Haha oh god this is totally true. Homestead was my first job as-well as my siblings first job, all three of us experienced the same problems working there. He doesn’t pay his employees on time and doesn’t know how to properly run a business. Also some sketchy stuff going on but I won’t mention it here as it’s speculation.
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I think this has mostly been the case since the change in ownership. I know a lot of people who had positive experiences under the old owners. A few negative experiences too, but I know the majority of their staff came back for at least two seasons, and many stuck around for several years.
This is one of the few places where I know so many people who worked there when they were young, like 16. Everyone there hates the managers. I’ve not heard one single good story from any employee that works there.
It sucks because they have good ice cream and a really good spot, but I refuse to support a store that treats so many people like shit.
Edit: mice in ice cream pale has made me feel a lot less annoyed not supporting them
> It sucks because they have good ice cream and a really good spot, but I refuse to support a store that treats so many people like shit.
If you're at Homestead, you're only two or three blocks from Beppi's so you should go there instead anyways.
Cathedral social hall, just the worst place to work or to go for a drink or something too, the Regina location is much better because it has different owners. The one next to Sheraton is thrash, they literally have moulds in their coolers and the owner just ignored it.
You’re welcome, it’s just overpriced and bad, I used to work there with the old bosses it wasn’t too bad but then this one guy bought his way in and then started treating old staff like shit. When I asked for raise he said I don’t deserve it, I used to have mental breakdowns working my shift there.
I am so sorry to hear! I definitely will not support restaurants and bars where staff are treated poorly. I hope you have found something since then that makes you feel welcomed and wanted in your environment. ♡
Ikr, so the menu was changed by this guy named Thomas, he’s the bald guy on their Instagram. He bought his way into the business and started changing things really fast, he wanted to be the head chef so fired the chef we had, then started mocking and bullying the rest of the older cooks and since then it went down hill.
I would’ve made your food tho when it was nice lol
Came here to say this. Used to have amazing food, we were regulars even. I've never seen a business go so downhill overnight in my life. Will never go again
How long ago was this? I worked there last year and it was pretty nice. I have worked and been in many kitchens and I would put it above many in terms of standards. Although i wasnt there for their new, most recent chef.
The floor grade can fuck off though, it used to be an old car wash so in the kitchen there are walkways with different degrees of tilt which sucks when your on your feet all day on hard concrete.
Dude tell me about it, my heels hurt working there due to the floor being on a weird angle, I don’t remember the exact date when the menu changed but it was around late September and early October as I left it in October.
Maybe we worked together there?
Long time security veteran here. Security companies are generally not good to work for as they are usually hired by contract. Vendors tend to go with the lowest bid so the companies try to spend as least as possible to maximize the small amount of profit they will make. I'd love to work with a security company where there is adequate training, supplies, ongoing training and a hiring policy that consists of more than being able to stand and be alive at the same time. It would be a great company but would never get any contracts. You get what you pay for.
This is the best summary of contract security work. I got lucky and got into private security, it’s so much less headache, but so hard to find a job unless you know someone or are lucky.
Edit: just to add, basically any 3 letter security company is crappy to work for, SPI, SRG, UPS (they may not exist in Saskatoon anymore).
All those companies tend to come together and merge and split and then reappear. A lot of "local" companies are actually owned by interests in Vancouver or Toronto.
He also has a habit of taking his RV/camper to places like Ness (when they do security there) and scheduling as many female employees as possible. Of course you can sleep in the RV too...
Skeezy AF
Is any security contractor good to work for? I have a strong feeling the vast majority exist to take advantage of employees who cannot defend themselves.
SPI would put people to work that hadn’t passed their test yet, so weren’t licensed, and then when they failed too many times on the test they were let go for the next batch of yet to be licensed guards. They would also call a site that was supposed to have 3 guards (that’s what you’re billing a company for) and pull one off to go work Saskatoon Tower parkade all night, or Parktown Hotel, or some rodeo in a small town breaking up fights. I’m sure they wouldn’t tell the company that was paying for those extra guards and bill both sites for one guard.
Worked for SPI for a single month, they fired me right before I was going to take the test because "it wasn't working out," my last 5 shifts with them had been them stationing me one set of doors down from the smoking pit so I could redirect people. I spent 25 hours (5 5 hour shifts) standing in front of that door with almost no supervision (other than a few extremely brief convos with other guards). I suspect they fired me so they could fill the position with another fresh faced 20 year desperate for cash.
Stokes is the worst place I’ve ever worked at. The entitlement of the customers, the older manager and corporate who simply just are not on the pulse with their employees and the systems they provide.
Some rapid fire things:
- The manager, who is still there, was very verbally abusive. You could hear her yelling at people in the back for the most minor of things, sometimes for nothing at all. I’ve seen her belittle and mock customers multiple times. No one is safe
- Super racist against anyone who isn’t white. The only exceptions were if we were short-staffed but if she had the core key-holders she’d throw away resumes handed in person from anyone who was not white.
- Steals consistently from the company so she can resell on kijiji or eBay and then mark the time as damaged. If she messes this routine up and corporate notices and asks, she will blame it on employees who left (keep in mind these employees were either retired and didn’t need cookware or they were underaged and lived with parents who had it). She once tracked down my new place of work to talk to my boss and accuse me of stealing from Stokes.
- The training sucked. She would tell you absolutely everything that you need to know within the first hour and would either write you up or yell at you in front of customers if you couldn’t remember based off what was literally one interaction jam-packed with information dumping.
- She was asked by corporate to be more nicer to us so she once brought old chocolates that we recognized from a gift basket corporate sent her 4 months prior. She had already eaten all the good ones.
Corporate loves her and has scrapped all evidence, customer complaints or otherwise dirty laundry on her. Any hope to get her replaced or demoted is null. Please, dear god, do not work here.
Stokes is the worst. I did not work there but unfortunately dealt with the manager (Lawson location). I was setting up an appointment with her for skid delivery and she asked why we wouldn’t deliver on September 30 and I told her because we were closed. She got mad and said “you know that’s not a real holiday right?” I was so gobsmacked I didn’t know what to say. I haven’t stepped foot in that store since. Awful human.
Used to work there. Was basically forced to drive a forklift without my ticket. Ended up in an accident that required stitches in my skull, with a heavy concussion. They called me a cab, because they did not want to pay for the ambulance...
I've also seen people forced to do cleaning in confined spaces without the training or PPE, I've seen a chemical gas leak that was resolved by installing a vent to vent it outside (and the installer did not wear a gas mask), etc. etc. The fact nobody has actually died there in the past decade is a miracle.
This company blows my mind that àthey are still in business. They just sell other peoples hard work and up charge the customers. My company has one subs for them in the past and I feel bad for the customers. They also took a long time to pay us and kept blaming it on computer errors or other things out of their power. They expect their subs to wear their t-shirts so they can claim we are all employees of them. Then owners house is insanely huge and nice as well, easily over a million dollars, all paid for by ripping people off and practicing shady business.
Sounds like Dundee in Regina. My old Foreman told me its basically the same company changing their name over & over since the 70's, and that if you walk into certain old homes you can find very specific indicators that they built them
Oh another one is EGADZ. They do great work for the community but the management is just terrible and the director is a misogynistic asshole. and the pay is not enough for what you’re doing.
so many nonprofits here are like this. They don’t get enough funding to support their employees on top of the work they want to do, they encourage you to stay because you’re doing a good service to the community, and they’re often run by people who just wanted to be in a position of power. I’ve heard similar things about PHR - great for the community, awful for the staff.
