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3.3

52% would recommend to a friend

(54 total reviews)

Mary Dundas

82% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Professional Warehouse Demonstrations has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 54 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Professional Warehouse Demonstrations employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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54 reviews
1.0
16 July 2014

Illegal and exploitative work environment

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Most of the other employees are good people

Cons

Dangerous work environment with many people getting injured on the job and being told 'not to report it' Not getting paid on time or in full Your banking information for direct deposit will go missing and will take multiple times to anyone to input it into the system - average wait time is approx. two months Long work hours standing on bare floor - water is not permitted at your station and you will get dehydrated as you are required to talk constantly about your product and it is a warm environment. You will be yelled at and kept in a constant state of fear that you will be fired for nothing No training is provided to operate any of cooking machines and people are using the trash compactor and recycling compactor without certification - employees are almost injured daily by passing forklifts Inadequate or non existent tools to properly demo items Food items are never kept at proper serving temperature as there are no items to keep food adequately cold - people often use foil to cover an ice pack and cut items on that instead of using a cutting board because they dont have supplies Disabled people are employed to utilize the Ontario disabilities employment program so they will not question dangerous practices and the company will be monetarily subsided and also not have to insure these workers. They are exploited constantly. This employer has been reported to the Employment standards association many times, You receive no discounts or any other bonuses that a COSTCO employee receives. Costco employees will treat you like a second class citizen (because you are)

1.0
9 Nov 2015

The WORST job I ever had

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some of the customers. The ones who were regulars to Costco would actually come up to you and ask how you were doing, how you were feeling, etc.

Cons

Everything. - Long hours standing and doing nothing. - No water allowed with you at your station, but if you close up your table to get a drink or go to the bathroom, you get in trouble. - You get in trouble if the product you are demoing does not sell well. You're OBVIOUSLY not doing your job. Yeah...has nothing to do with the fact that not many people were interested in buying whatever you were demoing that day..... - The boss CONSTANTLY played favorites and gave the good demos to the ones that kissed her butt the most. Backstabbing gossiping co-workers. The boss literally mocking a woman who was injured on the job behind her back. - Say goodbye to any social life you had, because you basically become their slave. You could be scheduled to have a day off, check the schedule five minutes later and see that you've been added, cancelling whatever plans you had made for your day off. - Also, my boss was a major cow. who was constantly in a bad mood and took her bad mood out on her employees. She actually cursed out one of my co-workers ON THE FLOOR IN FRONT OF CUSTOMERS, over something minor that my co-worker didn't even do!

2.0
29 June 2015

A very stressful place to work

Anonymous employee
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Pros

-Can move up very fast to a branch manager if you have proven your self -Great flexibility for students -nice variety of shifts

Cons

- low pay compared to Costco " we work inside Costco " , I started from min wage 10.25 and when I got the assistant manager job I used to get paid 11.25, when I got the manager job offer I was harassed by my superior so I had to leave before accepting it. - no benefits, they give you 38 hours per week as an assistant manager in order not to pay you insurance and benefit , but then again you work above 40 hours per week and most of the hours are unpaid - Senior management and head office don't know what's going on on Costco's floor in the 74 warehouses across Canada ,since they are isolated in a small office in Mississauga. - systems are always outdated , which makes the work process slower ,most of the time we have a work backlog as an assistant managers or managers, we had to carry work home or work 2 to 3 extra hours unpaid. -PWD is a second party that works for Costco , most of the time Costco don't fully cooperate with us I'm glad that I quit, it was the worst 2 years in my life

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