A lot of great memories - Anonymous employee Toronto Zoo Employee Review

4.0
27 Nov 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- It's a lot of fun and you're guaranteed to make amazing friends and memories - It's unionized - In my department, there wasn't a ton of sitting around - it was nice to be up and doing something the whole day - The animals! And some opportunities to go behind-the-scenes

Cons

- Unless you're a full-time keeper, you don't have a ton of control of when you get sent home on slow days (unless you have high seniority) - Depending on your department, it can be gossipy - Some management/supervisors tend to pick favourites

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3.0
9 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Fun place to work, decent union.

Cons

It genuinely costs money to work here. They talk a big game about EDI, with zero actual initiative. Employees are being asked to pay 30$ for background checks by HR, even after years of service, despite the policy previously having simply been filling out a form. Not only this, they slash your hours constantly, so you pay to get no hours. HR is super unprofessional. Discriminatory hiring practices, requiring a driver's license where it is not a core duty, violating OHRC subsections 23(2) and 11(1). Management is unclear about expectations and sets contradictory goals.

5.0
7 May 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Free entry at the zoo

Cons

The pay was not as high as it should have been

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