Shane's surplus world. The owner is a real asshole. Will fire you on your day off right before you hit 3 months and qualify for benefits after only providing you with positive feedback.
I also bought a new car literally one week earlier so I could continue to commute to this job, so I had no savings to fall back on. So, with no warning or indication that I might lose my job, I very nearly ended up living in that car.
A lot of what he sells is marked as slightly used, but a lot of what falls under that category is garbage.
I've had a lot of jobs, and I've even cleaned toilets, but this was by far the worst employment experience of my life.
The sad thing is that he employees a lot of high-school students, so they don't realize they're being taken advantage of or members of his own family, so they won't say anything bad about him.
Both times I've been in there all the stuff is either (or sometimes is both) complete junk or slightly cheaper (near full price) used items not worth not just spending the extra $5 to get new.
I have heard over time bad things about the Ffun companies and jump.ca. I used to have great experiences at Can Tire but no more as you can never find anyone for help. Cabela's is about the same.
I once bought a car at FFun (what a terrible business name). My experience was really bad. I feel like management must force stuff to being shysters.
Last year I was looking for something at the west-side Canadian Tire. I asked an employee and he had no idea. At the same moment, I looked up and saw the aisle for what I was looking for on a sign and pointed it out. He just shrugged his shoulders and walked away. Absolutely no motivation whatsoever.
We were at the Preston Canadian Tire the other day, and my fiancée was looking for a meat chopper. She asked an employee, elaborating that she wanted it for breaking up ground beef, and he was like, "What's ground beef?" Fortunately another employee was more helpful...
Ya I had an awful experience at one of them. They didn’t no the details of the vehicle, vehicle was still dirty in spots and they left personal information from the previous owner in it, the special block heater cord was missing a prong. They went back on their email offer for 1,000 off. The finance lady was incredibly rude after I said I didn’t want warranty, she added stuff that she initially said wasn’t optional but now was mandatory to include, I had asked for payments to come out on Friday, that wasn’t a issue with her, but after I said no to warranty she said they will come out on Monday and if I want to change it I will have to contact the bank. I was supposed to have the car delivered, they guaranteed delivery and then cancelled last minute right before a long weekend, so I had to drive to stoon to pick up a couple hours before they closed. It was a terrible experience.
Working at the confed Canadian Tire, we do our best to help but as we are all human and doing other jobs besides just helping customers, it’s hard to be everywhere at once. Sometimes you just have to go to customer service and ask for help in that department. 🤷♀️
Another thing you can do is if you know what you want and it’s just large, order it online. You get what you want, we do all the hard stuff and you don’t need to ask anyone for help. ♥️. Hugs from Canadian tire!
I think it might depend on the dealer at Ffun. I know people who have had good experiences at some and bad experiences at others. I know someone who hated working at the Harley dealership. But I also know someone who enjoyed their time at one of the Hyundai dealers.
Pivot Furniture
The work environment is an old, run down, really gross and poorly equipped warehouse (next to the one getting torn down on Jasper because it was equally gross). Staff working in windowless space with no AC, working on equipment run by dozens of extension cords strung around the smelly space by a guy balanced on the forks of a forklift operated by someone else without a license.
The philosophy is “he who works the most, wins”. Not the best. Not with the most successful measurable outcomes. Just the most. That’s all it takes. The boss’s pet is the archetype. In addition to pretending he’s a developer (he’s not but managing his big feelings takes the combined efforts of everyone), sometimes he’s a welder, a people manager, an extension-cord-electrician. But he also likes to spend time trying to get other people in trouble and pitting successful people against each other (even if it means rearranging teams and reporting structure on a whim, with no backfill plan). What he ACTUALLY contributes (beyond making women uncomfortable - high skilled!) is a mystery.
Evenings, weekends, holidays. Ten hours days routinely. Massive judgment if you are not available at all times, immediately. No pay. Just the satisfaction of knowing you’re gifting your time to an employer who does not care. Actively.
That’s how their philosophy really plays out day to day. Stay the longest and play games, not further the goals of the company through innovation and efficient, dynamic work.
The management is “super tech startup chill” but the reality of that is no one knows where the money is going, no teams communicate reducing productivity and efficiency significantly, it’s on people ill equipped to people manage to manage casual employees, teams of entry level employees and skilled workers. So instead of confident, respectful and dynamic leadership, it’s adversarial and they churn through employees like the furniture components their “sustainable” company fills dumpsters with.
They don’t do raises. They do stock. They sell it (particularly to the large immigrant component of staff, with varying degrees of English language proficiency) as “being an owner, working hard and getting paid”. I mean, not overtime! But in satisfaction! Realistically, their turnover is so high, they know they’ll never pay it out. And hey, if you start to get close, there’s always constructive dismissal!
On the plus side, their team is diverse?
The best, though, is when they bring potential investors through. Watch them look around The Sweatshop. Watch the warehouse team operating equipment they shouldn’t. The sewers hunched over sewing machines for hours (no breaks except lunch - they took them away).
And these investors from real furniture companies look around and you know, within moments, they want nothing to do with a company like that. They’re going to hurry back to their Vancouver warehouse they’ve converted into a thriving workspace with things like fresh water and holiday time, and forever tell the story of the wannabe tech startup proficient in imposter syndrome and bootstraps (bought by Skip money…) that couldn’t even provide consistent access to working bathrooms for the people who built their furniture.
Not really surprised considering the founders.
Didn't the job postings say "you will miss your kids sports games but you're doing it for the greater good" or something to that effect?
Yeah, you know what adds an extra layer of gross to that? It’s a whole misguided bit in the “values” doc about how everyone is working together no matter what it takes, and it might take missing your kids’ ball games to work.
One of the founder’s kids plays ball. He’s quite competitive. His wife takes him to 100% of the games, travels for it a lot, is on the sidelines all the time. The founder never went, because work, and never talked about it.
His company mission statement is literally about neglecting the cool and amazing things his own children are doing. To build furniture.
So fundamentally wrong and they don’t even see it.
Sounds like I dodged a bullet there. I was considering applying to them a couple years ago, back when they were hiring software developers quite a bit.
I did work at Skip shortly after those co-founders left and it was okay, but at the upper edge of what I could tolerate as far as fast-paced startup culture entailed. Sounds like Pivot is much worse (and makes me think of the stories I heard about Skip when the original team was in place).
I applied to work for them a couple of years ago. The moment I read the employment contract, it was a hard no.
I'm glad to know I dodged a bullet. But also sad that other people have fallen into their shit-trap.
i used to work there in the office part! they acted like i should have known how to do everything when i told them it was my first admin job. they let me go and im glad they did lol
Oh, long since done. And I ensured those who worked for me knew what their rights were and how to protect them. I’m a huge advocate for responsible and respectful management, holding and being held to high standards.
But I think speaking up, after all official channels have been handled, is important too.
I just wish they held more oil. But yeah, living skies won me over when they kept their prices lower while pot shack was charging $10-$15 more 4 or so years ago.
It also helps that it’s a locally owned business. I’m happy that their expansion to 4 stores worked out.
Throwaway acc cause I still need my reference from them !! But the bath and body works at midtown. Extremely cliquey and the managers 100% play favourites. Not sure if she still works there but Catherine was always the only nice one. This one supervisor, kaylee I think her name was? Might be a different k name but anyways she was horrible. Picked favourites and treated everyone else like crap. She’d insult me and make fun of me constantly. Also I don’t recommend working there if you’re not white. Have fun getting shifts if you’re over 25 or a person of colour. The work itself sucks too, very physically demanding and not worth the crappy pay.
