Canada Cartage Employee Reviews

Everyone from training and management to dispatch and drivers are very informative, patient and approachable! They teach you all you need to know before getting you out on your own!

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Official response from Canada Cartage

22 February 2022

Thank you for sharing your experience! We are so glad that you enjoy working here and driving for Canada Cartage. Can't wait to help you grow your career.

Missing pay

Truck Driver - Class 1 (Former Employee) - Coquitlam, BC - 28 November 2023

Pays very low and most of the time they miss your trips you have to keep track and match every trip backnforth with your trip sheets very poor management

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Jobs at Canada Cartage

Class 1 Company Delivery Driver

Average job

Log Truck Driver (Former Employee) - Cochrane, AB - 27 November 2023

Great place to work if you don’t care about your job! Super average. Mundane. Boring. Not allowed to wash your truck. Trucks are the furthest thing from properly maintained

Pros

None lol

Cons

Micromanagement, unprofessional management, unappreciated at the best of times, pay is garbage for the position

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Good working place, great team

Dispatcher (Former Employee) - Edmonton, AB - 3 November 2023

Great team, good working place, lots to learn, team is helpful, good management, working in shifts-who is able to is a great asset, pay could be better

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Toxic work environment, Best Lip service in the industry.

Truck Driver AZ (Current Employee) - Oshawa, ON - 1 November 2023

Canada Cartage is a fasad, looks good from the outside but has no substance when you take a look. They don't follow their own values and their main concern is profits. This is obviously the most important fact of most work places. They stop caring about their employees at the service level and only take care of those in management. Management get bonuses for reducing costs at any expense to a driver. They don't accurately pay their drivers and try to make their lives as difficult as possible from day to day. Your expected to work your full 70 hours every week, they are not concerned about sending drivers down the road when they are ill or fatigued. Managements theory is once the driver leaves the terminal its the drivers problem. They use threats of discipline or termination or simply tell you to go home with no pay if you refuse to take a load. Its called Forced Dispatch.

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Insights into Canada Cartage

Based on 191 survey responses

What people like

Ability to learn new things
Ability to meet personal goals
Clear sense of purpose

Areas for improvement

Sense of belonging
Fair pay for job
Trust in colleagues

Lots of opportunities to try different things

Truck Driver - Class 1 (Former Employee) - Port Coquitlam, BC - 31 October 2023

There for 4 years. Good thing was that I was able to move around to different accounts and learn new skills. Some of the account managers were good mine was the reason I left.

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Productive and happy environment to work to

Operations Manager (Current Employee) - 1488 Coast Meridian , Port Coquitlam . - 13 October 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Very friendly and helpful people to work with .Pays on time .Also they go above and beyond to educate you about their business and would like to keep you as long as they can . What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Manage the union and drivers. What is the work environment and culture like at the company?very good and the culture is excellent What is a typical day like for you at the company?Normal like the rest , depends which account you are working for .

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Good company and managers good to teach and guide how to work get done in effective manner

Disaptcher (Current Employee) - Regina, SK - 11 October 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Good overall work environment What is the most stressful part about working at the company?No stress at work place. Managers won’t interfere in your work unless it’s not getting done. What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Very much Employee focus environment What is a typical day like for you at the company?Day is busy but not stressful

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Official response from Canada Cartage

12 October 2023

Thank you for sharing your experience! We are so glad that you enjoy working here at Canada Cartage. Can't wait to help you grow your career

Worse company I worked for. Never again

City local (Former Employee) - Edmonton - 3 October 2023

If you enjoy hand bombing a full 53’ that’s stacked over 6ft tall and product falling on your head then this is the perfect job for you. Also if you miss a phone call from dispatch, or supervisor n you don’t call back within in 30 minutes expect a day off for the following day. Also they expect you to work every long weekend.

