Shoppers Drug Mart Reviews in Canada

Former Employee – worked at Shoppers Drug Mart part-time for more than a year

Pros – -flexibility with hours
- long shifts

Cons – -no room for growth
- get stuck working til midnight because you're a part-timer

Advice to Senior Management – have a better system to rotate part-time cashiers so they don't get stuck with the same shifts.

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

Former Employee – worked at Shoppers Drug Mart full-time for more than a year

Pros – if you love costumer service....Shoppers clientele is the best!!
and the discount

Cons – No communications between manager and employees whatsoever. They expect you to be perfect and to meet all the requirements but they never do.
Never meet their promises
you supposed to get a raised after probation... (after a year never got it)

Advice to Senior Management – you supposed to lead by example.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Shoppers Drug Mart full-time

Pros – nice working environment, exciting and fun

Cons – not enough training provided for new employees

Advice to Senior Management – provide training to those who wants to take the next level of their position

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

Former Employee – worked at Shoppers Drug Mart full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good pay for HO jobs

Cons – Toxic company culture that led to a culture of bullying among co-workers. Self serving management where unethical behavior was tolerated. Employees and vendors were not always treated with respect. Long hours, no work life balance. A culture of "Do what I say, not what I do."

Advice to Senior Management – Hopefully the current CEO is better...

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

Former Employee – worked at Shoppers Drug Mart part-time for more than 7 years

Pros – There are various shifts available to accommodate schedules.
Good store discount of 30%, but promotions and sales can be better.
Good health programs to support care to patients.

Cons – For busy stores, there is not enough staff to fill prescriptions quickly which translated into long wait-times for customers.
No access to all internet health resources.
No scheduled breaks

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Shoppers Drug Mart part-time

Pros – - Comission
- 30% discount
- work life/balance

Cons – -scan rate
-announcements
- store owner

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Shoppers Drug Mart full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Free parking, easy to access location.

Cons – Management overhead at the Head Office is growing. Regular employees carry more tasks for less pay.

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 Shoppers Drug Mart full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – room for advancement and lots of extra training available

Cons – not enough hours given per splh

Advice to Senior Management – lead by example

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

Current Employee – been working at Shoppers Drug Mart part-time for less than a year

Pros – good pay, good hours, nice staff

Cons – I don't have any concerns.

Advice to Senior Management – I don't have any concerns.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Shoppers Drug Mart full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Employees are dedicated because they have to be. Associates I have worked for have been wonderful and understanding.
30% discount on regular priced items.
Easy to store transfer.

Cons – Not enough staff to cover the floor because head office only allows a set number of hours.
Verbal harassment not addressed correctly. Nothing done about employees that are clearly meant to be shown the door.

Advice to Senior Management – Make sure your DM's aren't working on scare tactics when coming into stores. Please try to help and not knock us down, acknowledge what we are doing correctly...

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend