43: Barminco Employee Reviews

They still treat you like a number, their pay rates are on the lower end of the scale compared too other ug mining companys, they still pay ya a base rate if fa for sick days.

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Everyone is nice and supportive

Apprentice Heavy Vehicle Mechanic (Former Employee) - Wyalong NSW - 4 April 2023

Best mining company for entry role or apprenticeship free accomdation and food, people and mangermeant are great to work with only downside 14 days on.

Pros

Accommodation and lunches great people work with

Cons

Long hours 14 days on 7 off.

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Underground Operator (Former Employee) - Perth WA - 24 March 2022

Great people there, supportive some managers. Great open minded recruiters. Make alot of friends. Just low pay and terrible safety awareness. Favoured system for sure. Low pay.

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Working at Dugald River was a great experience the team there were very supportive and friendly from start to finish

All Round Operator (Former Employee) - Cloncurry QLD - 15 December 2021

Great culture at Barminco awesome team to work with at Dugald River 🙏🙏all staff were helpful and friendly towards me from the day I started till the day I finished also everyone I worked with out there helped me with anything I needed to improve myself

Pros

Good Roster

Cons

Camp food was average

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a fun place ti work at

Underground Heavy Duty Diesel Fitter (Former Employee) - Perth WA - 3 January 2021

Baminco is a good company to work at, only those people who have been working there for how many years that makes Barminco a bit keos and some controversial day to day work related problems most specially at the mining sites.

Pros

Free gifts

Cons

Long hours, some descriminating act's like, racial, work and language from those in higher positions.

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Official response from Barminco

13 September 2021

Thanks for taking the time to submit a review. We appreciate your feedback and glad you enjoyed your time with Barminco. Barminco are committed to constantly improving the experience for our employees and your feedback is very important to allow us to do that.

Bad work culture back in 2010

Vacation Student (Former Employee) - Forrestania WA - 20 December 2020

I worked as a vac student for Barminco back in 2009-10 and whilst I was fairly new to the industry, it was a real 'blokey ' culture . Working 12 hours shift didn't phase me but don't expect the welcome mat to be delivered for newbies.

Pros

Good food

Cons

Unfriendly workmates, work can be physical

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Official response from Barminco

13 September 2021

Thanks for taking the time to submit a review. We appreciate your feedback and are very sorry to hear that your time with us was not all positive. Barminco take onboard all feedback, both good and bad as we are committed to improving as a place to work.

nice company to work for

Underground auto electrician (Current Employee) - Spotted quoll - 2 September 2020

nice people to work with , nice camp, good food , always a busy place to work , an very safe , always ongoing training to better understand the latest machines

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Good to work for

Fill in Leading Hand /workshop/breakdown fitter (Former Employee) - Agnew WA - 28 May 2020

I have worked for Barminco a few times now and it was always a pleasure to work for them Have learned a lot willing to help move you forward in your mining career

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good camaraderie

Underground Operator (Former Employee) - Perth WA - 15 March 2020

Early start, long day, everyone is treated with respect and work well to have a good result come end of their shift. I learned to have patience, look after workmates and machinery, respect for the nature of the underground environment Hardest part of job was frustration when machine breaks down and you can't complete your tasks. Enjoyable part of the job would be a successful shift underground, working well within a team and completing your tasks is rewarding.

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Truck Driver (Former Employee) - Western Australia - 22 May 2019

*Operate Sandvik TH663 Underground Truck *Following prescribed safety procedures while driving by doing prechecks before driving and post checks on all trucks. *Being in direct and constant contact with underground personnel to achieve uncongested traffic flow. *Attend shift change and clarify shift plan.

Pros

Nil

Cons

Long hours, Irregular crib times

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Operator (Former Employee) - Goldfields WA - 28 October 2018

It was ok to work for Barminco, Good experience. There was a lot of hands on and physical work involved with many of the jobs allocated but most of the guys will give you a hand and vice versa, was still a lot of the old school culture when i was there, which was good, work hard and safely, give each other a hand, don't whinge and moan. Made some good mates there

Pros

Good people

Cons

Away from home

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Underground Crew Member (Former Employee) - Kalgoorlie WA - 7 June 2018

Working underground safety was paramount. The crew was close knit and the supervisors were top notch. It was very hard work and the week off was great.

Pros

Challenging Environment

Cons

2 weeks away from family

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mt pleasant

Dump Driver (Former Employee) - Kalgoorlie WA - 30 December 2017

small crews you had to put in 110% with no exstra money for your hard work and the equipment was old and not really maintain well and the money was not good

Pros

i leant new things

Cons

pay day were all over the place

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very productive

Dump Truck Operator (Former Employee) - Kalgoorlie WA - 20 December 2017

barminco is a very safe and productive place to work, very safe and positive work attitude and friendly teams, decent machinery and did i mention very productive

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Job dissatisfaction

Service Crew / Paste Crew / Agi Driver & Sprayer (Current Employee) - Leinster WA - 28 November 2017

Not family oriented at all. Hard management to talk to, even when “our door is open “ speech was incorporated. A lot of smoked mirrors Apart from crew mates, a frustrating place to work and moral up and down

Pros

Crew mates

Cons

Management. Pay. High turnover of employees. Moral

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i wouldnt work for them again

Trainee Driller (Former Employee) - Mt Isa QLD - 11 September 2017

i enjoyed some of the time working for barminco but by the time it was my time to advance in position they keep letting people they new jump the queue!

Pros

free accomadation and food on site

Cons

long hours for little pay in the mining industry

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I enjoy working for Barminco

Service Crew (Current Employee) - Western Australia - 4 September 2017

Great people, great opportunities and plenty of work if you have a keen mind and a quick witt. They have all the equipment you need to complete work. And a great forecast for committed employees

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Fun work

Underground Miner (Current Employee) - Dugald river, Cloncurry QLD - 17 August 2017

Great company with quality work ethics. Dugald river has 30 years mine life. With the predictions of becoming one of the top ten mines in the world. 7/10

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Have me opportunity

Underground Operator (Former Employee) - Daveyhurst WA - 22 May 2017

I enjoyed barminco they had a lot of good people working for them, made a lot of good friends. They gave me more opportunity to further my mining career by giving me more of a go and I excelled in all aspects making me the multiplayer and tasker I am today.

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Good crews to work with and learn from

Underground Miner (Former Employee) - Perth - 14 February 2017

Worked there when there was downturn in mining which meant no chance to prove work ethic etc , as other more skilled miners where moved to our site.

Pros

week break after 2 weeks work, hot & wetin summer

Cons

long time away from home and civilisation

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good company to work for

Shift supervisor/foreman (Former Employee) - mt isa - 16 January 2017

good company to work for ,contract focuessed pay was always on time which is a good thing company benefits are good ,really no problems at all and I would be happy to work for them again

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