Canadian Tire Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Canadian Tire full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Works as a team, most people are very easy to get along with

Cons – Does not value diversity. Male and caucasian dominated in management.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Canadian Tire full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Ethical
Sustainable
family atmosphere
variety of opportunities

Cons – Non competitive pay
Slow to recognize and promote internal talent

Advice to Senior Management – You say employees are your key... and you expect them to work faster and longer and more intensely...... still u give them 1per yearly raises.... in the old world with work life balance that worked... in the new world, your best are all leaving...

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Canadian Tire full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Good co-workers. Customers that appreciate your effort. Good experience for younger people looking to learn more about the retail business.

Cons – Customers that are never satisfied. "Revolving door" store ownership.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep closer tabs on the way your store dealers treat their employees.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Canadian Tire full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – The people are all dedicated to the goal while managing a great work/life balance.

Cons – Pay increases are minimal due to the bonus structure.

Advice to Senior Management – Be transparent with respect to salary. People know they are taking a salary hit to work for Canadian Tire and the bonus/stock benefits.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Canadian Tire part-time for more than a year

Pros – Great individuals, who were personable helpful and funny. Always enough work to keep you busy. Store is well layed out and all employee tools are very helpful to ones position. Very flexible in regards to hours, managers were easy to approach for shift changes. Extra hours were also available if you indicated it to the managers, which is great if you needed more cash in your pocket.

Cons – Back warehouse is usually a mess and the inventory systems are really frustrating to work with. More often than not, it indicates a large amount of inventory in stock but is impossible to find. This frustrates customers and adds a level of stress to department workers who are trying to do their best.

Advice to Senior Management – Implement some new technologies involving inventory management. More upper management interaction would be appreciated along with indication of store performance and what the floor staff can do to improve the Canadian Tire experience.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Canadian Tire full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Family values. Good location. Benefits are good. Staff up to senior management are great. A lot of dedicated people that are knowledgeable and have worked there for years.

Cons – Limited career prospects for IT. Making lots of cuts. Not big on training staff or developing projects in-house. Used to be that employees were everything but now it's more about the bottom line.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Canadian Tire part-time for less than a year

Pros – -Great people
-Customer service oriented, get to talk to people if it's busy
-Learn a lot about the retail industry

Cons – -won't allow dead weight time, always have to be doing something
-salaries arn't the best to start
-uniforms are tacky

Advice to Senior Management – -make getting the work done the priority, not how it gets done

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Canadian Tire part-time for more than a year

Pros – Autonomy, social interaction, confidence building, experience stressful environments due to social pressures. The workplace environment is dependant on your coworkers, before I left i noticed they moved those that created a toxic work environment into positions where they would not be in contact with customers, meaning management were looking after its employees and customer's well being

Cons – Disincentive when company's logistics does not help with your current job. Lack of evaluation of product knowledge is apparent, as managers will not test you. The product knowledge tests done on the computer is not learned, but only done to receive the bonus.

Advice to Senior Management – Focus on making your logistics better if you plan to be a good retail store, as it causes you to lose much profits.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Canadian Tire full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – great learning opportunity for new grads

Cons – limited career growth if your looking for management level growth

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Canadian Tire part-time for less than a year

Pros – staff are fun to work with

Cons – pay could be higher for some people

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company