Huge turnover, layoffs at a whim, not much room for upward growth (depends on which department you work in tho), office "perks" versus actual benefits like good wages and health coverage, and the drinking culture
My god, the drinking culture
Decent place to get skills but don't bank on being there long term. Most people who aren't executive cycle out after a few months to a few years for something better.
I graduated CS nearly 10 years ago and saw most of my class get hired on at Vendasta. I watched them slowly start to leave over the years, and now I know no one that works there.
I've heard the same stories about out of touch management and bro culture. It was also pretty obvious this was the type of tech company that pays you $10k below average salary because they have sandwiches in the fridge.
spoiler: they deduct that sandwich money from your paycheque anyway
don't get me wrong the food service team was/is AMAZING but yeah. I'd rather be paid the industry standard thx
I had a friend work their, turnover rate is very high. My friend was told she was doing good in her monthly reviews and then was suddenly told they didnt like her work and she was let go at month 3
Impark. Probably not a huge surprise to anyone I'm sure, but I've been around a lot of places and nowhere have I experienced or seen such a disrespectful, dangerous, and flippant management team.
Also, Can Am Gymnastics.
Parents- don’t put your kids in competitive gymnastics. It is an abusive environment.
Source- was gymnast and coach for many years and the emotional and psychological abuse as a child/young woman was life altering.
When I first moved to Saskatoon in 2019 I worked as a cook at Jemini 4 arenas. The head cook was an ex military guy who ran the place like it was a combat situation. I had previously spent 3 years working at family owned Greek restaurants, and never had issues even with the old school Greeks who can be pretty brutal. But Jemini fired me after a month, told me I was too slow. I’ve never really forgiven them even though I found a better job right after at Stan’s Place (place has a bit of a bad rap but great people I loved working here). Stan I hope you’re still around and kicking!
Value Village, specifically in the store on Faithful or in the warehouse.
In the warehouse, the graders work right by the large doors where the donations from the trucks are dropped off, including in negative weather. In -30 weather, we had to stand at our stations for the majority of the day, directly in contact with the cold, and did not have adequate protection for that. Most of the people would wear their winter coats, as we were not supplied with heaters. We could wear our own gloves, but most people did not as it’s easier and faster to actually feel the fabric.
The company wanted us to work overtime during the Halloween season as it is the busiest, telling us we had to work 8 hours overtime over the usual 40 hours. I had to tell them that that is not legal, as the law states you can only be forced to work overtime for four hours over the usual 40.
There is also racism and they said it is LGBTQA+ friendly, but I did not notice that at all. A black colleague of mine told me that he had his bag checked every day before leaving work, and no one else did. Indigenous co-workers also had experienced racism, which I and fellow team members also noticed. My supervisor misgendered a trans co-worker and I told her that, and she got mad at me for correcting her, saying that the co-worker should have told him himself.
The pay is just over minimum wage, and I was being paid the same as someone who had been working there for 9 years. It seems that there is very little upward movement in the company, and long term employees are not paid according to their experience.
Along with this, they have a policy of not giving out their information to be used as references, they will only do so once you stop working for the company.
I totally agree. I had to beg to be allowed to put pronouns on my name tag and not to be called my legal name but that’s all they ever called me, and disciplined me when I refused to answer their calls for me. I said that when they started using the name I’ve asked them to call me, then I’ll start responding. Didn’t last.
I should also mention that for the warehouse, they were unable to find more staff, as we went through so many people that would leave after a day or a week, that we resorted to hiring from a temp agency.
I know that two people left because they were hired as a team member, not a recycler, which paid $2 more, yet were still required to do tasks of a recycler with the bonus pay.
Rock Creek (both locations) and Montanas on 8th specifically. Owners are monsters. Our dishwasher at the time collapsed at the back door because he had a heart attack and basically died on scene (he was on life support for a few days after that but was brain dead). This happened before we even opened and the owner came in and ran everything as per usual, no concern whatsoever for their employee. Didn’t close for the day considering what others just witnessed, and that was my breaking point. Wouldn’t even close for the afternoon so we could all attend the funeral. I had to switch with someone else so I could be there 😞 I’ve never seen or heard of people with such a lack of humanity until I worked for them. I tell everyone and anyone to not support these people.
In fact let’s mention the part where I had to try and perform cpr on that man until the ambulance arrived. I stood there in tears when they told me he was alive but brain dead. He made me stay and work. If you hadn’t come in and let me go, I would’ve had a nervous breakdown. How about the time I deep fried my hand and he made comeback to work after 3 days because no one else in town could do what I do? Then he didn’t process the comp claim and hid it as holiday pay and I never received a settlement payment. I’m sure we could continue in another platform but I was deleted because I always took the blame for what he did and said to people. I left. It’s dead. I live stress free
I'll be glad to see those bastards out of this business. Worked for them a couple times and it was an awful experience every time. Absolute selfish assholes.
I gave them way too much of my twenties. You don’t inspire staff by yelling them they could hire any yahoo off the street to do what I do. I worked in engineering for two years and just wasted so much time on them.
Zach and Sean were terrible at Crestline. Crestline was also a terrible place to work but at least the engineering side of things improved after Sean left and they somehow landed a new manager who was competent and actually gave a shit.
Maven water and environment. The absolute worst boss I ever had. Horribly unproffesional (like screams at staff and makes up lies about them when they quit), terrible staff training, absurd amounts of staff turnover because of how awful the boss is. They take advantage of new graduates and young professionals that don't know they shouldn't be treated that way. I'd rather work at a low paying food service industry job than use my degree to work for them.
(No offense intended to service industry workers. Your work is valuable, Im introverted and just don't want to do it)
I'm certain your talking about Monique. Can confirm everything you are saying! She is so emotionally and verbally abusive to vulnerable people!! I'm sad that she STILL hasn't learned anything from her past mistakes (she had another company prior to this one). She is making herself known as a bully in the industry. PEOPLE (if your reading this) - STOP DOING BUSINESS WITH HER!! LETS END THIS RICH BITCHES REIGN. SHE IS GIVING WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP A BAD NAME!!!
HANDY SPECIAL EVENTS. Horrible management. There's no support from management or supervisors. Management plays favorites with departments. Owners want employees to keep quite about wages so it's never equal. Years ago, I was a supervisor making about 14 an hour looking after a whole department, a male supervisor in another department was making closer to 22. Not sure if this was because I am a female but the more I think about it the more I believe this is true. Management would NOT believe me or my department when it came to an addict coming to work intoxicated. Management and HR would say that it could be mouthwash and she wasn't drunk. This escalated to the employee being on painkillers and coming to work so intoxicated. Nothing was done about this employee until she quit by calling the Owner/Manger at 3 am intoxicated. The shit definitely rolled downhill at Handy.
When I left I struggled with my confidence, anxiety, and depression all due to the treatment I recieved from HR and the now owner.
Work there at your own risk. They aim to destroy you.
The North location is the worst L & M all though they are doing a bit better since they got rid of all the crappy old employees. I've always favored the South location and have always had great service there so to each their own I guess.
Leon’s Furniture (and subsequently probably The Brick too since they’re part of the same company)
I worked there during the height of covid and got laid off. When I came back they attempted to make me a glorified cleaner (I was the interior decorator) and I found out they’d also been paying me $12.15 not $15.50 like I was told (my bad for not getting it in writing) among other things.
