puller

weighbridge operator

sorter

manager

laborer

Cleanaway

You sign a form saying you'll do some over time and before you know it you suddenly have one day off on weekends with your family. You refuse to do overtime before you start not employed.
You refuse to do Saturday/Sunday work your threatened with termination (verbally) never written.
Was a great company originally but now wouldn't know of anybody that's happy working there as all have same winges work load,tipping off,work on vehicles.
None can leave because all have morgages so stuck in work they would love too change but company now has so much competition can't afford to be personal polite anymore as all $.
Some bin sites on commercial run are only 10 to 20 cents the difference that's how tight it's got now to squeeze the other party out of a job site.
Hardest part of the job is getting up a;ready knowing what your about to take on again and wishing you took a different path in life.
Most enjoyable part of job is at end of run after you've shovelled out your truck without any incidents to report knocking off and getting out of there without suddenly being hauled off to help someone who's broken down and several hours behind, they seem to love letting you know this just as you go to clock off meaning after you've helped them out you have to refuel vehicle again(company polocy) and reshovel your truck again too bad if you had other plans that day.
No thanks no nothing and they are that tight never have xmas parties for employee's just a gift card or esky at end of year if you've done every thing else that's required of you such as replacing wheels on bins (not supported) just hanging in air on the forks of truck if hydrulic hose blew and your in the way goodnight, greasing bins wheels and the like got to do at least 3 to 5 a day or no cash reward card all must be written down and they do check they accually go out in a car and check to make sure your not lieing. That's how much they trust you so if you wish to work here don't say you didn't know.

Former Cleanaway frontlift operator,now working for a privately owned waste service provider,I serviced the CBD and outer metro areas of Adelaide SA for 14 Years.A typical day consisted of starting at midnight at the Gillman depot, gathering your paperwork,truck and customer keys from the office and clocking on,You then proceed to your truck and go through the pre-start checking procedure of the vehicle,log in to your onboard computer and put your jobs for the day into order of sequence of how you do your pick ups before you leave the depot to start your run.What I learned over the years is that you need a lot of dedication to do the job to be successful,in regards to management, I found a lack of experienced staff made it difficult to do my job at times due to the constant changes of management and operations staff,workplace culture was good,hardest part of the job was pushing heavy frontlift bins out of the laneways in the CBD,the most enjoyable part of the job was the customers and work colleagues you built up friendships with over the years and the job in general, it is a specialised position not everyone can do it,at the end of your pick ups after tipping 2 or 3 times throughout the day,you clean out behind the compactor blade at the Cleanaway transfer station at wingfield,then return back to the depot to fuel up your truck,park up,go through the post check procedure of the vehicle,log off your computer, then go to the office with your paperwork,keys etc and after a debriefing with your Frontlift Supervisor you can clock off and go home, work day complete!

Overworked, unsafe and unroadworthy vehicles, dont learn too much, because you will never get your own run, they will keep you as relief driver, changing start times every week. Start at 3am one week, then midnight the next, then 6am the next. Forget about public holidays, forget about holidays all together, you never get time off. Management are bullies and the culture and environment is to keep drivers segregated so that you receive no support from other drivers, no union backing, so when they decide to spit you out for whatever reason, theres no support from other drivers or management. Youre the number one driver one day then out on your bum the next. Youre just a bum on a seat to them and they do everything they can to keep you casual, no sick days, no holidays, no bonuses. The management staff are under qualified, sales team are rude and difficult and they are losing customers and large contracts daily because of it. Use them to get some experience in the waste industry or driving a HR, then put your application in with Sita and Veolia. Just make sure you cover yourself cause they will hang you out to dry if it hits the fan. Check out their fatal accidents in WA and SA and even Qld, those drivers were dumped and left hanging, poo rolls downhill. Shame, used to be a great company before they turned blue then sacked their best managers and admin staff.

