Labatt Breweries of Canada Employee Reviews about "no work life"

Pros

Gain a lot of experience, fast paced, competitive industry.

Cons

poor work life balance at this company

Pros

Amazing people Amazing experience I learnt so much while working for this company

Cons

Work life balance needs to be looked at

Pros

Lots of perks and great atmosphere

Cons

Bad work life balance here

Pros

-Limited free beer -Good group of coworkers

Cons

-Unrealistic targets -High employee turnover -worker/manager devided relationships (work against one another) -productivity before safety -Pay is near-minimum wage for very physically demanding work. Opportunity to graduate to in-house forklift training with no pay-raise. The trainers get paid the same as everyone else. -Union reps offer no support and are on the same side as employer. Some serious unethical occurances get overlooked on a regular basis. -worst work/life balance i've ever enountered -work descrimination: some workers are offered priviledged duties on a routine basis, while others are expoited and overworked. -Human resources employee rep works on location and is nothing more than a figurehead. The person filling the role does next to nothing to offer assistance to the ones she is assigned to assist. -they blackmail sick/personal days. Only union workers get 2-3 paid sick days (temps get 0). Even if they need to use one of these days the company deducts a large amount from their quarterly bonus. -culture is gone: maximize profit, minimize costs at all accounts. The warehouse is where they always try to cut every year. -company is set on prescedents, only to remove them when convenient.

Pros

They invest in their people

Cons

Poor work VS life balance

Pros

-Exciting industry that is constantly changing and Labatt is the market leader (by far). -Labatt is not afraid to play offense when needed. M&A and other big moves are always on the table. -Opportunity to take on big projects early on in your career. -Benefit package is average but above average 8% DC pension match. -Very early in inclusion and diversity journey, but open to change under new President and VP of People

Cons

-High turnover on commercial team leads to many vacancies that do not get filled in a timely manner. -Work life balance is unhealthy and not suitable to a family or caregiver lifestyle. -Extreme KPI driven organization leading to competitiveness and finger pointing when projects or results are off-track. -Above average bonuses are only paid out on avg every 5th year (last 2 times were 2015 & 2009). -Openly targets salaries at 80% of market reference (you will never make as much as you would with other leading CPG companies). -Visibility to internal job openings is non- existent and not shared internally. -Data and analytical capabilities not prioritized. Years behind leading CPG companies as Labatt refuses to resource this function appropriately. Disclosure: this review is written by a current employee who is actively looking for a new job with another employer.

Pros

Great skill development, Industry leaders

Cons

Work life balance is not healthy

Pros

Hires right out of university Reasonable pay to experience Looks good on a resume Fast promotions Benifits at 3 months Pension plan at 6

Cons

Very negative work place culture (very few people appear to be happy... most will flat out tell you they are not) Poor work life balance Very high turn over Difficult place to maintain a moral compass

Pros

Like the people. Management is good. Benefits are good compared to previous employer

Cons

Lack of direction at times. Hard to always get a good work/life balance

Pros

Good Benefits Opportunity for Growth Actively trying to improve

Cons

Low employee engagement Lack of work/life balance Low on the salary scale Very political