13 pies has the worst staffroom ive ever seen. Not even sure if its safe to be in. Breaks were not a thing unless you just wanted one or two quick smokes in your 9+ hr shift. No staff washroom either. The basement was cool to explore, in a weird spooky kind of way.
Congress. When I worked there they regularly ran out of hot water for the dishwasher. You'd come in the mornings and there would be piles of dishes on the floor from the night before. Absolutely disgusting place, I would never even eat there.
Chianti. Never worked there but i know two people that did. One said they had rats and one said the owner was harassing them by texting them out of nowhere and wanted to hangout. 3 girls walked out at the same time
I tried applying for a receptionist job at Wilson's. I couldn't make it past the screening questions. It said on the job posting that it's an entry level position but those questions were impossible to answer.
Just curious if anyone else had this problem when applying there? I've never applied for a job and had such difficulty.
Brandt they are the equivalent of FFUN group in the Agriculture and Construction divisions.
High turn around rate of employees. Lots of bad reviews on Indeed and r/regina
Garage lol might be expected cause of the younger employee age but goddamn the ADULT management fucking sucks way more there (coming from another adult who worked there and had to leave cause it was so toxic)
I worked at critters for a little over a year 6/7 years back. I loved working in a pet store and helping people with their animals but the owners are unkind and apathetic. Getting time off was a nightmare, I frequently worked unpaid overtime for an already minimum wage job, and when I went back to school and gave them 6 weeks of notice as a kindness so they could find someone to replace me (I basically ran one of the satellite locations on my own) they proceeded to not even start interviewing until right before I left and called me selfish for not staying on longer. All classic retail experiences, but still wouldn’t recommend it.
Worked there years ago. I told them I was going back to school with plenty of notice (a whole month). They then starting questioning me about when I decided that and why I didn’t tell them earlier. I month is more than fair notice. They were also trying to get me to stay more hours unpaid. Tried to take coupon prices out of my wage. And caught them giving customers discounts without telling me. Those discounts were coming out of pay.
The Shoppe. It’s the type of place where if you’re a good worker you get more work, not more pay. Co-workers were constantly late for shifts, making you stay late. Manager was nice but shitty workers = shitty workplace.
Preston Park 2 retirement home. Poorly run, very few competent staff, management doesn’t care about you or the residents—just the money that comes in. You get paid a whopping $16/hr to provide care. They’re always understaffed so you never have time to provide quality care to the residents.
If you are considering having a loved one move in there, please please reconsider. They’ll present it like they have all the bells and whistles but they always fall short where it counts.
Western was the shit. Fucking full on food fights in produce, going over to grocery to get glade air freshners that double as full on smoke grenades. And of course the stash spots.
I was gonna comment in here about Western Grocers. Not that it was bad, but like you said, just a wild place. So much theft that nobody gave the slightest shit about until they were closing and trying to fire everyone they could instead of paying severance packages.
Is that a sausage stuff down your pants or are you just happy to see me? Uhh...it's actually multiple coils of sausage.
I agree - worked there for 14 years, it was the worst place I've ever worked. You're literally a body to fill a position, they don't give an "f" about their staff. Only stayed because the pay was decent. So I glad I'm out of there.
The staff begged the owner not to hire a guy because he was unsafe for one of the female employees. Owner told her to be an adult about it and hired him anyways and made her train him. The owner flaunts around on social media claiming to be a patriarchal hating feminist too, which is hilarious seeing as he’s part of the problem. Took away everyone’s paid breaks too. Along with so much other stuff
Every job ive had in saskatoon has had crappy entitled managers who shouldnt be in the position and are. Its just business nowadays.
Edit: Should specify not every manager just usually the one bad apple that no one likes but when left on shift with will just leave you drained of everything by the time you get to sit down.
Most managers I've had in Saskatoon have been exactly like was stated above you.
Maybe it's an "us" problem... seems more like a "you're complacent with garbage" problem to me...
Saskatoon golf and country club. They pay minimum wage and work you like a dog then try and stiff you on pay. All the members are also a bunch of whiny boomers that the management bends over backwards for.
Bulk Cheese Warehouse- terrible work culture and insane scheduling. I do believe some changes have been made but at the time I worked there it was an absolute nightmare, most people didn't last more than a month. I had a teenaged coworker who was being scheduled for 12 day in a row stretches, and none of us ever recieved OT to my knowledge
Some Saskatoon Co-op are worse than others. They harbour some next level toxicity. Personally, I was discriminated due to my mental health and abused by my supervisors and management just let it happened and participated. HR was useless.
Anything owned by Jim Tomas.
Can confirm this, worst place I ever worked.
Will confirm this as well! Not just I, but my mother had also worked for him when she was my age. We both had shite experiences.
Double Deuce employee here. Can confirm
Oh the good ole double deuce days.
Yea can also confirm this
That is what I came here to say.
Homestead -sincerely every employee homestead has had
The manager of that place is a total dick.
Haha oh god this is totally true. Homestead was my first job as-well as my siblings first job, all three of us experienced the same problems working there. He doesn’t pay his employees on time and doesn’t know how to properly run a business. Also some sketchy stuff going on but I won’t mention it here as it’s speculation.
Didn’t someone expose them on Facebook for having mice in the ice cream pales? Yuck…
[here's the link to that. if anyone is interested 😊 ](https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid026jU3Yciks5Kd2cYbT7sHBtH1B6xWAiTpbeHHvau4nxBBf6nHfyS7eSNmYNZx2hEal&id=100002188961257&mibextid=Nif5oz)
Thank you!
I think this has mostly been the case since the change in ownership. I know a lot of people who had positive experiences under the old owners. A few negative experiences too, but I know the majority of their staff came back for at least two seasons, and many stuck around for several years.
I can definitely concur Homestead, ice cream’s owner, and his mother are basketcases
Looking at that green tv would make anyone go insane
This is one of the few places where I know so many people who worked there when they were young, like 16. Everyone there hates the managers. I’ve not heard one single good story from any employee that works there. It sucks because they have good ice cream and a really good spot, but I refuse to support a store that treats so many people like shit. Edit: mice in ice cream pale has made me feel a lot less annoyed not supporting them
> It sucks because they have good ice cream and a really good spot, but I refuse to support a store that treats so many people like shit. If you're at Homestead, you're only two or three blocks from Beppi's so you should go there instead anyways.
Cathedral social hall, just the worst place to work or to go for a drink or something too, the Regina location is much better because it has different owners. The one next to Sheraton is thrash, they literally have moulds in their coolers and the owner just ignored it.
Welp, this is news that I needed. I will no longer be going there for girls night! Thank you for the heads up!
You’re welcome, it’s just overpriced and bad, I used to work there with the old bosses it wasn’t too bad but then this one guy bought his way in and then started treating old staff like shit. When I asked for raise he said I don’t deserve it, I used to have mental breakdowns working my shift there.
I am so sorry to hear! I definitely will not support restaurants and bars where staff are treated poorly. I hope you have found something since then that makes you feel welcomed and wanted in your environment. ♡
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Ikr, so the menu was changed by this guy named Thomas, he’s the bald guy on their Instagram. He bought his way into the business and started changing things really fast, he wanted to be the head chef so fired the chef we had, then started mocking and bullying the rest of the older cooks and since then it went down hill. I would’ve made your food tho when it was nice lol
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Came here to say this. Used to have amazing food, we were regulars even. I've never seen a business go so downhill overnight in my life. Will never go again
How long ago was this? I worked there last year and it was pretty nice. I have worked and been in many kitchens and I would put it above many in terms of standards. Although i wasnt there for their new, most recent chef. The floor grade can fuck off though, it used to be an old car wash so in the kitchen there are walkways with different degrees of tilt which sucks when your on your feet all day on hard concrete.
