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Associated British Ports is a sea port operator.

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Associated British Ports job reviews

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  • Best thing

    7 days off

    Worst thing

    7 days on, night shift, pay

    8.9

    Maintenance technician at Associated British Ports, February 2025

  • Best thing

    Pay
    4 on 4 off rota

    Worst thing

    Employees are difficult, uninterested with little to no work ethic.

    5.5

    Operations manager at Associated British Ports, September 2023

  • Best thing

    Our shifts, and bupa

    Worst thing

    Lack of progression

    9.7

    Operative at Associated British Ports, August 2023

  • Best thing

    Working on ships but still getting to go home everyday.

    Worst thing

    The hours can be unsocial and change daily

    9.7

    Employee at Associated British Ports, June 2023

  • Best thing

    Outdoor work, additional benefits

    Worst thing

    Poor pay, lack of flexibility,lack of genuine appreciation, instability

    2.4

    Coxswain at Associated British Ports, May 2023

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  • Best thing

    The team I work with

    Worst thing

    Management not listening to people’s concerns and brushing it off as staff just being awkward

    8.4

    Crane driver at Associated British Ports, January 2023

  • Best thing

    Job security, the team, some of the benefits like company pension scheme

    Worst thing

    You're on standby 24 hours, no personal life, you find out your shifts from day to day. Management doesn't care about staff, corporate management always pushes for new contracts that involves more hours for the same money

    2.1

    Controller at Associated British Ports, April 2022

  • Best thing

    Time off and collegea

    Worst thing

    Pay and management

    8.4

    Deckhand at Associated British Ports, September 2021

  • Best thing

    Pension scheme, stable work

    Worst thing

    Not knowing when your next shift is up to the last minute, very bad work/life balance, lots of night shifts, working every single weekend

    2.0

    Planner at Associated British Ports, June 2021

  • Best thing

    Time off

    Worst thing

    Chasing shipping, because if bad organisation

    9.4

    Marine operative at Associated British Ports, April 2021

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  • Best thing

    Regular hours and pay

    Worst thing

    Unable to always book holiday as the book is already full.

    8.2

    Operative at Associated British Ports, April 2021

  • Best thing

    Pension, holiday leave

    Worst thing

    Understaffed, working nights, no rota, working every weekend, very poor wor/life balance, poor pay for what is expected

    2.6

    Planner at Associated British Ports, March 2021

  • Best thing

    Pension

    Worst thing

    The hours we have to reach 192hours in 28days before overtime and if you don’t do 12hrs you find you’re in more times a month then you should be

    4.6

    Port operative at Associated British Ports, January 2021

  • Best thing

    Small workforce generally friendly

    Worst thing

    Management think about themselves

    7.1

    Admin officer at Associated British Ports, October 2020

  • Best thing

    The people

    Worst thing

    How we get treat

    4.3

    Port operative at Associated British Ports, January 2020