Dare Foods Limited Employee Reviews

A typical day would be busy or less busy depending on the work but work is easy. Requires standing for a long time. Hard to get shifts because of partiality of the production manager. Gives more shifts to gujrati doesn't matter if they joined later or earlier. They get the shifts even if you joined earlier. Can be very toxic environment because of this and hard to grow because less opportunities for you. And the pay is also less for production workers 16/hr

Pros

Easy work, no heavy lifting

Cons

Partiality

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Work culture

Manufacturing Technician (Current Employee) - Cambridge, ON - 27 June 2023

Work culture is leg pulling and supervisors are not supportive. Good pay. Good overtime. Not good for long term. No growth opportunities. Good for freshers.

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Insights into Dare Foods Limited

Based on 49 survey responses

What people like

Time and location flexibility
Fair pay for job
Ability to meet personal goals

Areas for improvement

Sense of belonging
General feeling of work happiness
Support from manager

Lots of potential...

Sales Representative (Former Employee) - Calgary, AB - 24 June 2023

Little to no support. No job stability. However, there is a lot of freedom to do what you need to do, and you are fully in control of your route plan. But, very little opportunity to move up in the company.

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Many years working there. I regret every second.

Machine Operator/Labourer (Former Employee) - Milton, ON - 9 June 2023

I work for Dare at the Milton for a long time and since leaving there and finding a better job. I can look back on what a dreadful place this was to work at. Where to begin.Typical work day. Normally frustrating. Fixing old broken equipment that maintenance should have fixed already.Lots! But the most important takeaways I learned. Was there are better places to work, and I don't buy their products anymore.Dealing with a supervisor who changes the schedule 3 times in a shift because it's a unorganized mess with no accountably so no action is ever taken. Head office and HR are profoundly unprofessional when dealing with them, on basic or important issues. I saw one good plant manager, and ended up leaving. Workplace culture was toxic when I was there. There are some very miserable people who find enjoyment sharing there misery out to new employees, and or everyone around them depending on the day.Hardest part of the job was the constant drama between people on the floor with each other. Which managers wouldn't address or sometime encourage. Which resulted normally with a plethora of negative consequences. The most enjoyable part of my job was when everything worked relatively well, with minor breaks. The schedule wasn't changed numerous times. Certain people called in sick or booked time off so nothing was an issue between anyone on the floor. It paid the bills for a long time. However I wouldn't recommend working here.

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Great pay great people

Warehouse Worker (Former Employee) - Calgary, AB - 2 June 2023

Good place great pay,culture great just poor company decisions . Awesome people to work with I would recommend this place to anyone who likes fast paced work

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Great place to work.

Senior Buyer (Former Employee) - Cambridge, ON - 27 May 2023

Company has a very healthy culture. Overall environment, salary, benefits, company products and management make everyone feel proud about working there.

Pros

Employee discounts

Cons

Some old school managers

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Bon parcours

Nettoyeur monteur de machines (Current Employee) - Saint-Lambert, QC - 24 May 2023

J'ai passé une très belle expérience. Surtout avec les collègues de travaille

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Good

Supply Chain Planner (Co-packing) (Current Employee) - Cambridge, ON - 18 May 2023

Good place to work as you will have great work life balance here , good management and great work culture followed. Job security is also good, most poeople stay back

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Favouritism for management selected employees.

Packaging Operator (Current Employee) - Cambridge, ON - 23 February 2023

Management is inexperienced from plant manager ( Who was a rental property cleaner)to the supervisor level.Money is a good factor to work there.Lots of new immigrants hiring and no opportunity for long term employment.

Pros

Hourly rate is competitive.

Cons

Unexpected layoffs are often.

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Productive and flexible

Processing Technician (Current Employee) - Cambridge, ON - 11 February 2023

Supportive management and associates. Comfortable work environment.Give more importance to safety and health of the employees. Far advanced in technology and manufacturing equipments used. Neet and clean work area. Nut free facility.

