Brink's Canada Employee Reviews

If you like the clinking and clanking of a armoured vehicle, this job is for you. If you like getting asked stupid questions daily like “any free samples?” this job is for you. Decent equipment and decent company to work for. Mostly minimum wages for guarding money. Can be dangerous but great experience for police wannabes. Management is ok.

Pros

Good equipment

Cons

Low pay, bad hours, not allot of advancement

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Toxic coworkers and brutal union environment

Armed Guard & Driver (Former Employee) - Ontario - 27 June 2023

Everyone starts on a PT contract with variable hours. At times you are working overtime and other times barely 1 or 2 shifts a week. Coworkers that are FT treat PT employees like trash. Vehicles are barley operating with various safety concerns. Lack of pay for the risk of carrying a firearm with large amounts of cash. You can make more at a fast food restaurant with zero risk. Avoid if possible!

Pros

Experience for other law enforcement jobs

Cons

Long hours, coworkers, managers, vehicles, safety

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Good place to work

Armed Guard (Former Employee) - London - 6 March 2023

Worked here for alot of years. Bounced between full and part time depending on the branches needs. I loved alot of the people I worked with...others, not so much...like any job like this, you get people that try to act like cops, or someone of authority. Super embarrassing, but a great partner always makes an amazing shift. Management was great, always worked with my schedule, got called for OT during the busy times etc. We shot twice a year to keep our skills up which is agreat. Like any job, it would always pay more but I really liked the job. Moved on because I needed full time, dependable hours.

Pros

The people and morale

Cons

When it's slow...its SLOW. May only get a couple shifts

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Good experience not enough pay

Payroll Specialist (Former Employee) - Mississauga, ON - 21 November 2022

good experience but pay was low, a lot of turn over and not enough training which resulted in learning the role on my own.

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No future here

Armed Guard/Driver (Current Employee) - Toronto, ON - 17 May 2022

Senior workers get away with doing minimal work while junior and part time workers have to pick up their slack. Management changes unfortunately resulted in loss of work and a general down spiral of the company's future

Pros

Plenty of overtime available

Cons

Poor management

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Insights into Brink's Canada

Based on 41 survey responses

What people like

Ability to learn new things
Overall satisfaction
Clear sense of purpose

Areas for improvement

Trust in colleagues
Support from manager

Dying industry made worse by incompetent leadership

Armed Guard and Driver (Current Employee) - Northern Ontario - 12 May 2022

I have never seen a more disorganized company. No opportunity for advancement and employees are treated with disrespect by management. Hours are not stable, and overtime cannot be refused, contrary to what you are told. The companies profits and goals are all that matters, how it’s done and how they treat their employees is of no consequence.

Pros

Carry a firearm

Cons

Unstable hours, incompetent management, toxic work environment

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Great co workers

Armoured truck Guard/Driver (Former Employee) - Lethbridge, AB - 5 May 2022

My co workers were great. But management especially at the higher levels are running the company into the ground. The equipment has gotten better over the years and there is semi annual gun range training. Sometimes long hours if your truck breaks down.

Pros

Do your job and go home. Co-workers. Benefits

Cons

No real option for breaks or lunch breaks.

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Not for everyone

Armoured Guard (Former Employee) - Langley, BC - 4 May 2022

Do not expect to be paid on time.Favouritism.They do not follow seniority rules.Management does not help out employees with any problems.Supervisors bully employees.Break security protocols

Pros

Quitting

Cons

Management

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Dying industry ...

Finance (Former Employee) - Canada - 21 April 2022

There are nice people, but management does not care to the least. Used being an OK company , it was going bad to worse and still going , everyone seems stressed

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Not a Great Place To work

Front Line Worker (Current Employee) - Hamilton, ON - 10 April 2022

The Company had gotten very Toxic. And they are losing contracts every week. The company, is about to under go a big over haul, and a lot of people will be losing their jobs. And the ones that get to stay, are about to get really bad working hours.

