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Competitive
Aeration Specialist (Former Employee), Scarborough, ON – May 8, 2013
Pros: great way to get fit, can be great when making sales and chance for bonuses
Cons: can be really slow days.
Competitive environment, no slow down, and choose the days you work.
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Fun but hard at the same time
CORE AERATION (Former Employee), North York, ON – April 7, 2013
Pros: the launches are available anytime
Cons: long hours
In this Job I learn how to do Aeration in the yard and I also experience to communicate to other so I can get a new customer ( SALES TALK)
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Amazing team for some really competitive work
Independent Contractor (Current Employee), North York, ON – March 20, 2013
Pros: choice of work days (number and dates), opportunity for good pay
Cons: long days, can be frustrating to those who do not sell
Though many will say that Canadian Property Stars is a horrible company, it is simply because said people are unwilling to persevere. As a sales job, the work is commission-based, so you may walk home with very little, or a good deal of money. You start your days early and end late, but the flexibility that the job offers in terms of number of work – more... days is outstanding. If one can merely persevere, I believe that anyone could fall in love with CPS. – less
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Salesman / Lawn Aerator (Former Employee), London, ON – January 30, 2013
Pros: if you sell allot then you make allot.
Cons: going home without money.
Overall Canadian property stars isn't a good company. Its pay is based on the amount of sales and not hourly. They run you 12 to 14 hours a day and some days you can go home without making any money. The managers are nice but the job itself wasn't good at all.
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Stress that pays off
Landscape Contractor (Former Employee), Hamilton, ON – January 24, 2013
Pros: work out opportunity
Cons: long hours
A typical day at work is strenuous working from 8am to about 9pm. Its a whole day of being not only a contractor but also a sales person. To be a good sales person you know that the more doors you knock on the higher your chances of getting another sale. Hence my typical day is running around a mapped neighbourhood looking for customers or rendering – more... services to pre-booked customers. – less
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The company frequently promotes itself through fake user reviews like most of the ones you see here
Former Manager (Former Employee), Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver – December 24, 2012
Pros: none.
Cons: labour for under min. wage, being the the 10th person to knock doors in the same neighborhood, mental abuse
Canadian Property Stars is one of Canada's biggest shames. This company used to be called Spring Masters Canada but because of its poor reputation, numerous lawsuits, and faltering image they complete re-branded to buy some time.

They play on your emotions and that's how they are able to keep managers around as their cattle herders.

Look into them, – more... they have a long track record of scamming customers, abusing employees and withholding pay.

It's companies like these who are in the pursuit of large profits off the backs of near slave labour that hurt the progress of our economy. – less
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Logan1 – March 20, 2013

Unfortunately, there are some who do not have a positive experience with CPS. I personally worked there for a summer and have decided to return because I am getting well above minimum wage. The days are long and hard, but they pay off. As to withholding pay, they pay you at the end of each day, and never have I heard a single complaint about withholding; therefore, I would not listen to the claims in this review. Finally, the company's name change from Spring Master's Canada was not due to poor reputation, but instead due to the fact that CPS expanded its industry. Why be Spring Master's when you work in summer, fall and winter too?

Nickito – March 24, 2013

Canadian property stars is a giant scam and there is no point in working for them. If you are even considering it youmight as well go rent a airator for 25 a day charge 50 an airation and go walk around in the areas canadian property stars does and you will make far more then you for canadian scamery stars