All my roles to date have been field based with a varying degree of time spent in the field and at Cleanaway they set you up with all the tools to succeed in a field based role. Up until and including my current role I must structure my week in a way that allows me to achieve not only my monthly and yearly targets but also achieve my weekly and daily KPI’s. After many years in sales & marketing it’s imperative that over and above your day to day activities of account management within your existing portfolio you allocate time to source new business whether that be through referrals or a simple cold call. My way of making this work is planning my week in advance and blocking out time for new business calls and follow up, these are a non negotiable and all appointments booked around these sales disciplines. In sales it’s easy to get side tracked with activities other than what you are meant to be doing and are paid for. My belief is that you must be structured, disciplined and understand time management.  With these principles I have always managed to secure the sales required to achieve my weekly targets. All of the above knowledge was only made possible by my time spent at Cleanaway.

Whilst the tasks and responsibilities are fairly easy in most roles, it's very difficult to actually get work done. Each department operates on their own and no one seems very interested in sharing information or knowledge. If you have an issue where you need information from another department, good luck getting it if it doesn't directly benefit them. 

Management is interesting. You have managers that honestly do not care or have any interest in helping you and others that micromanage to the point where you actually get no work done. 

The workload is insane. When I worked out how long all my daily tasks actually take, it far exceeds your typical daily hours. You would need at least 3 full time positions per day to make up for it. When you speak up about the workload you're told it's ok and everyone understands but at the end of every month, you still need to justify why you haven't completely everything. 

It has potential to be a really great job however the above issues seriously outweigh any of the benefits. I've worked in some less than desirable work places however this is probably the most bizarre place I've worked in.

to be quite honest, I don't believe there is any possibility of furthering ones self within this company. Without being overly critical, the staff consist of workers that have been there for years doing the same job & have not advanced in anyway whatsoever. The work can be monotonous & repititious that makes a person brain dead. An example of this is cutting strapping around bundles of news papers all day & this would amount to 7-11 tonne of paper that have had strapping cut off. I find there is no room to use your initiative. There is poor time management as, once you:ve started a job your moved to another then another & you end up not finishing what you started. The positive side is, this is the kind of job that a person with little or no skills or ambition would be best suited to. Maybe even for a retired person that may still want to keep within the workforce.

What is the best part of working at the company?
On salary, I was expected to work an extra 2 hours every day free, before being paid overtime. I was also doing the work of three people. Eventually I had to safeguard my mental health and resigned without having another role lined up. I held this role 3 years. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The fact that the business expected 1 person to do the work of 3 people. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
You are made to feel pressured. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Enter timesheets, check registrations, send out reminders, enter kilometres, answer email, take call re enquires, organise any training, process orders, check & process invoices, re-check on emails and answer them for a fleets of over 500 trucks.

Start at 3am do pre start check on truck, start truck and turn computer on, put jobs in order, take pre start paper work back into office and then start driving to first job. Spend the day driving to different sights emptying bins. Every day is different sometimes there are truck brake downs, sick co-workers, changing traffic conditions. I take several trips to the transfer station. At the end of my day I clean out my truck, fill the truck with diesel and complete my paper work.
Driving to different conditions , managing customers needs eg bin reloads time schedules.
Trying to work as a team ,communication on two ways. 
Early starts are the hardest part of the job plus the very long days. The most enjoyable is talking to customers, solving problems and help customers.

my job was on the weigh bridge at the landfill and was responsible for speaking with customers, all administration and data entry, monthly reporting, telephone and email enquiries, stocktaking, liase with section from rio tinto, banking, sanitary waste collection and some jobs around town.
management was constantly putting the depot under pressure to make more money to prop up other depots who did not make their budget forecast.
the workplace culture was good as it was a small town and depot so all staff were friends.
the hardest part of the job was dealing with rio tinto employees.
the best part of my job was meeting many people including tourists, some with interesting stories to tell

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Puller 13 salaries reported	$34.79 per hour
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Manager 3 salaries reported	$116,667 per year
Laborer 3 salaries reported	$33.72 per hour

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