Canadian Tire Reviews in Toronto, ON Area

Pros

-learn responsibility
-decent hours
- similar pay to other low end jobs

Cons

-no raises
-no training
- customers can be a hassle

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work

Pros

The store Management team are approachable people. They are real people who treat you like a real person in stead of just a number. They care about their employees, and help employees whenever it is needed.....except for the Sports Supervisor of my location, he seems to be unapproachable, lazy and pushes all the work on to people under him and he even has a slight bit of racism(You have to make racist jokes just to get along with him) ...BUT besides him, the Other managers and Supervisors are great, they even treat their employees as if they encourage a happy and interactive work environment. It comes to a point where you become close friends very quickly with the other associates....feels nice to work here in my opinion.

Cons

Low pay......minimum wage, very hard to get a raise, and takes at least a year to get anything that involves the advancement of your salary or even position. And even after a year, from what I hear from people who have worked for the full year, it is still hard unless a bunch of supervisors get fired or quit, which is quite rare. You really really have to show management you are incredibly serious that you want to advance. Also, when signing the papers upon getting hired, they tell you that you can be entitled to benefits if your full time....but I'm full time, and i have not been getting anything except for two 15 minute breaks and a 30 minute lunch(UNPAID)........which unfortunately is actually common as from what I heard from employees of competing stores....basic min. wage life.

Advice to Senior Management

If you're having a bad day, don't let your employees see that. For the most part, your attitude will be contagious to others. Also, if you are a supervisor....you need to lead by example. Whatever you want to see out of your employees, you must show them how it's done every day, this is what makes a great supervisor. Also, when things dont work out, and maybe your employees done something wrong, dont stand there and talk down to them, .....remember we are min. wage workers....the more you talk to us with no connection and just authority, the more of a chance we will just quit....in stead of us working harder. Employees will work hard for those who they "Respect".....NOT "Hate".

Pros

Canadian Tire is family oriented with flex hours and benefits. Amazing people to work with and located in the heart of midtown Toronto.

Cons

Management expects you to work for low salary for a long period of time before any promotions. Canadian Tire is Cheap!!!!!!!

Advice to Senior Management

Promote your talent based on skill set instead of years worked..... you'd stop losing your good talent if you did. There's a reason why home depot is as good as they are.

Pros

Great colleagues
Canadian Company
Great location in Toronto (right on Subway line)

Cons

Horrible senior management - to focused on how to make themselves more powerful/important and no ability to inspire the organization

More of a collection of fifedoms than a modern business... turf wars abound and hierarchy ultimately rules

Organizational changes were literally every 6-9 months as senior team seemed to believe that it was the organizational structure that was failing to deliver not their lack of communication and leadership

Talent was not recognized, literally every team member on my team that was rated a high performer or high potential left to significantly more senior roles in other major organizations (many of which are much more highly thought of than CT)

Advice to Senior Management

Cut out at least 2 layers of senior management - I had worked at a world renowned multinational that was 10 times the size and spread around the globe before joining and there were fewer levels between the CEO and individual contributors than at CT. Get focused... stop trying to be all things to all people and last but not least come out of your offices and talk to the people you are supposedly leading!

Pros

Good people, easy to work with. Location is great if you live in Toronto, right on the subway line. A good place to just do your 9-5 and go home

Cons

I did not find that management supported people developing within the company. There were many people who had left to another company and was only then able to come back to Canadian Tire in a more advanced position.

Pros

Excellent people to work with - Manager and Colleagues were very friendly and approachable.
Office located at a prime location - Yonge n Eglinton
Overall, satisfied working at CTC

Cons

My period of employment was very short, however at times I felt introducing new technologies especially in IT required a more than usual push as I found not everyone is willing to accept change.

Advice to Senior Management

I think the leadership is really good; the hierarchy is well defined and information flows in both directions. Good job!

Pros

good to start your career

Cons

compensation is less than industry tho they have a good benefit plan

Advice to Senior Management

in general the leadership at CTC is pretty good. they generally are approachable and friendly. it is a traditional compnay

Pros

You can grow very fast personally and in your careers, they take care of their employees, managers are great. Very strong corporate envrionement

Cons

Lack of incentive, lot of internal politics, production leads are pushed way to much, they always look worried, big problem managing overtime

Advice to Senior Management

Please help employees realize the importance of their jobs, Way to many rules and regulations, chill out a bit on that.

Pros

Good pay, people, and opportunities.
Located in a very nice area of Toronto (Yonge and Eglington)

Cons

lacking a sense of community
the kind of environment where everyone sits at their cubicle for most of the day, no common rooms for relaxing or chatting with co-workers.

Advice to Senior Management

Break down old fashioned barriers (like cubicles with high walls), and hire young people.

Pros

Unlike some others comments I think the benefits are very good, the corporate culture is pretty good (although they don't need to be quite so proud of it), and compensation seemed reasonable to me.

Cons

IT division is a bit of a mess.

Advice to Senior Management

Great strategies, better figure out how to execute on them