Keelings Employee Reviews

The work it’s good paid but you have to work with a lot of stress.It’s located in Ballymun a kip full of bad people but the payment and the coworkers are good

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Don't bother, an awful workplace

Recruitment Specialist (Former Employee) - Dublin, County Dublin - 19 October 2023

Horrendous workplace. Completely toxic across all departments, HR especially. People joining come with the best of intentions and look to make a difference but I was told 'we don't do that here' and they carried on with their antiquated processes. So in the end, people either come and turn nasty to adapt or they leave or are pushed out.That review was based on my experience working in the offices but on the factory floor, they have their own issues. This is a very punishing, minimum wage job. The GenOps are treated awfully.

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Based on 22 survey responses

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Hard

Warehouse Operative (Former Employee) - Dublin, County Dublin - 8 August 2023

Fast paced, flexible hours, more pay on Saturday , must complete task , cool colleagues, pay needs to be better , room for improvement and more time for break

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Bad

General Operative (Former Employee) - St Margarets, County Dublin - 22 July 2023

People are exploited, pay is very very low, not worth the physical labour whatsoever. No benefits and managers are on a power trip. Would not recommend working here

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overworked

General Operative (Former Employee) - St Margarets, County Dublin - 15 May 2023

You pull/push a cage for 9 or more hours in a day packing orders between ambient and chill areas. Says you finish at a certain time but it all depends until all orders are done for the day, so you could finish earlier or later than the time it says.

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Productive and Abit of crazy to work with some English dropouts

Production Teamleader and Reach truck driver (Former Employee) - St Margarets, County Dublin - 18 April 2023

Was not bad to work there only that the management is not that strong to make the decisions .there are not good communicators . nothing much to say about keelings only the management was Abit cruel sometimes

Pros

Free coffee

Cons

Planning was is not good when producing the roster ...some discrimination and racist under gornd

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An okay job if part time

Warehouse Operative (Former Employee) - Ballymun, County Dublin - 7 March 2023

The job is fine if you're looking for part time, but wouldn't recommend for full time as there are many cases of being told to perform at an unhealthy pace and there are a lot of unfriendly relations between higher positions and basic ones

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Essential

Assistant Warehouse Operative - QED (Former Employee) - Dublin, County Dublin - 13 July 2022

Work efficiently organised environment, highly productive community, In some sectors, individual performance is actively monitored which help achieve targets and still time which maybe as a result of range of things is quantified and it adversely affect the individual performance, of which one maybe required to explain the reasons behind the drop in performance.

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Potential for career progression if motivated

Warehouse Operative (Current Employee) - Dublin, County Dublin - 2 June 2022

In my opinion there is potential for each employee to progress in their career if they are dedicated and motivated. Managers spot talent and encourage

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Excellent environment and staff

Assistant Production Manager (Former Employee) - Dublin, County Dublin - 7 April 2022

Working with Keelings was an excellent start of my career. I have leaned a lot too. From the top management to the staff everyone was friendly and helpful. I had to leave Keelings because I moved to Navan and the travelling distance was too long.

Pros

Free lunch for busy peroids

Cons

Long hours seasonal times only

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Enjoyable but underpaid

General Operative (Former Employee) - Ballymun, County Dublin - 21 March 2022

Working at kelings can be enjoyable but for the money you receive they cannot expect people to work with quality. With current inflation they need to higher their wages to keep staff

Pros

Bonuses

Cons

Bad management

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toxic

Team Leader (Former Employee) - St Margarets, County Dublin - 1 March 2022

an absolutely toxic work envirnoment, i would never wish this place on my worst enemy. staff and management are horrible and very few people will speak english

Pros

none

Cons

the place exists

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An enjoyable place to start and progress with

Warehouse Operative (Current Employee) - Ballymun, County Dublin - 22 February 2022

Good place to start and be… enjoyable. Managers as well as fellow workers are ever ready to assist the new ones in getting along in any area of confusion and difficulty

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Horrible

General Operative (Former Employee) - Dublin, County Dublin - 21 February 2022

Worst place to work by far. It was my first job was a machine operator. Alot of the staff did not speak english. Dodgy practice's no work life balance

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Not a bad place to work

General Operative (Former Employee) - St. Margaret's, County Dublin - 14 February 2022

The company is not too bad, 3 shift pattern is a bit exhausting, at the time they didn’t have any employee benefits but overall not a bad job. Advice to management to refrain form shouting and manage people better. Hard work not appreciated enough which results in people seeking opportunities elsewhere.

Pros

Easy, simple job, 8h working day.

Cons

You don’t get to use your break in full, management could be better.

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A lot to achieve and learn in Keelings. Very ambitious and progressive environment.

Assistant Manager (Former Employee) - Dublin, County Dublin - 22 January 2022

Good place to gain knowledge and metro other people. Interesting environment that provides you trainings and support if required. Life work balance is really poor as you have to be max flexible to meet business targets.

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Not a good place to work

Receptionist/Administrator (Former Employee) - Dublin, County Dublin - 8 January 2022

Training was bad and treatment of staff is awful. Constant promises that never come to light. And from my time there I experienced and witnessed office bullying. Really not a nice place to work and I would nit recommend this company to anyone.

Pros

None

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if you work here you sell your soul to the devil

freezer (Former Employee) - freezer - 5 January 2022

avoid at all costs if you have any self respect this dive is just a nasty place to work if you have any slight anger issues the management here mean your a charge sheet waiting to happen

Pros

none

Cons

everything

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Young people avoid

General Operative (Current Employee) - St. Margaret's, County Dublin - 17 December 2021

Working at keeling’s may seem ok for the first few weeks or months. But soon after it gets draining. When you finish a shift you won’t have the time or energy to do anything else with your life. When you get home, you will be so tired that you’ll fall asleep and before you know it, it’s time to prepare for another shift. They do give breaks in between some shifts so it’s not completely bad. However, if you are young with aspiring dreams and ambition, working here will kill all of them. The worst part about keeling’s is the people and staff you work with. Some people that you work with cannot speak a word of English whatsoever ever, so there is somewhat of a language barrier. I’m sure they were flown straight from there home country to work here. In a team, you could be the only English speaker there surrounded by non English speakers. I would say to the young people to avoid working here because it can take a toll on you since you are still growing.

Pros

Paid slightly extra for nightshifts

Cons

Not accessible by public transport whatsoever

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Opinia

Operator maszyny, Magazynier (Former Employee) - County Dublin - 24 April 2021

Polecam firmę keelings. Dobrze się pracuje, atmosfera dobra

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Nightmare

Canteen member (Former Employee) - Onsite - 4 March 2021

AVOID THIS PLACE AT ALL COSTS .If you have the patients of a saint u still won't last in this place. Management is outdated and place is run on a skeleton staff you will be doing a 3 person jobs most times. No team feeling only drama and gossip being spread everyday. If your looking to unlearn what skills you have join this place they will provide shocking training. Management blames problems on everyone else when they do not take ownership of the problems they cause with the blind directions given. Honestly this job will do you for a month or two but trust me when I say this you will lose braincells working apart of this team.