Tim Hortons Reviews

Pros

-excellent training
- flexible hours,
- paid breaks,
- friendly co-workers

Cons

-rate of pay
-not much room for advancement
-repetitive
-standing for long periods

Pros

The manager is friendly, but is manipulative, I tried several times to quit but he compromises for a while, then things go back to normal.

Cons

very inflexible schedule, I could never take days off even with two weeks notice. The staff are completely untrained, and poorly chosen, fights between employees happen too often

Advice to Senior Management

Take more notice in the staff, give praise if they are doing well perhaps that will help them grow as employees

Pros

- $1-3 dollar tips per shift
-holiday pay!
-lots of hours
-friendly co workers/boss/supervisors
-free food/drinks
-paid break
-they make sure you have a ride hom/safety
-like family
-i like people contact
-not boring

Cons

-repetitive
-short 15 minute breaks
-last minute shifts
lot of standing/walking
-little training
-dont know how to do dellie (not trained)

Advice to Senior Management

better training!! I did not have much training, i had to figure everything out myself. some employees get trained well others get trained by newly trained people.

Pros

Its an easy job that offers more hours than most retail companies do.

Cons

Very little pay with much responsibility, constantly being expected of more and more when doing your best possible job.

Advice to Senior Management

They are franchises, I wasn't happy with the leadership at my particular workplace but everywhere is different its a fairly easy job and can be fun depending on who your working for.

Pros

good discount and 24 hour avalibility for shifts

Cons

long hours poor pay no benifits

Pros

Nice coworkers, proximity to home

Cons

Repetitive tasks, physically draining, sometimes one gets tired of the smell of coffee.

Advice to Senior Management

Tim hortons is a household name, I loved working there and would come back. Not a reason not to.

Pros

Great people to work with, very easy going, very flexible in the scheduling, some tim hortons have great incentives to keep up the good work.

Cons

It differs between locations but generally management are slow thinkers and the advancement opportunities seem to be more in the favorite category not based on performance.

Advice to Senior Management

Post future positions in the breakroom and give equal opportunity for the rest of the staff, and management need training on critical thinking instead of just standing there looking at the position chart.

Pros

- Consistent hours
- Free coffee and donuts

Cons

- Management blatantly plays favourites
- Insufficient training for new employees
- High turnover
- Lack of training at every level of management
- Unfair workloads

Advice to Senior Management

Hire management with experience running a franchise, monitor your supervisors, treat all employees the same!

Pros

- great benefits
- great brand
- solid leadership with unwaivering vision of what they want to be
- contribution to the community

Cons

- political
- offices are nice but aging
- the compay does not pay as well as it should for the cash that it generate instead relying on the value of benefits and other payments

Pros

Good place for stable job , with a good tips , depends on the boss or manager to be a great place to work.

Cons

you need to have great coordination so you have to able to work under pressure in rush hours and not