Smoke, Mirrors and Lies! - Ramp Team Leader Swissport Employee Review

1.0
20 Apr 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Duty Free Shop, if I had the time to shop there!!

Cons

Disgracefully poor training, wishy washy attitude of management, harassment of junior staff, lack of available equipment (How can you be asked to do a job, when there is no equipment to carry out the task?), actually working for an agency and not being told as much (Seriously?!?!?! What a joke!!!!!!), intimidation tactics, huge clique culture, just an awful awful awful awful awful experience. I have been in gainful employment for 14 years, never been out of work, I turned up for work here on what turned out to be my last day (No prior warning, no communication, NOTHING!!), and was told after 1 hour on site my contract was terminated and I was to be escorted from the premises! The manager, then proceeded to tell me that I was agency staff and Swissport would not support me in any grievance process, and because I was agency, they could do what they like to me without any repercussions, and that, due to the fact that I was agency, had NO RIGHTS TO UNION SUPPORT!!!!!!! OH REALLY? WATCH THIS SPACE!!!! I am now in jeopardy of losing my home. This was my first foray into aviation, and I was extremely excited by the prospect of working for a global company, I wish I had checked out the company reviews now!!They were discourteous, unprofessional, lacking in any sort of integrity, showed a complete disregard for health and safety policy, and made up all sorts of fictitious tales regarding my conduct. Please bear in mind, I was only airside for TWO, yes that's right, TWO WEEKS!!!! In short, a complete and utter diabolically shameful and poor company! STAY WELL CLEAR!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!

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Pros

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Cons

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