Wienerberger has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 49 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Wienerberger employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Produktion industry (3.5 stars).
The shop floor staff are always friendly and welcoming eager to help where ever they can a real pleasure to work with
Cons
The upper management team are totally out of order I have personally seen them tear in to several people to achieve results when targets are not met including a team leader and lead operators and shop floor machine operators one of the management team is just an out right bully and constantly tearing the team leader down even when they have hit our targets or better.
After witnessing one such event I went in to check on the team leader who I shall not name and found him with his head in his arms and it looked like he had been crying after being constantly shouted at and being told he wasn't good enough and he should be sacked.
I couldn't help feeling for the guy because I know he never stops working.
It would be such a shame if the guy was to give up his job because of the bullying and harassment the guy takes constantly from site management at Goxhill.
The shop floor teams myself included have been pressured in to working like mad to try and achieve targets but when things go wrong and machinery breaks its the same old story it's us the operators that are at fault one of the managers seems to just turn up and start shouting at people like it will help resolve breakdowns quicker I hope one day someone will take more notice of the behaviour of the managers put in charge and hopefully teach them some people skills that are obviously lacking
Wienerberger Response
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Thank you for taking the time to place a review. As we are always looking to improve, we would appreciate hearing more detailed feedback from you on the issues that you have mentioned in your review. We would invite you to get in touch with our HR team to discuss further (HRservices@wienerberger.com / 0161 491 8206).
Colleagues are friendly and supportive
Potential to make a positive impact and progress through ranks at this company
Senior management generally open to new ideas
Encourage creative approaches to problem solving
Many factories have good links with & contribute to local communities
Strong environmental ethos
Cons
Communication from the Board (quality and quantity) needs to be improved
Severe lack of employee benefits
Welfare facilities at some factory sites need modernising
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According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Wienerberger employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Wienerberger. This rating has improved by 13% over the last 12 months.
71% of Wienerberger employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Wienerberger 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 2.9 for career opportunities.