Horrible company to work for - Anonymous employee Nutrafarms Employee Review

1.0
25 Jan 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good money (if they pay you the proper amount) Typically light work, just deal with the elements.

Cons

Canvassers will go door to door no matter the weather. If it is pouring rain for the whole shift, you MIGHT get off early. Roads and sidewalks not plowed? Sounds like a you problem. Work van does not have winter tires and is often packed with more people than seats/seatbelts. Tablets provided do not work while snowing/raining, often an employee will have to struggle in order to enter leads. If their employee gets you sick & you miss work because of it, they might just fire you. Meat samples have gotten people sick due to thawing and refreezing all the time. Common practice is to lie to customers in order to get as many leads as possible. Also encouraged to go up to doors that specifically say no soliciting/peddling. I worked with the company for a month and never once met anyone who wasn’t a part of the canvassing team, then was fired by someone I had never met.

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1.0
10 Oct 2018
Recommend
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Pros

I suppose this job is perfect for you if you don't like getting paid for your work

Cons

100% commissions No leads are actually provided No costs are covered Terrible management Product is 300% + over market price Antiquated Sales procedures No Transparency

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3.0
9 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Pretty good social competency experience, very noticeable changes even after 4 months - Pretty non-competitive. It is the best location in terms of door-to-door sales performance wise, but they hire basically anyone so it doesn't take long to become a top performer.

Cons

- Terrible pay. 20$ an hour with a promise for a fake commission. Commission follows a defecit system, so if you don't meet an unreasonably high quota from the get-go then you can basically assume you will never make any additional commission, only 1 person was at the time I was working there with a team of 8, and it was essentially pennies. The largest issue is unpaid work. Shifts are 4-8 on weekdays and 10-2 on weekends, but there is 25-45 minute drives to the field prior to it and they demand you arrive far earlier than that to make sure you don't miss it. Considering Ottawa's terrible transit system and my fear of missing a shift, I left home 2 hours before the shift started despite the office being close, coming out to 4 hours of unpaid work for each 4 hours of paid work. The managers also put in great effort to scare you and stress you with bad performances, with multiple after-shift 1 on 1 meetings, but almost never actually punish you.

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