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3.0

Management is by far the biggest concern

Cashier/Grill Associate (Former Employee) – Mississauga, ON – 14 March 2018

If you want a job that can provide you with a flexible schedule, this is one that could work for you. At the same time, there are a lot of other factors to take into account. I had worked there for about 4 years and had no opportunity for advancement financially. Minimum wage is what they praised regardless of how hard you worked. Management is always looking to tear you a part and will take advantage of you. They will threaten to fire you regardless of if they legally can or not. The only people you will appreciate is your co-workers as most of them will treat you like family.

Pros

Flexible schedule

Cons

Management

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3.0

productive, unorganized

head of Takeout (Former Employee) – Richmond Hill, ON – 1 April 2018

working at Harvey's and Swiss Chalet was an interesting experience, I got to meet new people and became friends with all the employees very easily. The workplace taught me to manage my time better and to improve my skills in organization and multitasking. the only negative note I have is that the management was not the best and hopefully they are able to polish their way with their employees.

Pros

good salary, nice co-workers

Cons

long hours, bad management

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4.0

Overall it is a decent place to work with good people

Fryer/Garnisher/Grill Cook (Former Employee) – Mississauga, ON – 23 October 2018

Harveys was a fine place to work at , if you get good hours the pay is decent most of the managers are cool people unless you get on their bad sides naturally

Pros

Decent pay, nice management

Cons

sometimes long hours or not enough

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3.0

Decent experience as part time job for a student

Cashier (Former Employee) – Newmarket, ON – 24 July 2018

A typical day at work for a young cashier like myself consisted of meeting tons of friendly customers. The management was okay, the workplace culture was more ''get it done fast and do it right' so there really isn't any room for mistakes.

Pros

Engaging with customers

Cons

Long hours (I would finish at around 10:15pm most nights which isn't ideal for students)

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3.0

working at harveys

Drive Thru Cashier (Former Employee) – Woodbridge, ON – 11 November 2018

Drive Thru- take orders, pay out window , prepare the food and drinks handout the window

Front- Take orders, put on your gloves and prepare food for customer.

Management- Super nice and understanding, strict at times, you will build good relationships with them.

Pros

really good food, amazing workers

Cons

long hours

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2.0

Not a good place to be employed

Cashier and Customer Service, Garnisher (Former Employee) – Edmonton, AB, Gateway Blvd – 7 October 2018

My co-workers were great, nice and easy people to work with. When I first started it was really enjoyable and I had a good time, which you don't expect from a job. But as soon as my 3rd or fourth week came I couldn't stand it, my manager became very rude to me, although compared to the other kids who worked there I was a saint going to all my shifts and always putting on a smile. He would talk about me to my co-workers and would never tell me straight if I made a mistake. when I would ask for 1 day off in like a month he would get mad although letting others just call in the day of. I had to leave the city for emergency and when I came back he would not give me any shifts or answer my texts letting him know I was back, so I had to personally go and pick up my things to leave. Now I still hear from my past co-workers there that they hate it and they all plan on quitting. Do you self a favor and do not apply to Harveys Gateway Blvd. edmonton

Pros

co-workers

Cons

manager, hours, unprofessional

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4.0

Fast paced work, great staff, not so great owner

Team Member (Current Employee) – 724 Queenston Rd, Hamilton, ON – 11 October 2018

A typical shift for me as a front of house worker included working as either Front Cashier, Front Garnisher, Drive thru Order taker/Cashier or Drive thru Garnisher. Hardest part of the job was rushes, best part was the staff members and seeing satisfied customers/kind regulars. The owner of queenston road was horrible to employees, but the managment was awesome. we had no air conditioning all summer and shut down store without notice.

Pros

lots of shifts

Cons

40 degree or over summer work conditions

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5.0

My job was great.

Cashier (Former Employee) – Brampton, ON – 6 October 2018

The most enjoyable part of my job was the guest they always made me smile, they made my experience working there even better. I gained relationships with some.

