co-works were very nice to me. They show me want to do e.g. helping the customer, I was assisted with the loading and unloading of Lorries, picking orders, organised and tidied the yard. I say the hardest part of the job was getting the order ready for next day – more... but i did enyjoy it. – less

I was given the opportunity to try out vasrious tasks and work as part of the team. I learnt a great deal about customer service and the products they stock.

I was working in the yard it was a good invirment to work in and starf are very friendly

I organise the MOT's and Tax for the vehicles all over the country.
This involved working from spread sheets, Filing. internet used to make bookings and keeping the data base records correct, Filing and general other administration jobs.

At first I thoroughly enjoyed my job. I was always busy and had varied work to keep you motivated. However, we moved – more... office and then things started to go from bad to worse. My health deteriated and they have done everything they can do to get me to leave. Life has been intolorable for the last 18 mths/ 2 years. – less

the typical day at work consisted of helping out in the yard with serving the customers and helping out on the shop floor like putting the stock away and serving customers i was doing more than what my job description said.

would get into work, make sure all till staff had cash floats and terminals was turned on ready for the days trading. do a 50 item stock check called a p.i count.order stock for the shop , making sure there was adaquate stock levels.take telesales calls and serve on counter. arrange lunch times with the till staff. make sure all deliverys was checked – more... off , relevant to the order form, and put away into stock. key in the delivery paperwork into our system. chase all late deliverys. then at the end of the day, making my staff till up their cash, and put takings into the safe. the hardest part of the job was being let down by suppliers when my customers was expecting their materials. i managed 4 members of staff ,and the shop ran well. my manager was quite a stressful guy who was driven by success and actually won manager of the year in 2006 when i was lightside product leader for the branch. i learned so much working at travis perkins, i have lots of confidance and put that down too working in a customer facing role. the most enjoyable part of my job was feedback i would get from our satisfied customers. it was a good team working together with a manager driving on his staff. although there was a lot of pressure put on to middle management like myself and others. – less

Good company to work for,progressive company that looks after their staff.

unloading bags of plastic and card from lorries and putting through a bale machine which puts it in to bales. this is then stacked outside to be loaded on to other trucks once the bales have built up enough to fill a lorry. other jobs include baling straps etc. the guys i worked with were a good laugh and we got on very well with each other and worked – more... well together. being outside in the summer weather was the best part of the job and my hours were 6-2pm and time went very quick. – less

Travis Perkins is a good place to work in. Staff members are all nice and the environment is relaxed and organised.

Not really geared up to compete seriously in the plant & tool hire market place

day started 7.30 till 5pm very good managment the hardest part of the job was cold weather winter time..the most enjoyable part of the job was meeting customors.