No Frills Work-life balance reviews

It starts off very fun, then becomes stressful with times and products missing or you have to hunt for them. You must reach a certain scan rate, which can be stressful if you are an over achiever. I loved the people and going the extra mile for them. They were always so thankful.

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Management needs to improve stressful

Merchandiser (Former Employee) - Barrington Passage, NS - 26 November 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Some of the coworkers are friendly What is the most stressful part about working at the company?When bringing attention to your manager on a issue and its never delt with What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Toxic environment no culture issues What is a typical day like for you at the company?Very stressful while there working

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Jobs at No Frills

PC Express Picker/Cashier

Department Manager / Supervisor

Smithers, BC

3 days ago

No frills is a great place to work but all you have yo do remember customer is always right. Daily work as a team member and respect others.

Produce Clerk (Former Employee) - Wilson/ bathurst toronto - 8 November 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Working with my former bosses if they were still there it would be nice and having to meet new customers who some of them became friends due one of the busiest no frills in the city of toronto.What is the most stressful part about working at the company?When you help a customer and they still lose it and say the wrong things about you. What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Depends on the area you work for at the company becase my store is a filipino jewish area so my coleagues were mostly filipino.What is a typical day like for you at the company?Nothing new every day same job only if you got some customer thats in a bad mood.

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Fun work place

Cashier (Former Employee) - Beaumont, AB - 16 October 2023

A fun day at work, lits to do all the time, everyone is friendly. Some people are very cliche. Lots to learn in different areas. Lots to do. Very organized team to work with, teaching you lots of different areas of work

Pros

Fun

Cons

Long hours

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Fun and great people but some of the people are not so great s d mentality exhausting

Grocery Clerk (Current Employee) - Brooks, AB - 15 October 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?The some of the people are very nice and the boss is super friendly and nice What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Sometime it the trucks that show up late sometime and then it the costumers and sometimes it the staff What is the work environment and culture like at the company?It ok nothing grand but nothing horrible What is a typical day like for you at the company?That depend on the day some are crazy busy and hectic and some are super slow and boring and others are busy and entertaining

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Insights into No Frills

Based on 642 survey responses

What people like

Clear sense of purpose
Feeling of personal appreciation
Time and location flexibility

Areas for improvement

Sense of belonging
General feeling of work happiness
Fair pay for job

Mostly agreeable however they do employ some bad managers who are quite disagreeable.

Produce Associate (Former Employee) - Dryden, ON - 3 October 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Good co-workers for the most part. Boss is reasonable. Good working conditions. Work is not onerous. What is the most stressful part about working at the company?My department manager was impossible to work with.What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Good. Young bunch of workers. What is a typical day like for you at the company?Clock in. Move product onto shelves and interact with customers. Clock out.

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Chill and flexible

Produce Clerk (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 19 September 2023

Great and flexible for students. I loved the fact that It worked with my schedule and colleagues were pretty chill. It can be physically demanding as you're always standing but its chill as in you work alone most of the time.

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Great first job, but that's all

Produce Clerk (Current Employee) - Brampton, ON - 11 September 2023

It's a great place to start when leaning work ethic a skills for life but after 6 months it goes stagnant and you learn almost nothing. Some managers are terrible and don't care about major issues unless its dragging them down too.Short staffed to the point where random clerks or cashiers have to push carts

Pros

hour worth of break for 8&1/2 hour shifts

Cons

What day's/hours you work are always random, raises are only given to those close close with the owner or gm

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Dead end job, only good to temporarily make ends meet , not to be used to be making a living with.

Cashier / customer service (Current Employee) - Brooks, AB - 22 August 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?You always have money cause your payed every Thursday What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Theirs no management support or any chance of making more then min wage .. you have no job growth possibilities here With no benefits What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Theirs a lot of customer verbal abuse & sometimes even physically. With no safety plan in place. What is a typical day like for you at the company?Stressful & challenging not in a good way Your usual board cause theirs not enough work to get you through your shift at times.

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Good as a first job, terrible management

Cashier/Customer Service (Former Employee) - Burlington, ON - 14 August 2023

Working as a cashier here was a good first job experience in joining the workforce. However my experience with NoFrills was extremely poor, management and absolutely not understanding, super corporate. absolutely would not recommend, only good thing about this job was the employees i met.

Pros

Free Bags.. that was it

Cons

Long hours

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Productive and friendly

Cashier/Customer Service/office (Current Employee) - Owen Sound, ON - 3 August 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Opportunity for advancement and excellent working hours.What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Customers can be very trying with demands for free stuff.What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Great environment because we have a great boss and management. What is a typical day like for you at the company?Busy, fast paced environment. Every day is different.