Pros

Good pay

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Distribution Supervisor

Opérateur de Production

Sainte-Martine, QC

30+ days ago

Stressful and toxic work environment

PACKAGING OPERATOR (Former Employee) - Milton, ON - 27 January 2023

if youre applying for packaging machine operator,machines are very old like 20y/o and not well maintained.Maintenance people will not prioritize packaging line so better help yourself.Worst,supervisor will write you off if you dont produce good number despite machines are bad conditions.If youre not good at trouble shooting,better look for another company. No HR on site.

Pros

High salary

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Excellent place to work, very friendly environment

Warehouse Associate/Forklift Operator (Current Employee) - Cambridge, ON - 15 January 2023

I started off here as a temp worker and earned a full time position after completing my required hours (520). Getting hired on full-time has many benefits including salary and job security, as Dare is unionized through UFCW. I currently work as a reach truck operator in the Cambridge warehouse on night shift, and I love the people I work with. Dare has a very friendly work force, and if you're ever stuck in a bind, need help, or finding yourself getting stressed out, you can basically reach out to anyone on the floor or in HR. Dare is bus accessible for all shifts (excluding weekends/holidays, but nearest bus stop is a 5 minute walk away) Regular bus route stops right outside on weekdays. Being included in the Union also has it's perks with Benefits, Pension and regular pay increases throughout the year and also a safety boot/shoe allowance once per year. If you need some extra time off, you also have whats called "Floater Days" where you will be paid for your shift. During busy periods, you also have the option of working unlimited overtime per week.

Pros

Weekly pay, FREE Unlimited baked goods, Long breaks, Great atmosphere, Most people work M-F, no weekends

Cons

Not bus accessible on weekeends if you choose to work

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no appreciation of hard/smart work

Process Technician (Current Employee) - Cambridge, ON - 11 December 2022

Worst management decisionsDoes not support wellbeing of employmentNo shift premiumsBenefits are employee paid and not of much useNo appreciation at job at all

Pros

Cons

5 days work for few and 4 days for rest ..

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C’est correct, mais aussi c’est une responsabilité partagée

Électrotechnicien (Former Employee) - Saint-Lambert, QC - 1 November 2022

C’est une compagnie, ou tu peut apprendre, y’a beaucoup de choses à apprendre, et faire un bon background.Dans le service de maintenance, c’est un bon esprit d’équipe.

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Good company

Supply Chain Support Co-op (Former Employee) - Cambridge, ON - 30 October 2022

I was only there on contract but my experiences were good. Great management, very professional, and helped me with resources as needed. There was a real sense of TEAM here and I loved the company culture. The Cambridge building and manufacturing facility is amazing. I would love to entertain the idea of coming back one day.

Pros

Free food

Cons

Not the company's fault but supply chain brings serious constraints to manufacturing

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Pas très bonne

Journalier (Former Employee) - Saint-Lambert, QC - 22 July 2022

Avec la fermeture depuis que l on a su pas une très belle ambiance sa fait plusieurs fois qui la remettre la date

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Great place to work

IT Manager (Former Employee) - Cambridge, ON - 11 May 2022

amazing culture and great peopleeveryone there is supportive and positive office is quite nice, free parking, very large break hall and free coffee !

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Difficult culture

Material Planner (Former Employee) - Milton, ON - 31 March 2022

High turnover of good employees due to long time diffucult employees being too hard to get rid of. My manager, the other person's manager and HR were no help when I complained. I just got 'deal with it' attitude. Stay away from here.

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extreme favourism, do not question your

Warehouse Associate (Former Employee) - Cambridge, ON - 4 March 2022

poor training, lack of follow thru by Supervisors, inequality & targeting of discipline, severe lack of possible advancement opportunities, no rotation, resulting in poor ergonomics resulting in multiple injuries and cronic ailments.

Pros

A single doughnut from tim's after 5 yrs service

Cons

A single doughnut after 5 yrs service

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Environnement convivial

Part-time Order Picker/Packer (Former Employee) - Cambridge, ON - 3 March 2022

J'aime bien cette entreprise car le travailleur est valorisé.

Pros

Pauses rémunérées

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Fast paced, poorly managed,

SHIPPER/ RECEIVER (Former Employee) - Calgary, AB - 23 February 2022

Got to work with great people. Management was absolutely horrible. You are made to feel worthless and spoken down to on a daily basis. You have next to no support and constantly talked about behind your back. The manger was the worst.