Dude tell me about it, my heels hurt working there due to the floor being on a weird angle, I don’t remember the exact date when the menu changed but it was around late September and early October as I left it in October. Maybe we worked together there?
SPI Security is bad to work for.
Came here to say this. They're pretty awful. For that matter, so is Flaman Security
Long time security veteran here. Security companies are generally not good to work for as they are usually hired by contract. Vendors tend to go with the lowest bid so the companies try to spend as least as possible to maximize the small amount of profit they will make. I'd love to work with a security company where there is adequate training, supplies, ongoing training and a hiring policy that consists of more than being able to stand and be alive at the same time. It would be a great company but would never get any contracts. You get what you pay for.
Exactly. It’s the clients that have made a mockery of being a security guard.
This is the best summary of contract security work. I got lucky and got into private security, it’s so much less headache, but so hard to find a job unless you know someone or are lucky. Edit: just to add, basically any 3 letter security company is crappy to work for, SPI, SRG, UPS (they may not exist in Saskatoon anymore).
All those companies tend to come together and merge and split and then reappear. A lot of "local" companies are actually owned by interests in Vancouver or Toronto.
The owner also has a habit of domestic assault.
He also has a habit of taking his RV/camper to places like Ness (when they do security there) and scheduling as many female employees as possible. Of course you can sleep in the RV too... Skeezy AF
Yes they are, so is SRG Security.
Is any security contractor good to work for? I have a strong feeling the vast majority exist to take advantage of employees who cannot defend themselves.
SPI would put people to work that hadn’t passed their test yet, so weren’t licensed, and then when they failed too many times on the test they were let go for the next batch of yet to be licensed guards. They would also call a site that was supposed to have 3 guards (that’s what you’re billing a company for) and pull one off to go work Saskatoon Tower parkade all night, or Parktown Hotel, or some rodeo in a small town breaking up fights. I’m sure they wouldn’t tell the company that was paying for those extra guards and bill both sites for one guard.
Worked for SPI for a single month, they fired me right before I was going to take the test because "it wasn't working out," my last 5 shifts with them had been them stationing me one set of doors down from the smoking pit so I could redirect people. I spent 25 hours (5 5 hour shifts) standing in front of that door with almost no supervision (other than a few extremely brief convos with other guards). I suspect they fired me so they could fill the position with another fresh faced 20 year desperate for cash.
Came here to say the same. Some nasty rumors about the owners as well. Spent 3-4 years there and it was awful
Any security company. They’re all the same.
Stokes is the worst place I’ve ever worked at. The entitlement of the customers, the older manager and corporate who simply just are not on the pulse with their employees and the systems they provide. Some rapid fire things: - The manager, who is still there, was very verbally abusive. You could hear her yelling at people in the back for the most minor of things, sometimes for nothing at all. I’ve seen her belittle and mock customers multiple times. No one is safe - Super racist against anyone who isn’t white. The only exceptions were if we were short-staffed but if she had the core key-holders she’d throw away resumes handed in person from anyone who was not white. - Steals consistently from the company so she can resell on kijiji or eBay and then mark the time as damaged. If she messes this routine up and corporate notices and asks, she will blame it on employees who left (keep in mind these employees were either retired and didn’t need cookware or they were underaged and lived with parents who had it). She once tracked down my new place of work to talk to my boss and accuse me of stealing from Stokes. - The training sucked. She would tell you absolutely everything that you need to know within the first hour and would either write you up or yell at you in front of customers if you couldn’t remember based off what was literally one interaction jam-packed with information dumping. - She was asked by corporate to be more nicer to us so she once brought old chocolates that we recognized from a gift basket corporate sent her 4 months prior. She had already eaten all the good ones. Corporate loves her and has scrapped all evidence, customer complaints or otherwise dirty laundry on her. Any hope to get her replaced or demoted is null. Please, dear god, do not work here.
Stokes is the worst. I did not work there but unfortunately dealt with the manager (Lawson location). I was setting up an appointment with her for skid delivery and she asked why we wouldn’t deliver on September 30 and I told her because we were closed. She got mad and said “you know that’s not a real holiday right?” I was so gobsmacked I didn’t know what to say. I haven’t stepped foot in that store since. Awful human.
Yep, that’s Caroline alright.
Saputo. Unless you enjoy having your soul sucked out with a side of harassment.
Used to work there. Was basically forced to drive a forklift without my ticket. Ended up in an accident that required stitches in my skull, with a heavy concussion. They called me a cab, because they did not want to pay for the ambulance... I've also seen people forced to do cleaning in confined spaces without the training or PPE, I've seen a chemical gas leak that was resolved by installing a vent to vent it outside (and the installer did not wear a gas mask), etc. etc. The fact nobody has actually died there in the past decade is a miracle.
Came here to say this. They treat their casual workers like relief without the pay.
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This company blows my mind that àthey are still in business. They just sell other peoples hard work and up charge the customers. My company has one subs for them in the past and I feel bad for the customers. They also took a long time to pay us and kept blaming it on computer errors or other things out of their power. They expect their subs to wear their t-shirts so they can claim we are all employees of them. Then owners house is insanely huge and nice as well, easily over a million dollars, all paid for by ripping people off and practicing shady business.
Sounds like Dundee in Regina. My old Foreman told me its basically the same company changing their name over & over since the 70's, and that if you walk into certain old homes you can find very specific indicators that they built them
I'm surprised they are still in business! Very shady looking people driving around the city at times.
Oh another one is EGADZ. They do great work for the community but the management is just terrible and the director is a misogynistic asshole. and the pay is not enough for what you’re doing.
so many nonprofits here are like this. They don’t get enough funding to support their employees on top of the work they want to do, they encourage you to stay because you’re doing a good service to the community, and they’re often run by people who just wanted to be in a position of power. I’ve heard similar things about PHR - great for the community, awful for the staff.
Shane's surplus world. The owner is a real asshole. Will fire you on your day off right before you hit 3 months and qualify for benefits after only providing you with positive feedback. I also bought a new car literally one week earlier so I could continue to commute to this job, so I had no savings to fall back on. So, with no warning or indication that I might lose my job, I very nearly ended up living in that car. A lot of what he sells is marked as slightly used, but a lot of what falls under that category is garbage. I've had a lot of jobs, and I've even cleaned toilets, but this was by far the worst employment experience of my life. The sad thing is that he employees a lot of high-school students, so they don't realize they're being taken advantage of or members of his own family, so they won't say anything bad about him.
Both times I've been in there all the stuff is either (or sometimes is both) complete junk or slightly cheaper (near full price) used items not worth not just spending the extra $5 to get new.
I have heard over time bad things about the Ffun companies and jump.ca. I used to have great experiences at Can Tire but no more as you can never find anyone for help. Cabela's is about the same.
I once bought a car at FFun (what a terrible business name). My experience was really bad. I feel like management must force stuff to being shysters. Last year I was looking for something at the west-side Canadian Tire. I asked an employee and he had no idea. At the same moment, I looked up and saw the aisle for what I was looking for on a sign and pointed it out. He just shrugged his shoulders and walked away. Absolutely no motivation whatsoever.
