Paul Needham

Review of Certas Energy

terrible clicky place to work. diabolical communic...

terrible clicky place to work. diabolical communication skills. total stitch up and waste of time.

driver (Former Employee) Midlands November 17, 2015

AVOID AVOID AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE !
This company has so many issues it is difficult to know where to begin. The work is fine with good long hours that can really bung up your pay. The only problem is that they don't like you to do all of your daily work, even if you are willing to do so. The transport side of things is badly run with little or zero interaction between routers and drivers. All communication is not done by phone but via little pieces of paper left in pigeon holes for the next day.
Drivers are slagged off behind their back and are hired and fired with no just cause. If you are a professional driver then DO NOT WORK FOR THIS COMPANY. There s no investment in authorised training and you are expected to work things out for yourself with new units that only a hand full of people know how to operate. One of the driver trainers doesn't even have a class 1 licence yet thinks that he can lecture a seasoned class 1 driver on his driving, it's a total joke. There are time limits to your day and you must be finished by a certain time as otherwise the phone will not stop ringing with planners moaning they want to go home.
Drivers are not allowed to know how to legally keep a record of their hours using manual entries on tacho as it is feared that false records will be entered onto time sheets and tachos.
Far too much clickiness and not enough investment in driver training makes this a company to be avoided at all costs.
With no common sense or initiative shown by planners in respect to the loading of vehicles in a time conscious manner i.e - taking an empty wagon out of a fuel storage depot in the black country and arranging for it to be loaded in Kingsbury at 08:00 not taking into account the aspect of rush hour and then having a go at the driver for being behind time being but one of a very long list of examples.

TO CONCLUDE -
A very clicky place with very clicky people.
If you have a sense of humour
DON'T WORK FOR THIS COMPANY
If you are professionally trained on tachos and road law
DON'T WORK FOR THIS COMPANY
If you don't mind working through your drop list and enjoy the work
DON'T WORK FOR THIS COMPANY
If you have an opinion on a certain aspect of the company and how it can be improved and would like to share it
DONT WORK FOR THIS COMPANY
If you are a winging moaning clock watcher who thinks that the whole world orbits around you, this is the company for you.
Anybody else who comes form general or specialist haulage and knows what they are talking about avoid like the plague !