LCBO Employer Reviews

Christmas time was a great experience, all the customers were in wonderful and giving mood. Most bought our lcbo products and donated to charities like Salvation Army Vol. or our charity money boxes. The manager was a great leader who ensured we all felt comfortable and had an open door policy. The co-workers were welcoming and informative. The hardest – more... part of the job was learning where the different sections of the store were.,eg.wines, beer, imported.,local, liquors,etc .,so I could be efficient in answering customers questions as well as stocking shelves which emptied quickly throughout the Xmas holidays. Extreme lineups had to be dealt with in a very quick and efficient,yet friendly and detail oriented fashion. I enjoyed the many different types of people I got to meet and greet throughout my shifts. – less

-cashier, assist customers, stock product

-management are friendly, co-workers are helpful

-what I enjoyed most was meeting new people and working with friendly staff

-most difficult, unhappy customers, when asked for ID

It is an extremely fast paced retail environment. Goals are achievable but at extreme limit of efforts. Pays well and is relatively secure. Advancement is not easy. Long long time frame to achieve full time employment. Unionized environment and government operated. Staff performance is mixed at best.

Very public position with high onus on social awareness. Sporadic schedule with minimal opportunities for long-term career growth.

A great job opportunity for those students out there! Easy to manage a positive work/life balance and maintain school.

Working at the LCBO, you generally have the same clientele (especially on Friday nights). I've been working as a seasonal employee for the past three years at Christmas so it was extremely busy.

The LCBO is a great work experience that you can have. They are friendly towards each other and the customers that come in. They are always there to help customers when they need it.

If you like a job which keeps you busy and challenges your abilities at customer service and retail environments, the holiday season at the LCBO is exemplary.

absolutely loved working here wish it wasn't seasonal would of loved to be there longer

Greeted customers, ran items through till, took payments.

great job to have as long as you and the manager get along. employees are amazing... some customers were rude and some where very nice and knew exactly what they came in for.

Friendly, fun place to work serving regular customers as well as new ones. Fast paced, high energy time during the Christmas holidays. Excellent reception from staff as a new comer. I seriously enjoyed my time there.

Yes, you make a half decent wage but you work your butt off for it. I work at a small store and you do a bit of everything. 3 times a week we spend hours unloading trucks and putting away stock. If you think that continuously lifting 50-60 pound cases of booze is easy you are not over 50 like I am. Liquor stores, at least all of the ones that I have – more... been at, are always busy so if you are on cash you never stop. Most people are nice, some are just rude but no more so than any other retail job. Having to tell people you can't serve them because they are intoxicated is difficult because their reactions vary. Some people are okay with it, most aren't. Most of my co-workers have always been okay. You have to work at the LCBO a minimum of five years before you qualify for any benefits and then you have to requalify every year, unless you are full time. It takes between 12 to 15 years to make full time.

All my managers, so far, have been great so I've been lucky. Not a bad part-time job at all. – less

Great employees and management. we made it our goal to make sure all costumers were satisfied

The LCBO is a great company to work for because it has a great management team that works with their employees for a great work/life balance.

My typical day working for the LCBO was working behind the customer service desk handling large orders and helping customers. It also involved booking classes that the LCBO provided while multi tasking with the – more... phone and customer requests.

This job was fun because I was given many tasks to do so I was kept quite busy which made the day pass fast. The most enjoyable part of working at the LCBO was meeting and working alongside some fantastic individuals.

A downside to working for the LCBO is that it is hard to move from being a casual employee to a full time employee and can take many years for that progression to occur. – less

Good place to work. Taught me valuable skills. Allowed me to work close to home. Only problem was lack of advancement, I am looking for more stable full time employment.

Fantastic co-workers and management. Not your typical call center environment. Very relaxing atmosphere and the pay is better than average.

- typical day at work would be help customer with there selection of liquor or beer.
- stocking shelves
- processing customers purchases and answering any questions they may have in regards to the product

Staff was easy to get along with, felt valued as an employee.

Working with the LCBO was a great learning experience. And it helped me make a lot of decisions about the places I wanted to work later on in my life.