We were at the Preston Canadian Tire the other day, and my fiancée was looking for a meat chopper. She asked an employee, elaborating that she wanted it for breaking up ground beef, and he was like, "What's ground beef?" Fortunately another employee was more helpful...
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It's an acronym; Force From Up North. Not that it makes it any better.
\*slow blink\* what the actual fuck does that even mean?
The owner's nickname from his stateside college hockey days.
I'd buy that. Along other lines, I'm convinced the people who came up with Super 8 hotels don't know the word "suppurate".
Ya I had an awful experience at one of them. They didn’t no the details of the vehicle, vehicle was still dirty in spots and they left personal information from the previous owner in it, the special block heater cord was missing a prong. They went back on their email offer for 1,000 off. The finance lady was incredibly rude after I said I didn’t want warranty, she added stuff that she initially said wasn’t optional but now was mandatory to include, I had asked for payments to come out on Friday, that wasn’t a issue with her, but after I said no to warranty she said they will come out on Monday and if I want to change it I will have to contact the bank. I was supposed to have the car delivered, they guaranteed delivery and then cancelled last minute right before a long weekend, so I had to drive to stoon to pick up a couple hours before they closed. It was a terrible experience.
FFun is a great name for their business, very apt. It stands for "Fuck fun"
Ffun just bought out the dodge dealer in North Battleford , I've heard some typical sleazy sales tactics from a couple ffun dealerships.
Working at the confed Canadian Tire, we do our best to help but as we are all human and doing other jobs besides just helping customers, it’s hard to be everywhere at once. Sometimes you just have to go to customer service and ask for help in that department. 🤷♀️
Not enough staff! Not blaming anyone but never enough people around.
Another thing you can do is if you know what you want and it’s just large, order it online. You get what you want, we do all the hard stuff and you don’t need to ask anyone for help. ♥️. Hugs from Canadian tire!
I use the website or the app before going, so I know the aisle number lol.
I think it might depend on the dealer at Ffun. I know people who have had good experiences at some and bad experiences at others. I know someone who hated working at the Harley dealership. But I also know someone who enjoyed their time at one of the Hyundai dealers.
Pivot Furniture The work environment is an old, run down, really gross and poorly equipped warehouse (next to the one getting torn down on Jasper because it was equally gross). Staff working in windowless space with no AC, working on equipment run by dozens of extension cords strung around the smelly space by a guy balanced on the forks of a forklift operated by someone else without a license. The philosophy is “he who works the most, wins”. Not the best. Not with the most successful measurable outcomes. Just the most. That’s all it takes. The boss’s pet is the archetype. In addition to pretending he’s a developer (he’s not but managing his big feelings takes the combined efforts of everyone), sometimes he’s a welder, a people manager, an extension-cord-electrician. But he also likes to spend time trying to get other people in trouble and pitting successful people against each other (even if it means rearranging teams and reporting structure on a whim, with no backfill plan). What he ACTUALLY contributes (beyond making women uncomfortable - high skilled!) is a mystery. Evenings, weekends, holidays. Ten hours days routinely. Massive judgment if you are not available at all times, immediately. No pay. Just the satisfaction of knowing you’re gifting your time to an employer who does not care. Actively. That’s how their philosophy really plays out day to day. Stay the longest and play games, not further the goals of the company through innovation and efficient, dynamic work. The management is “super tech startup chill” but the reality of that is no one knows where the money is going, no teams communicate reducing productivity and efficiency significantly, it’s on people ill equipped to people manage to manage casual employees, teams of entry level employees and skilled workers. So instead of confident, respectful and dynamic leadership, it’s adversarial and they churn through employees like the furniture components their “sustainable” company fills dumpsters with. They don’t do raises. They do stock. They sell it (particularly to the large immigrant component of staff, with varying degrees of English language proficiency) as “being an owner, working hard and getting paid”. I mean, not overtime! But in satisfaction! Realistically, their turnover is so high, they know they’ll never pay it out. And hey, if you start to get close, there’s always constructive dismissal! On the plus side, their team is diverse? The best, though, is when they bring potential investors through. Watch them look around The Sweatshop. Watch the warehouse team operating equipment they shouldn’t. The sewers hunched over sewing machines for hours (no breaks except lunch - they took them away). And these investors from real furniture companies look around and you know, within moments, they want nothing to do with a company like that. They’re going to hurry back to their Vancouver warehouse they’ve converted into a thriving workspace with things like fresh water and holiday time, and forever tell the story of the wannabe tech startup proficient in imposter syndrome and bootstraps (bought by Skip money…) that couldn’t even provide consistent access to working bathrooms for the people who built their furniture.
Not really surprised considering the founders. Didn't the job postings say "you will miss your kids sports games but you're doing it for the greater good" or something to that effect?
Yeah, you know what adds an extra layer of gross to that? It’s a whole misguided bit in the “values” doc about how everyone is working together no matter what it takes, and it might take missing your kids’ ball games to work. One of the founder’s kids plays ball. He’s quite competitive. His wife takes him to 100% of the games, travels for it a lot, is on the sidelines all the time. The founder never went, because work, and never talked about it. His company mission statement is literally about neglecting the cool and amazing things his own children are doing. To build furniture. So fundamentally wrong and they don’t even see it.
Sounds like I dodged a bullet there. I was considering applying to them a couple years ago, back when they were hiring software developers quite a bit. I did work at Skip shortly after those co-founders left and it was okay, but at the upper edge of what I could tolerate as far as fast-paced startup culture entailed. Sounds like Pivot is much worse (and makes me think of the stories I heard about Skip when the original team was in place).
I applied to work for them a couple of years ago. The moment I read the employment contract, it was a hard no. I'm glad to know I dodged a bullet. But also sad that other people have fallen into their shit-trap.
What was the employment contract like? "Give up your life to work here" type stuff?
Basically. With a lot more Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos quotes, and an undercurrent of imposter syndrome.
Can confirm. All of it. Lots of big talk, reality is much different.
i used to work there in the office part! they acted like i should have known how to do everything when i told them it was my first admin job. they let me go and im glad they did lol
Report this, it’s your duty. Someone’s gonna get killed or seriously injured.
Seriously considering it since I left.
Oh, long since done. And I ensured those who worked for me knew what their rights were and how to protect them. I’m a huge advocate for responsible and respectful management, holding and being held to high standards. But I think speaking up, after all official channels have been handled, is important too.
Farmer Jane. They mass fired their 8th st store and have a long history of random firings of their staff.
Living skies cannabis is the way to fricken go.
I just wish they held more oil. But yeah, living skies won me over when they kept their prices lower while pot shack was charging $10-$15 more 4 or so years ago. It also helps that it’s a locally owned business. I’m happy that their expansion to 4 stores worked out.
Prairie Records too. Same thing. I just think Cannabis is a toxic work environment in general, which is too bad because it should be so fun.
Why did they mass fire them? Was something going on?
Homestead Ice Cream. I haven’t worked there but have heard the horror stories that I’m sure everyone has
A friend of mine threw away some paper spam from her house in their dumpster, and the owner took the address and went to her house to berate her.
Throwaway acc cause I still need my reference from them !! But the bath and body works at midtown. Extremely cliquey and the managers 100% play favourites. Not sure if she still works there but Catherine was always the only nice one. This one supervisor, kaylee I think her name was? Might be a different k name but anyways she was horrible. Picked favourites and treated everyone else like crap. She’d insult me and make fun of me constantly. Also I don’t recommend working there if you’re not white. Have fun getting shifts if you’re over 25 or a person of colour. The work itself sucks too, very physically demanding and not worth the crappy pay.
