Salary at Fonterra

Very happy at this stage in my career as a grad just out of uni

Sits around the middle of many grad programs. Its enough to get by with but Auckland is expensive to live in!

Salary is decent for a graduate. As a part of the programme, Fonterra pays for a master's degree and some of our travel, including a week-long conference in Auckland.

I get paid $65,000 /year as an graduate engineer, which I believe is on par with the industry average for mechanical/mechatronics engineers. The bonus structure is convoluted but I could receive between 0% and 10% of my salary as a bonus.

Reasonable given the role.

The pay is okay but I know lots of grad programs get around 10k more plus regular rem reviews. Our bonuses depend on the performance that financial year and I haven't received one yet so can't comment.

Good bonuses (10% maximum bonus) 65,400 starting salary + living away allowance takes pay above 70,000

Not sure how some roles seem to be making more than some of the others within Fonterra. Bonuses relining on other within team can be risky, as it can bring down your own bonus because of someone else

Happy when looking from New Zealand perspective. US and Australian opportunities may offer more.

Seems low, but with a bonus and once we roll off the program it is decent. The benefits of the rotations are so significant that this doesnt really matter. Also as a change from uni-life, anything seems significant.

Pay is ok, slightly less than other grad programs but this is countered by the free Masters. Bonus structure does not encourage individual success which I think is concerning.

Fairy pay considering the masters is also provided for free

Pay seems to be consistent with market and there's a 10% bonus as well.

Everyone gets the same

I think the pay is definitely one of the best in terms of graduate programs, but may be lagging behind in terms of inflation and continuing the balance with cost of living in locations like Auckland. Bonus wise it seems like its difficult to get the full amount that you may be credible for, especially in terms of individual contribution. I try my best to do things that are serious in getting the full bonus but nothing short of changing the entire company seems to be available to get that. Seems a bit of out of reach, and even more now with the recent change that is based on the business performance which means that its out of your own control. Yes you can contribute so the most amount of people can get the most amount of the bonus, but it may reduce the drive to try build something really different (my focus is in this area) as it requires a lot of other things to be in place. I guess the main thing is how easily access is that full bonus is the key question.

Beginning salary is competitive but not a lot of growth within the two-year program. Would be nice to have more opportunity to increase with performance

It was quite good, or used to be but some minimal increases over time have possible left it lacking

Haven't experienced it really yet so am not sure.

As a grad, the pay was about $5k above what I was expecting and the bonus is great too. Not sure how the rest of my career will shape pay-wise but going two years without a raise after the huge inflation has been unfortunate but I still consider my pay above market salary for a grad role.

Pay is good. No question about it. However my workload does not reflect that pay. The experience I have gotten from the work is worth it though.

Opportunities to travel to other sites within NZ as part of business and have all travel costs expensed

Discounted dairy products. health insurance. Discounts on some different things too.

Can apply for a FarmSource credit card, giving discounts at a lot of retailers around NZ.

An employee farm source card plus other discounts that give discounts at a huge range of retailers. If in unionized roles, there is also the very generous superannuation and healthcare packages.

None of the above that I'm aware of. We do get moving expenses if we have to move islands.

Discounts on multiple brands (e.g Samsung), free milk in breakroom

Social club, free coffee machine, provide taxis for some social events

Numerous discounts and staff stores.

Site cafeteria's food

Little official perks that are of benefit to me personally

As part of the social club there's free BBQ's, coffees, friday drinks, movies and discounted activities. There's also a dairy discount for products in the store downstairs. There's a range of other corporate benefits that come with working at a big company. Usual discounts at certain retailers etc. You can also apply to get an employee card which means you get discounted petrol.

Living allowance. Traveling around. Masters. Free dinners

Probably the best perk is staff discount pricing on products in the staff shop and at Takanini factory. The other one would likely being in the Samsung ERP program for heavy discounts on Samsung products as well as on other tech products across vendors. The other thing will be the farmsource card and getting really good discounts on fuel. There isn't much in terms of perks, and it seems that the company did have a lot of perks but that has been cut back significantly in recent years based on discussion with full-time employees who have been around for some time.

Getting some money to help with relocation is definitely a perk

Free milk at work, Auckland social club perks (Work BBQ, free coffee Monday once a month, free movies at events once a quarter, work drinks and nibbles every fortnight), one-off events like Pilates and more, discounted dairy products at the office supply store.

Lot's of food in the building to find generally.

There are some cool deals that I have taken - movie tickets, Torpedo 7, New Balance, Samsung to name a few.

To be honest, there aren't that many perks. We do get 30% off at Farm Source but unless you are a farmer or like stoney creek it's not too helpful. But we do get cheap cheese!

Fuel card

Moving expenses and get paid to move