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Good company and work environment. Good coworkers

Cashier and Customer Service (Former Employee) - Brampton, ON - 23 July 2023

Great trainings and learning opportunities for people who start working there. Flexible schedules and easy work. I love working in nofrills and had 10%discount on Saturday which I felt appreciated with .

Pros

Flexible schedule every week

Cons

Minimum wage is not enough nowadays.

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I love it, stress reliever for me talking and smiling to people and a feeling of hapinnes when I am able to help out with customers needs.

Grocery Clerk (Current Employee) - Etobicoke, ON - 2 July 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?For me, the best part of working at the company is helping out customers what they need.What is the most stressful part about working at the company?The most stressful part about working at the company is dealing with some customers with attitude problem.What is the work environment and culture like at the company?It's diverse and has a friendly environment.What is a typical day like for you at the company?Typical day for me is when the stocks arrived especially on weekends and loading it to the shelves.

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Terrible condtions

Cashier/Customer Service (Former Employee) - Cashier/Customer Service - 30 June 2023

I’m working from home and my job said they aren’t cutting people but I’m miserable. I’ve been unhappy for a while and had just finished up a big project before the pandemic that was my “make it until then and you can leave” moment I had promised myself. Every day when I logged off at work, I’d tell myself it was OK to be miserable and cut myself slack about not giving 100%

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Lacking compassion, understanding and empathy

Cash Office Supervisor/Cashier/Bakery stocker/Grocery stocker (Former Employee) - Beaumont, AB - 23 June 2023

Management is rude, plays favourites and the pay for what you’re asked to do is ridiculously low. 15$/hour to do managements work and paper work is not fair nor worth the effort. Don’t bother wasting your time here

Pros

Free Christmas party

Cons

Long hours, sucky management

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It’s very enjoyable place and also good stuff

Cashier/Customer Service (Current Employee) - Shelburne, ON - 19 June 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Very nice staff and atmosphere What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Doing so many online shopping orders What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Very cool environment and English culture is most likely What is a typical day like for you at the company?Every day is a typical in the company for me

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Nice environment culture and great people like my boss in the company.

Cash Office & Cashier (Former Employee) - Saskatchewan - 8 June 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?The owner of the store is a very nice person and he is really kind to us.What is the most stressful part about working at the company?The most stressful for me,my co-worker because they are lazy.What is the work environment and culture like at the company?The environment is a great place and the culture.What is a typical day like for you at the company?The typical day is Monday to Friday

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Productive and fun work environment

CUSTOMER SERVICE /CASHIER (Current Employee) - Londonderry, NH - 5 June 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?The schedule is flexible, comfortable environment to work in, great boss, supportive supervisors , employee discount and overall, I enjoy being a cashier at Nofrills.What is the most stressful part about working at the company?As a cashier with no formal experience, it’ was difficult to memorize all the product codes but like I mentioned earlier, I have supportive supervisors who are willing and genuinely ready to help without making you feel uncomfortable. The training helps and all is going great What is the work environment and culture like at the company?The environment is very comfortable, friendly and peaceful. There’s respect for boundaries, cultural differences and social values. I look forward to getting up and going to work everyday because the environment is conducive to work in.What is a typical day like for you at the company?As a cashier, my typical day goes from, genuinely greeting customers, processing their purchases, answering questions on our products, processing their payments either cash or debit/credit, making sure the work environment is clean.

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easy to get job but overwhelming

Cashier (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 31 May 2023

pretty easy to obtain the job, but in the end, it’s not worth it. got the job on the same day of the interview, went through three days of training with three tests, they expect too much from you ie: expect you to be able to work everyday of the week for ungodly hours even if you’re a part time employee, expects you to know how to do every role properly, know what each button on the cash register is even if they don’t teach you it.. poor management, refused to help, aggressive, accusatory, upset over everything. the only nice one is the owner of the nofrillsif you decide to work at nofrills, i highly suggest to NOT be a cashier. it’s too overwhelming and too stressful. it’s not worth it.

Pros

paid breaks

Cons

long hours, poor management

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Job was fine when I started but has gone down hill

Cashier (Current Employee) - Newmarket, ON - 26 May 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Profits up yet hours are being cutWhat is the most stressful part about working at the company?Customers kept waiting while pricing issues are being checked What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Toxic, frustrating and stressful What is a typical day like for you at the company?Stressful, frustrating and exhausting

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the most OK job ever

Merchandiser (Current Employee) - Toronto, ON - 17 May 2023

i work the organic section of the store, its okay, same thing as grocery but just, organic. it's all fine and my co workers are super fun but the owners have SUPER favoritism towards certain people, to the point where its toxic and unworkable to be there anymore. If youre unlucky, you'll have to break down skids by yourself with 0 support and work the section alone, with again 0 support or even a basic thank you