Transnet
Johannesburg,
South Africa
http://www.transnet.co.za
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Transnet is the largest and most crucial part of the freight logistics chain that delivers goods to each and every South African. Fully owned by the South African government, Transnet operates as a corporate entity aimed at both supporting and contributing to the country’s freight logistics network. It operates and an integrated freight transport company, formed around a core of five operating divisions that complement each other. Transnet is made up of the following operating divisions: 1.Transnet freight rail (formerly Spoornet – the freight rail division) 2.Transnet rail engineering (formerly Transwerk - the rolling stock maintenance business) 3.Transnet national ports authority (formerly the NPA - fulfils the landlord function for South Africa’s port system) 4.Transnet port terminals (formerly SAPO - managing port and cargo terminal operations in the nation’s leading ports), and 5.Transnet pipelines (formerly Petronet - the fuel and gas pipeline business, pumps and manages the storage of petroleum and gas products through its network of high-pressure, long distance pipelines). For the future, Transnet intends to strengthen their partnerships to derive greater value from its freight logistics system. It intends to play a positive role economic growth in South African and in improving the lives of all South Africans. Transnet’s vision and mission is to be a focused freight transport company, delivering integrated, efficient, safe, reliable and cost-effective services to promote economic growth in South Africa.
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"ex storeman"
Added 12 Oct 2013 by a current employee
I worked for Transnet most of my life. I was in warehousing and the stock controller in various cities. It is a great company and I wouldn't mind going back on any given day.
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"transnet freight rail"
Added 12 Oct 2013 by a current employee
I worked here for eight years and hope to never return. Senior management structure is purely based on how politically connected you are, while all junior management is purely determined by the same Senior management, union leadership, gossip culture, basically the most pathetic culture I've ever seen.
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"About the employer"
Added 09 Oct 2013 by a current employee
The company is a desired company to work for. Employees are empowered and given a chance to focus on their career development and the environment is conducive to workers.
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"Capital Projects"
Added 29 Jul 2013 by a current employee
This is one of the worst managed divisions within Transnet. Things are not done in the best interest of the business and employees, but in the best interest of personal gain and greed of money from top management. 2008 to 2011 The whole of the Cape Town Engineering team was shut down and retrenched very sneakily so that the Durban branch could survive, even though they have been bringing in the least money. All the Cape Town work was taken away and given to the Durban office. Your options were to relocate to Durban on a Cape Town salary or take the package. They got rid of good experienced staff in Engineering, Civil, Structural, Electrical, Architects and Project managers with over 50 years of good experience in total. The funniest thing is BEE even meant nothing to this division. Employees were even targeted by giving them tasks that were known not to work. Basically set up for failure so that they could get rid of you. Almost everybody who were retrenched had to sign a declaration that for 3 years they won't speak out of what has happened. Even all the unions that were involved in this process were bribed to get rid of the staff and management were compensated for achieving this. After all this time, nobody has really mentioned or attempted to go to the media about it. Transnet's policy states that all employees should be treated with dignity and respect. Hogwash doesn't exist. We were treated like dirt. I just want people to be aware of how Transnet's Capital Projects Top Management runs their operations very selfishly and show that there's no respect what so ever. Many of the retrenched workers, up until today have been scared by this outfit.
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"Poor company culture"
Added 28 Jul 2013 by a current employee
Transnet claims to be striving to achieve world class company status, but in reality this couldn't be further from the truth.The majority of those that are promoted to high levels are ones that are politically connected, not those that are exceptional performers. This greatly demotivates those that still have self motivation to deliver a personal, solid performance. Employees that are satisfied receiving a decent salary for pitching up to work and not working too hard, will enjoy it at Transnet, but if you have a passion to make a difference and you want to work along side similar minded individuals and want to feel like you have earned your salary at the end of the month, stay away form this company. The bureaucracy and wide spread general apathy and incompetence will drive you crazy. There are small pockets of brilliance in the company, but these are few and far between. The norm is that of a 'blame others' culture. Almost no one admits any fault to enable everyone to learn from it and move on. Instead, it's just a culture of 'cover your own butt' and point fingers at everyone else. Because of this culture, progress is slow and people are doomed to repeat the same mistakes and fall extremely short of the apparent overall company goal of being world class.
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"Transnet Vryheid"
Added 28 Jul 2013 by a current employee
I worked for Transnet and resigned in 1995. I worked for various companies, but none of them came near Transnet. I always wanted to go back to Transnet. In April 2012 I got the change to return to Transnet. I am working as an Examiner and Repairer and my co-workers is very nice. My immediate superior is a lady and she will do her best to assist us. Transnet was and is still the best company to work for.
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"transnet freight rail"
Added 20 Jul 2013 by a current employee
Transnet is a good company, but sometimes it is managed by people without relavent qualifications and I have nine years working for them, but i am weighing my options to resign, because I can't take it anymore.
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