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core aeration specialist (Former Employee), Mississauga – December 1, 2012
Pros: experience
Cons: poor working conditions, low salary, customer rejections
I worked for Canadian Property Stars for nearly a month. The job's description was to go around a certain residential area for 10 hours straight and make as many aeration sales as you can, the major problem was that majority of the customers said no, and if you make no sales you get no pay. I was one type of person who did what I could but made no progress – more... since the customers were not in need of my service, and my managers called me weak and laughed at me for making low salary. I got along well with my fellow co-workers who supported me no matter how much money I made at work, despite my amazing experience and confidence. I learned to look for job that state the wage of salary next time I apply, unlike some jobs have their own systems and working conditions. – less
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Amazing workplace environment
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR (Former Employee), Edmonton, AB – November 30, 2012
Pros: very good money and you felt good about what you were doing.
Cons: the whole day is dedicated to work.
Canadian Property Stars provided shuttles to and from work at specific locations. From there you learned sales strategy and became comfortable talking to various types of people. The management was helpful and always there if you had a question. The hardest part of the job was long hours however, it was easy to go to work to such a great learning environment.
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Very fast-paced job
Night Shift Deliveryman (Former Employee), Ottawa, ON – November 27, 2012
Pros: the job makes you learn so much about how far you can push yourself!
Cons: long hours, so make sure to pack food and drink, and dress for the weather.
This is a job where being physically active is an extremely helpful bonus! This job requires you to be on the move at all times, for about 10 hours on the day.
The pay is good if you work hard for it, and a lot of people have benefited from this experience. The hardest part of the job is you. You are essentially selling yourself, so speaking to clients – more... must be routine work. You are aerating their property, so it's essentially a game of trust -- whether they want to allow a stranger putting holes on their lawn or not.
Training is easy, and handling the aerating machine is not all that hard. The bosses are exceptionally nice and helpful; the whole business revolves around friendliness and good work ethic. – less
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You determine your own fate at this workplace
Driveway Sealer (Former Employee), Scarborough, ON – November 23, 2012
Pros: commission based pay - can make as much as $600 a day
Cons: 40 degree weather, 14 hour shifts and no bathrooms
- Employee picks which days they want to work
- Learn how to operate heavy machinery and sales
- Management was great and always there for support
- coworkers.... Were fun!
- Hard stuff: 40 degree weather, 14 hour shifts and no bathrooms
- Fun Stuff: Meeting customers and challenging yourself. COMMISSION based pay motivates any employee. Cash bonuses – more... for good work – less
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An energetic atmosphere with co-workers who push you to achieve the greatest.
Sales Representative and Event Coordinator (Former Employee), Ottawa, ON – September 28, 2012
Pros: day to day sales allow the opportunity of meeting people of all walks of life
Cons: long hours:12 hours
A typical day entails the constant opportunity of bettering yourself with what you had achieve as a goal the day before. From this, I learnt that that setting goals and having the right mind set are essential to achieving goals.
The management staff is very involved. The beauty about it is that every manager was once a worker; hence the delegating of – more... tasks was seen by us more as an opportunity rather than a duty.
My co-workers were fantastic. We competed on a daily basis for bonuses and that level of competition molded and pushed the best out of us.
The hardest part of my job was the daily 10 hours worth of constant walking and running in the sun.
However, the more doors and potential customers I spoke to the more I appreciated the opportunity of meeting people. – less
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Not hardest, WORST job ever..
Head Contractor, Sales (Current Employee), London, ON – September 11, 2012
Pros: anytime breaks
Cons: everything
This job is horrible, the pay does not ad up, before they take away cuts so it really doesn't add up.
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Well rewarding
Customer Service Representative (Former Employee), Barrie, ON – September 1, 2012
the job was hard and i enjoyed it the harder i worked the more money i made because it was commission sales. this gave me even more motivation then usual to work as hard as i can.
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Hard work but exciting, commission based.
Lawn Aeration (Former Employee), London, ON – July 5, 2012
Pros: good staff, great pay
Cons: long hours, very exhausting
A typical day at work would include getting picked up and dropped off to a certain location of the city (in my case north London), and carrying a lawn aerating machine down the road until we found someone who needed their lawn aerated. I learned the benefits of aerating a lawn, and how to properly do it in a timely fashion. My manager was very helpful – more... and kind. My coworkers were also very kind, but it seemed at some points that they weren't as motivated to complete the job in a timely fashion as I was. The hardest part of the job was when there were hot days or slow sales. Since the job was based on commission, completing more houses resulted in better rewards. The most enjoyable part of the job was at the end of the day, when we were paid in cash based on the number of houses we completed. – less
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Landscaping company that makes door to door sales
Independant Contractor (Current Employee), Toronto, ON – May 14, 2012
Pros: potentially make up to $500 a day, long hours so money remains in your savings
Cons: long hours, strictly commission, hard labour, no break
You arrive to work at 10-no later. You get a quick lecture on overcoming turn downs and you practise your potential customer approach. You are then assigned a machine. You are dropped off at a neighbourhood with a route map. You are given around 5 streets to complete by the end of the day. You go door to door convincing people why getting their lawns – more... aerated is a necessity.The motto is to never take no for an answer. Once a sale is made you aerate the lawn and collect the money..Recording the owners information for future reference. At 830 you meet for pickup and get taken back to where you first were in the morning. Give all the money you make and get a percentage of it – less
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Hard work and below minimum wage for the hours you work.
Independent contractor (Former Employee), Toronto, ON – May 1, 2012
Pros: there are none
Cons: long hours
It is a company which uses the advantage of having kids out on the job for 10-12 hours on day and do not pay them with a base salary. The company takes money from all the hard work you do. For example they take $10 for the use of their machine and gas which is like another 10% off your daily wage.
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Interesting Way of Working
Core Aeration (Former Employee), Mississauga, ON – April 20, 2012
Pros: good work ethic
Cons: long hours
Working there was ok, but the day i worked it was for 12 hours straight which was tiring and with my ankle and back problems it wasn't ideal for me to work there.
the pay is commission so it all depended on how much i made that day. by the end of my shift i had only made $58 which can barely even cover my phone bill.
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