The Beer Store Reviews

3.3

41% would recommend to a friend

(484 total reviews)
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Roy Benin

24% approve of CEO

25% positive business outlook

The Beer Store has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 484 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The The Beer Store employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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484 reviews
3.0
9 Apr 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Decent hours, typically easy going. A great job if working under the right people. I've worked for great managers/ft and horrible ones and it makes the world of a difference. If everyone is working hard the days are great.

Cons

Part time expectations are incredibly high while full timers do half the job for twice the pay. Hardly any room for growth. Constantly understaffed. The higher you are on the totem pole the less work they seem to do. It's extremely unfair.

3.0
20 Nov 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flexible hours Most coworkers are great and friendly Safe work environment Stable hours. Can plan the rest of your day around work.

Cons

As a previous review mentioned, once minimum wage goes to $15 an hour in January 2022 there will be no raises until you work for 5 years, and even then a max of $16 an hour. You are better off pouring coffee in a drive thru for minimum wage and not having to sort through peoples literal garbage for the same wage. Union is more worried about fighting mandatory vaccination for employees and testing for the unvaccinated than securing a better wage for staff. Ashamed my union dues go towards fighting vaccination. It is true the full time workers make almost double the part timers but most will avoid doing customer facing work at all costs and leave part timers to fend for themselves. Probably was a decent job 10+ years ago but at this point in time would never be able to recommend working here. Even for the recent referral bonus did not have the heart to recommend this job to anyone in my network looking for work. Unless you enjoy dealing with rude/drunk/belligerent customers. Sorting through trash and smelly/unsanitary empties for as little as legally possible to pay you, don’t bother applying here.

4.0
10 Nov 2021

New contract is awful

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

This used to be a great place to work while you were a student because you'd hit the top wage rate as a part timer right in time for graduation.

Cons

The new contract caps part time wages at $16/hour, after 5 years of employment. Minimum wage will be going up to $15/hour in January. That means that you get the opportunity to sort trash and literally get spit on by angry customers for 5 years before you can make a dollar above minimum. Meanwhile a full timer will take their sweet time in the back, away from all the customers, leaving you up front to fend for yourself while they make $29/hour.

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