Sears Canada Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Sears Canada

Pros – - employee discount for 25% in most departments
- bonus cash if cards are sold
- (mostly) great employees to work with

Cons – - politics all around
- horrible scheduling (i.e. scheduled for days you already asked off in advance)
--if you close nights, you're probably always going to be doing night shifts
--- older employees get better shift hours than the students

Advice to Senior Management – - more organization is needed from duties given to employees
- the extra 'task sheets' are helpless

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Sears Canada full-time for less than a year

Pros – A lot of associates will help newer team memebers

Cons – If you are not in the store "Click" then it is only a matter of time before they find an excuse to fire you.
No I mean NO support from HR, DIstrict Managers or VP's. All Lip Service.

Advice to Senior Management – To upper managment do not let your General Managers hire all their friends on the store managment team with no experience. They are running the ship to ground.Only a matter of time before you go the way of Eatons.I give you 2 years max before you become just a memory.

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 Sears Canada

Pros – i had the opportunity to work indelpendently and was goven a fair amount of responsibiluity

Cons – Trainig and mentoring opportunities were limited

Advice to Senior Management – - more contact with employees that are in the field

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

Former Employee – worked at Sears Canada as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – didn't find much, but only feeling of working for a large retailer, but end of the day the salary is low compared to others. You get 20% employee discount on every purchase.

Cons – you get 20% employee discounts but i find most of the items still will be costly than some of the other competitors. Once a seasonal employee, very hardly they take you in permanent positions.

Advice to Senior Management – consider seasonal employees to get them in for permananet

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

Former Employee – worked at Sears Canada

Pros – Busy place to work,especially over christmas months. Therefore, not bored and wondering the time. You can get deals, good management to work for and so on.

Cons – Work schedule is all different hours.

Former Employee – worked at Sears Canada part-time for more than a year

Pros – Nice environment, good co workers,

Cons – minimum wage, shifts. they ask you to work overtime very often

Advice to Senior Management – Pay better,

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Sears Canada full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Generally have a team spirit. Good location.

Cons – poor learning/growth potential, poor salary. I've been with the company 10+ years. Initially I had a lot of opportunity to move up in the company but since I joined another department 5 years ago after doing some upgrading - I've been left in the wind. The director for my area has lost a lot of great people because they maintain status quo for learning and salary - people are not supported to learn or upgrade, plus the director doesn't push to increase salary where warranted for a number of people.

Advice to Senior Management – foster growth of internal talent or potential talent versus always looking outside the company.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Sears Canada full-time for less than a year

Pros – I worked in Cosmetics
-Great coworkers
-Many of the employees are highly educated (and often overqualified)

Cons – At the West Edmonton location
-Poor management: chosen based on loyalty instead of skills.
-Poor general manager
-Lower than average salaries.
-All funding and priority is placed in big cosmetic houses.

Advice to Senior Management – -Change general manager; you need a people-person.
-Raise salaries.
-Provide better training (or just training!!!)
-Support everyone equally

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 Sears Canada full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good discount and working hours.

Cons – Old / outdated systems and procedures.

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

Current Employee – been working at Sears Canada full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – - good colleagues
- 25% employee discount
- easy upward mobility (e.g. many levels: Director, AVP, DVP, VP, SVP, EVP, President)

Cons – - corporate culture is very unhealthy
- little to no no long term strategy due to focus on short term issues
- senior management are not in agreement on major issues
- hierarchical organizational structure creates decision gridlock

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