Cons

They don’t care if you go over your driving hours. Illegal

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Very Good for a new driver wanting to learn

Driver (Former Employee) - Mississauga, ON - 2 October 2023

Great company if you are fresh out of school and no knowledge in the trucking industry. No one expects you to be perfect but they don't care about you or your license .

Pros

Many Contracts with many options

Cons

Managements inexperience in rolls they of driver's experiences on the job.

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Team environment, communication

Truck Driver - Class 1 (Current Employee) - Regina, SK - 29 September 2023

Good team environment and communication. Equipment is mostly new and well maintained, some older equipment still waiting to be replaced due to COVID delays at factory.

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Driver (Former Employee) - Guelph, ON - 28 September 2023

Good easy job but the pay package sucks no money to be made…… pre loaded trailers 1 to 2 stops to major big box storage companies or freshco deliveries ltl

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Worst trucking company out there.

CLASS 1 DRIVER (Former Employee) - Calgary, AB - 27 September 2023

Liars with no logistic management. JUNK equipment. You will go broke if you stay there. Their rates are ridiculous. They have a team full of inexperienced staff that will treat you like garbage. If you are white, forget about getting loads. They will prioritize their “own” and you will be begging for loads like an idiot. If you are a professional driver that takes proud in your work, just don’t waste your time and energy with them.

Pros

None

Cons

Everything

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Used to be good but going downhill fast

Dispatch Supervisor (Current Employee) - Ontario - 27 September 2023

Pay is low. Wage freeze for the entire year, managed poorly, used to be a great place to work (minus the pay) lots of little perks and team which have all been cut off. Morale is low.

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Productive and safe!!

Truck Driver (Current Employee) - Regina, SK - 27 September 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Everything wat i working!! Good office stuff with good communication with drivers!!What is the most stressful part about working at the company?I pull LCV and to drive in the city with 2trailer and sometimes drive out from the Kbro yard it’s hard because some cars parked badly!!What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Very very good environment and culture!!What is a typical day like for you at the company?Every day special morning and afternoon i like!!

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Sociopathic management

Forklift Operator (Former Employee) - Edmonton, AB - 20 September 2023

Want to work here? Unless you like working under lying cold blooded snakes that punish people for prioritizing their family's well being, don't bother.

Pros

Decent pay

Cons

Dishonest, inhuman management

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Very good

Truck Driver (Former Employee) - Bolton, ON - 18 September 2023

Good place if working on the Canadian Tire Account. Everything is paid and on time. Dispatch and management friendly. They are good to you if your willing to put in the work

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Productive and fun place to work

Truck Driver (Former Employee) - Ottawa, ON - 8 September 2023

Lots of hustle and very independent. Very helpful colleagues but limited support from the back office. You will have to rely on your own once on the road.

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Productive and fun

Dispatch Supervisor (Current Employee) - Brampton, ON - 6 September 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?They recognize people with talent and reward them accordingly. What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Allot of people in command but don’t make decisions What is the work environment and culture like at the company?It’s good work atmosphere and good peopleWhat is a typical day like for you at the company?Work. Reports and find solutions to customers needs

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I love it it was a great part time job 2-3 days a week it ended up being only 1 day a week so I left

Expedite Van Driver (Former Employee) - Guelph, ON - 18 August 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?It was not stressful I was left to my own devices My start times were my own The equipment was good The manager was greatWhat is the most stressful part about working at the company?Long hours I was often working 18 hour days i some times drove 1200 miles plus What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Great dispatchers we’re good typical liars but workable. What is a typical day like for you at the company?Start at 3 am go to the border. Make a couple of drops in Michigan or Ohio Find a Walmart to sit at and wait to hear about my pick ups By 6-7 I’d be back at the Sarnia border waiting for my paperwork then by ten or so I’d be home Nineteen hours 800 miles typical

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One of the best employer in Canada

Driver (Former Employee) - Mississauga, ON - 16 August 2023

Best trucking company in canada, good pay and benefits. Excellent equipment everyone gets along well. Amazing dispatch, home every night, monthly driver rewards

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