Pros

Free Lunches

Cons

Long hours

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2.0

flexible time is the only positive

Cook (Current Employee) – Brossard, QC – 30 June 2018

Harvey' needs to work on the type of owners they select to run the business, greedy owners doesnt care for their employees, for them as long as they get money they dont care for anything else.
those type of owner should never be allowed to own a herveys, they spoil the reputation of harvery in the long run, by these following traits, disrecting and foul mouthing employees in front of customers, doesnt care for the quality of food they give to customers especially kids ( eg. the owner doesnt want to fix a faulty freezer and inspite of warnings by employees about the frozen food spoiled, goes ahead and gives to customers )

Pros

flexible time

Cons

bad owner

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4.0

Small work space, high pressure work environment

Crew Member (Former Employee) – London, ON – 15 June 2018

Harveys was a easy job compared to mcdonalds where I worked prior. it is a small building with little back space for workers to move too much. a typical day there was getting to work and starting the opening process, prepping hand cut produce, filling condiments and stocking anything that the night shift workers did not. management there was mostly kind and professional with the exception two managers who were kind of unprofessional and made work kind of hard on some of the staff. The workplace culture was upbeat and jokey but also very serious about getting work done. everyone was very close with each other and often hung out outside of work. honestly the work there was easy for me, McDonalds was far more fast paced and demanded more from me. the hardest thing was dealing with management when one of the two not so good ones work who slacked and spoke poorly to staff but everyone else working was super nice so it was easier to deal with. the people and i guess when there is a rush of orders. the people there just liked to joke around and the rush of orders was like torturous fun, you suffered by having to do everything at max speed and avoid messing up but once you got use to the menus there it was easy.

Pros

discount card and good memories

Cons

had to leave

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3.0

Poor management

Cashier and Customer Service (Part-time) (Current Employee) – Toronto, ON – 16 November 2018

Young managers do not qualification for human resource management, do not know how to manage and schedule working time for staff correctly. Do not have the cooperation among managers together

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5.0

Productive and fun place to work

Supervisor (Former Employee) – Toronto, ON – 14 September 2018

I work as cashier and promoted to become supervisor. I have learn how to manage my all work as quickly as possible and handle all kinds of customer complain. I have done the payroll and manage the all office works. The hardest part of the job when I had to deal with homeless people daily basis regarding using the washroom and I had to clean for it. The most part was to working as a team.

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1.0

Incredibly poor management, low worker morale and outrageous pricing for low-quality food

Front of House Staff (Former Employee) – London, ON – 26 June 2018

-Incredibly poor management
-Low worker morale
-Outrageous pricing for low-quality food
-Frequent violations of employee contract by management team

Pros

50% off staff meal on days of shifts and 20% off at other CARA restaurants

Cons

Too many to type

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3.0

Entry level job

Associate (Former Employee) – Hamilton, ON – 2 November 2017

Exactly what you would expect from an entry level job. No room to move up, little to no raises. Very easy job but some people are hard to work with and job can be unnecessarily stressful at times because of that

Pros

Entry level job for highschooler

Cons

Minimum wage

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4.0

Harvey's

Front Line Attendant (Former Employee) – Stouffville, ON – 31 October 2018

My time at Harvey's taught me about customer service, how to work in a fast past environment with strong attention to detail.Also it taught me how to interact with co workers and customers in a positive manner. I decided to leave due to may availability.

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4.0

fun

Cashier, Garnishee (Former Employee) – Oakville, ON – 6 October 2018

My experience at Harveys was mostly positive. The staff treats you like family, and make you feel comfortable. Harveys does get really busy at the time and they are short staffed at times making it hectic.

Pros

staff

Cons

busy and short staff

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1.0

Horrible place

Cashier (Former Employee) – Sault-Sainte-Marie, ON – 26 March 2018

Bad location to work at. Owner sits in lobby all day and talks bad about employees and is very biased. The managers cannot be bothered to train their own staff and tasks are consistently left not done. Managers also gossiped about other employees infront of and even to other employees. Labour laws were never followed. Had customers take pity on me and fellow employees for the owners owm behaviour. A bad place overall with zero management and nothing gets done. Owner doesn't treat employees with respect more like robots, honestly.

Pros

Free pop

Cons

No management biased dehumanized

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1.0

Lie to you face With their hands in your pocket

Supervisor (Former Employee) – Fredericton, NB – 3 July 2018

The management is extremely sexiest, and racist towards anyone other then themself, as quoted saying "if I cannot pronounce their name, I don't want them here."

Pros

meaningless pay

Cons

Everything

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4.0

Multitask and work hard

Server (Former Employee) – Mississauga, ON – 30 September 2018

You must be able to multi task and be able to do various types of tasks. Both customer oriented and cleanliness oriented. Breaks are rewarding as you can choose what you would like to eat with a significant discount.

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5.0

Great Environment

Cashier, Garnisher, Cook, Drive Thru/Expo (Former Employee) – Wasaga Beach, ON – 17 July 2018

Loved working there, amazing coworkers, owner and manager were great to work with. They are understanding of school schedules, appointments, or working around another job's schedule. Easy to get along with manager and owner. Learned how to juggle several tasks.

Pros

Discounts while working and while off shift.

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