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Dying business

Supervisor (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 17 March 2022

Great place if you are in the union. However DO NOT ACCEPT A SUPERVISOR OR MANAGEMENT POSITION.Here is why: you will work 5 to 10 hours of unpaid overtime a week.You have to pay for benefits, unlike the union employees, unused sick days are lost unlike the union employees, ON call 24 7, which will result in mental health issues and failed relationships. Work day never ends, unlike union employees who cannot be forced into overtime, regardless of whether their work is complete or not.Called at all hours in the night. Especially on long weekends.When the company wants to save money, they take it from the management employees. Forced to cover union employees' shifts if coverage is not found. Along with completing your regular work.If a union employee works 2 overtime shifts a month, they will make more then a management employee.

Pros

Stay in the union. Management is afraid of them

Cons

Never accept a supervisor or management position.

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Becoming obsolete

Brinks armored truck (Current Employee) - Etobicoke, ON - 11 March 2022

Not needed in a debit card world. Society is becoming cashless resulting in lack of work and numerous lay offs. I would not recommend as a long term plan

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Garbage

Crew Chief (Current Employee) - Mississauga, ON - 9 March 2022

Worst run company I have ever worked for. Only thing semi decent is the benefits for health, vision, and medication. Out of my 4 supervisors, one is competent and does thier job.

Pros

None

Cons

Everything

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I had lots of fun working there there was lots of serious I enjoyed my job very much

Messenger (Former Employee) - Saskatoon, SK - 9 March 2022

I was so glad to get on with Brinks I enjoyed working with them and meeting customers and they had also a lot of benefits they paid for my pension they paid for my CPP I made a Lotta good people most managers are a very good treated you very well they were a very good company to work for I’d recommend it to anybody

Pros

Once in a while

Cons

yes

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Going under, terrible management

Armed Driver/Guard/Messenger (Current Employee) - Dartmouth, NS - 21 February 2022

Competition pays more . No chance of moving up, company losing all contracts to competition and laying everyone off. Impossible to get full time with benefits . Lazy management who cars not at all about their employees .

Pros

Free training

Cons

Terrible management

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Low pay, no respect, management and employees don’t get along.

Vault Cashier/Messenger/Guard/Driver (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 16 February 2022

No future that industry gets getting smaller. Less cash is being circulated which means less work. ATM machine are also using less service so less work. The future for this type of business will be very small. Most full time positions are replaced by partime.

Pros

Easy job

Cons

No value for employees

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Would not recommend this job

Armed Guard (Current Employee) - Calgary, AB - 13 January 2022

Hard to get hours and sustain a living as you will be working days and nights with only 4 days notice of when you work each week. Union doesn't help you and poor work atmosphere.

Pros

Decent wage

Cons

Dangerous road conditions in winter Poor work atmosphere Union does not help you

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Good job, ridiculous senior management team

Customer Service/Dispatcher (Current Employee) - Mississauga, ON - 11 December 2021

The management team not only micro manage they NANO manage you, and God forbid if you make a mistake. New management twam always want to being their previous teams from previous places rather than entrusting the ones that have been working there.This place is going downhill rather than uphill. If something doesn't change for this particular management team, they will be running everything on their own.Pros: colleagues, the work & flexible hours

Pros

Coworkers

Cons

Management team

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Dying Company

Armed Guard (Former Employee) - 222 York ave - 16 November 2021

I worked nights for over ten years and now I have insomnia. Dying company to work for. It will take you over ten years to get full time then you will be required to work nights for the rest of your life.

Pros

Get to carry a firearm

Cons

Incompetent Management

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Had fun working there

SECURITY GUARD (Former Employee) - Alberta - 7 November 2021

Had fun working with my co-workers. like when they had shooting competition and they had banquet after and gave out shooting awards. And that we were

Pros

Home every night

Cons

No cons I like working at brinks was there for 24 years

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Cash transit is declining rapidly

Driver/Guard (Former Employee) - Quebec City, Qc - 5 September 2021

Cash transit is declining rapidly but the company is creative in finding new markets and goods to transport. Having a good coworker is important. When possible I was the on 4 x10h work week, which was nice.