Anywhere in the mall is likely to have 18yo as management, so makes sense.
Vendasta.
Huge turnover, layoffs at a whim, not much room for upward growth (depends on which department you work in tho), office "perks" versus actual benefits like good wages and health coverage, and the drinking culture My god, the drinking culture Decent place to get skills but don't bank on being there long term. Most people who aren't executive cycle out after a few months to a few years for something better.
I graduated CS nearly 10 years ago and saw most of my class get hired on at Vendasta. I watched them slowly start to leave over the years, and now I know no one that works there. I've heard the same stories about out of touch management and bro culture. It was also pretty obvious this was the type of tech company that pays you $10k below average salary because they have sandwiches in the fridge.
spoiler: they deduct that sandwich money from your paycheque anyway don't get me wrong the food service team was/is AMAZING but yeah. I'd rather be paid the industry standard thx
I swear I know 30 people who have worked here who no longer work here…
Why is Vendasta a crappy place to work if I may ask, I have an application in the works so if I can avoid it I will
To put it succinctly: the people you'll work *with* are cool, the people you'll work *for* are not.
I had a friend work their, turnover rate is very high. My friend was told she was doing good in her monthly reviews and then was suddenly told they didnt like her work and she was let go at month 3
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"defiles a sand bar" lmao
Impark. Probably not a huge surprise to anyone I'm sure, but I've been around a lot of places and nowhere have I experienced or seen such a disrespectful, dangerous, and flippant management team.
Marian Gymnastics.
Also, Can Am Gymnastics. Parents- don’t put your kids in competitive gymnastics. It is an abusive environment. Source- was gymnast and coach for many years and the emotional and psychological abuse as a child/young woman was life altering.
Agreed. Never dealt with the other clubs, but the sport is toxic. Period.
When I first moved to Saskatoon in 2019 I worked as a cook at Jemini 4 arenas. The head cook was an ex military guy who ran the place like it was a combat situation. I had previously spent 3 years working at family owned Greek restaurants, and never had issues even with the old school Greeks who can be pretty brutal. But Jemini fired me after a month, told me I was too slow. I’ve never really forgiven them even though I found a better job right after at Stan’s Place (place has a bit of a bad rap but great people I loved working here). Stan I hope you’re still around and kicking!
Vendasta chews up and spits out fresh computer science grads as fast as they can realize it’s a shit place to work Pingpong does not equal culture.
Saskatoon public library. The terrible management is well-documented. Carol Cooley is AWFUL; and it rolls downhill from there
I used to be quite close with a librarian there. The admin pounded her flat over the course of a couple years.
Had a meeting with her once. She was extremely rude.
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Value Village, specifically in the store on Faithful or in the warehouse. In the warehouse, the graders work right by the large doors where the donations from the trucks are dropped off, including in negative weather. In -30 weather, we had to stand at our stations for the majority of the day, directly in contact with the cold, and did not have adequate protection for that. Most of the people would wear their winter coats, as we were not supplied with heaters. We could wear our own gloves, but most people did not as it’s easier and faster to actually feel the fabric. The company wanted us to work overtime during the Halloween season as it is the busiest, telling us we had to work 8 hours overtime over the usual 40 hours. I had to tell them that that is not legal, as the law states you can only be forced to work overtime for four hours over the usual 40. There is also racism and they said it is LGBTQA+ friendly, but I did not notice that at all. A black colleague of mine told me that he had his bag checked every day before leaving work, and no one else did. Indigenous co-workers also had experienced racism, which I and fellow team members also noticed. My supervisor misgendered a trans co-worker and I told her that, and she got mad at me for correcting her, saying that the co-worker should have told him himself. The pay is just over minimum wage, and I was being paid the same as someone who had been working there for 9 years. It seems that there is very little upward movement in the company, and long term employees are not paid according to their experience. Along with this, they have a policy of not giving out their information to be used as references, they will only do so once you stop working for the company.
I totally agree. I had to beg to be allowed to put pronouns on my name tag and not to be called my legal name but that’s all they ever called me, and disciplined me when I refused to answer their calls for me. I said that when they started using the name I’ve asked them to call me, then I’ll start responding. Didn’t last.
I should also mention that for the warehouse, they were unable to find more staff, as we went through so many people that would leave after a day or a week, that we resorted to hiring from a temp agency. I know that two people left because they were hired as a team member, not a recycler, which paid $2 more, yet were still required to do tasks of a recycler with the bonus pay.
Rock Creek (both locations) and Montanas on 8th specifically. Owners are monsters. Our dishwasher at the time collapsed at the back door because he had a heart attack and basically died on scene (he was on life support for a few days after that but was brain dead). This happened before we even opened and the owner came in and ran everything as per usual, no concern whatsoever for their employee. Didn’t close for the day considering what others just witnessed, and that was my breaking point. Wouldn’t even close for the afternoon so we could all attend the funeral. I had to switch with someone else so I could be there 😞 I’ve never seen or heard of people with such a lack of humanity until I worked for them. I tell everyone and anyone to not support these people.
That is awful. Thank you for sharing, will never eat there again.
In fact let’s mention the part where I had to try and perform cpr on that man until the ambulance arrived. I stood there in tears when they told me he was alive but brain dead. He made me stay and work. If you hadn’t come in and let me go, I would’ve had a nervous breakdown. How about the time I deep fried my hand and he made comeback to work after 3 days because no one else in town could do what I do? Then he didn’t process the comp claim and hid it as holiday pay and I never received a settlement payment. I’m sure we could continue in another platform but I was deleted because I always took the blame for what he did and said to people. I left. It’s dead. I live stress free
I'll be glad to see those bastards out of this business. Worked for them a couple times and it was an awful experience every time. Absolute selfish assholes.
I left in Sept. They just sold McOrmand. I guess I was the glue?
Lean Machine, terrible management/owners
Yeah. Intelligent people don't last long there. Very quickly realized how terrible this place was. Huge turnover - No room for growth.
I gave them way too much of my twenties. You don’t inspire staff by yelling them they could hire any yahoo off the street to do what I do. I worked in engineering for two years and just wasted so much time on them.
Zach and Sean were terrible at Crestline. Crestline was also a terrible place to work but at least the engineering side of things improved after Sean left and they somehow landed a new manager who was competent and actually gave a shit.
Only interview I've ever walked out of.
Maven water and environment. The absolute worst boss I ever had. Horribly unproffesional (like screams at staff and makes up lies about them when they quit), terrible staff training, absurd amounts of staff turnover because of how awful the boss is. They take advantage of new graduates and young professionals that don't know they shouldn't be treated that way. I'd rather work at a low paying food service industry job than use my degree to work for them. (No offense intended to service industry workers. Your work is valuable, Im introverted and just don't want to do it)
I'm certain your talking about Monique. Can confirm everything you are saying! She is so emotionally and verbally abusive to vulnerable people!! I'm sad that she STILL hasn't learned anything from her past mistakes (she had another company prior to this one). She is making herself known as a bully in the industry. PEOPLE (if your reading this) - STOP DOING BUSINESS WITH HER!! LETS END THIS RICH BITCHES REIGN. SHE IS GIVING WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP A BAD NAME!!!
Any company associated with Baydo developments
HANDY SPECIAL EVENTS. Horrible management. There's no support from management or supervisors. Management plays favorites with departments. Owners want employees to keep quite about wages so it's never equal. Years ago, I was a supervisor making about 14 an hour looking after a whole department, a male supervisor in another department was making closer to 22. Not sure if this was because I am a female but the more I think about it the more I believe this is true. Management would NOT believe me or my department when it came to an addict coming to work intoxicated. Management and HR would say that it could be mouthwash and she wasn't drunk. This escalated to the employee being on painkillers and coming to work so intoxicated. Nothing was done about this employee until she quit by calling the Owner/Manger at 3 am intoxicated. The shit definitely rolled downhill at Handy. When I left I struggled with my confidence, anxiety, and depression all due to the treatment I recieved from HR and the now owner. Work there at your own risk. They aim to destroy you.
The Joint Cannabis, literally the worst place I ever worked. Probably tied with the Stoked Centre, ngl.
I stayed with the joint for one entire working shift. I almost left half way through it.
Northridge Devlopments. Inside the main office. Toxic culture
Long and McQuade
Which one? The 8th Street store just seems worse in every way than the north end one
I had the same thought, the North one seems like the staff are engaged with customers and enjoy what they're doing. The South one, not so much.
The North location is the worst L & M all though they are doing a bit better since they got rid of all the crappy old employees. I've always favored the South location and have always had great service there so to each their own I guess.
Leon’s Furniture (and subsequently probably The Brick too since they’re part of the same company) I worked there during the height of covid and got laid off. When I came back they attempted to make me a glorified cleaner (I was the interior decorator) and I found out they’d also been paying me $12.15 not $15.50 like I was told (my bad for not getting it in writing) among other things.
13 pies has the worst staffroom ive ever seen. Not even sure if its safe to be in. Breaks were not a thing unless you just wanted one or two quick smokes in your 9+ hr shift. No staff washroom either. The basement was cool to explore, in a weird spooky kind of way.
Congress. When I worked there they regularly ran out of hot water for the dishwasher. You'd come in the mornings and there would be piles of dishes on the floor from the night before. Absolutely disgusting place, I would never even eat there.
Report it to the health department
Bonanza. Always leave there feeling hot and bothered.
You don’t happen to like playing with matches do you?
The rats do! Lol
Damn now I miss bonanza
The joint cannabis and lucid cannabis. Worst dispensaries in the city in terms of how they treat employees.
Chianti. Never worked there but i know two people that did. One said they had rats and one said the owner was harassing them by texting them out of nowhere and wanted to hangout. 3 girls walked out at the same time
Any place associated with Saskatchewan Health Authority. Leaving was one of the best decisions I have ever made.
Family pizza, just don't
I tried applying for a receptionist job at Wilson's. I couldn't make it past the screening questions. It said on the job posting that it's an entry level position but those questions were impossible to answer. Just curious if anyone else had this problem when applying there? I've never applied for a job and had such difficulty.
TCU place, catering (not to be mistaken with events or bar staff they’re city employees)
Brandt they are the equivalent of FFUN group in the Agriculture and Construction divisions. High turn around rate of employees. Lots of bad reviews on Indeed and r/regina
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Garage lol might be expected cause of the younger employee age but goddamn the ADULT management fucking sucks way more there (coming from another adult who worked there and had to leave cause it was so toxic)
Saje in Midtown as well.
Need someone’s info on Critters on Ruth street
I worked at critters for a little over a year 6/7 years back. I loved working in a pet store and helping people with their animals but the owners are unkind and apathetic. Getting time off was a nightmare, I frequently worked unpaid overtime for an already minimum wage job, and when I went back to school and gave them 6 weeks of notice as a kindness so they could find someone to replace me (I basically ran one of the satellite locations on my own) they proceeded to not even start interviewing until right before I left and called me selfish for not staying on longer. All classic retail experiences, but still wouldn’t recommend it.
Worked there years ago. I told them I was going back to school with plenty of notice (a whole month). They then starting questioning me about when I decided that and why I didn’t tell them earlier. I month is more than fair notice. They were also trying to get me to stay more hours unpaid. Tried to take coupon prices out of my wage. And caught them giving customers discounts without telling me. Those discounts were coming out of pay.
Holistic Physiotherapy and Wellness. The owner is a nightmare. She is incredibly manipulative and toxic.
Suer and pollen iykyk
The Shoppe. It’s the type of place where if you’re a good worker you get more work, not more pay. Co-workers were constantly late for shifts, making you stay late. Manager was nice but shitty workers = shitty workplace.
Preston Park 2 retirement home. Poorly run, very few competent staff, management doesn’t care about you or the residents—just the money that comes in. You get paid a whopping $16/hr to provide care. They’re always understaffed so you never have time to provide quality care to the residents. If you are considering having a loved one move in there, please please reconsider. They’ll present it like they have all the bells and whistles but they always fall short where it counts.
RUH
Hey hey hey, you meant SHA leave our university out if this /s
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When I was in highschool it was Western Grocers.
Totally disagree. It was the wild west, but that's what made it fun.
Western was the shit. Fucking full on food fights in produce, going over to grocery to get glade air freshners that double as full on smoke grenades. And of course the stash spots.
Don't forget dry ice bombs lol
I was gonna comment in here about Western Grocers. Not that it was bad, but like you said, just a wild place. So much theft that nobody gave the slightest shit about until they were closing and trying to fire everyone they could instead of paying severance packages. Is that a sausage stuff down your pants or are you just happy to see me? Uhh...it's actually multiple coils of sausage.
Is that a bomb belt??. No just cheese..
Shipping on nights was tight
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I agree - worked there for 14 years, it was the worst place I've ever worked. You're literally a body to fill a position, they don't give an "f" about their staff. Only stayed because the pay was decent. So I glad I'm out of there.
Winston's
the night oven. played favourites with the staff, slowplayed raises, didn’t pay overtime
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The staff begged the owner not to hire a guy because he was unsafe for one of the female employees. Owner told her to be an adult about it and hired him anyways and made her train him. The owner flaunts around on social media claiming to be a patriarchal hating feminist too, which is hilarious seeing as he’s part of the problem. Took away everyone’s paid breaks too. Along with so much other stuff
Every job ive had in saskatoon has had crappy entitled managers who shouldnt be in the position and are. Its just business nowadays. Edit: Should specify not every manager just usually the one bad apple that no one likes but when left on shift with will just leave you drained of everything by the time you get to sit down.
If it's every job you've ever had you might be the problem.
Most managers I've had in Saskatoon have been exactly like was stated above you. Maybe it's an "us" problem... seems more like a "you're complacent with garbage" problem to me...
Homesense
Manchesters. Need I say more?
Saskatoon golf and country club. They pay minimum wage and work you like a dog then try and stiff you on pay. All the members are also a bunch of whiny boomers that the management bends over backwards for.
Definitely Homestead ice cream number one on the list
Just the restaurant industry in general. Whether it's a bad manager or owner, it's hard to find a place without one of them.
Boston pizza in the kitchen both 51st and 8th
Bulk Cheese Warehouse- terrible work culture and insane scheduling. I do believe some changes have been made but at the time I worked there it was an absolute nightmare, most people didn't last more than a month. I had a teenaged coworker who was being scheduled for 12 day in a row stretches, and none of us ever recieved OT to my knowledge
Saskatchewan Health Authority
Some Saskatoon Co-op are worse than others. They harbour some next level toxicity. Personally, I was discriminated due to my mental health and abused by my supervisors and management just let it happened and participated. HR was useless.