Purolator
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Tough but productive and rewarding atomosphere
Courier (Former Employee) – Etobicoke, ON – 7 December 2018
Fast paced but rewarding job, great opportunity to learn the city and its surroundings. Room to grow within company and learn new skills. Make a great network of connections with the community.
Fail to pay employee on time!
sorter (Former Employee) – Etobicoke, ON – 6 December 2018
I was disappointed with the human resource management team. After you enroll to the position they don't care for your pay concern and etc. Human resource team have very little communication within their team to deliver help asap for their employees. They delay paying without notice and do not take concern seriously. If u need your pay on time don't work for them.
Pros
n/a
Cons
delay pay process!
typical day at work
Warehouse employee (Former Employee) – Etobicoke, ON – 6 December 2018
we as the sorters on the floor, are required just to stay on the floor for the duration of our shift, working until there was a designated break, managers would often walk around and not help the floor employees when they were to struggle. their objective was to make sure we were working and thats it.
Workplace
Day Controller (Former Employee) – Mississauga, ON – 21 November 2018
It is a cutting edge Industry and was proud to have worked there for 15 years.I have learned a lot about moveing freight and coordinating to and from and where it all goes.Also working with a shunt team and a Management team.
Management doesn't care about workers
Am sorter (Former Employee) – Edmonton, AB – 14 November 2018
At first, working there was fun until they wanted to take advantage of me. There is no communication with the staff, you try to be nice and they are so rude..( definitely not an environment I want to work in).There has be some kind of communication going on between you and the person working. They expected me to do a lot of heavy lifting and loading of trailers, by myself, which was ridiculous. For doing so much, two workers were needed for that job. The manager was very rude, and doesn't care about anything you have to say. The staff gossips a lot, I always had to keep looking over my shoulders...
Good workout, but bad place to work
AM Sorter (Former Employee) – Owen Sound, ON – 12 November 2018
The job itself is not the worst. The AM Sorter position at the Owen Sound depot is actually a pretty good workout. You unload a full 48' trailer and then a partially loaded 48' trailer, then you are asked to load up a delivery van or two. Not too bad of a job, but all the drivers have their own way of how they like their trucks loaded. So, there is a slight learning curve.
Caution with this job is a must as whoever is loading these trucks does a poor job and tends to put the heavy stuff at the top, so it can be a bit dangerous. To get these items down, I was told "just give the bottom part a pull and let the items on top fall". Lots of stuff breaks with this terrible method.
The AM Sorter position has a high turnover rate due to the manager not being able to deal with minor inconveniences. This manager would rather fire you than deal with anything. My advice, don't talk at all until your probation is up, or you'll likely find yourself without a job. HR does not care about you either, as I learned quickly.
Also, if you don't like workplace gossip, this is not the place for you. Everything you do is reported to the manager by nosy co-workers.
Caution with this job is a must as whoever is loading these trucks does a poor job and tends to put the heavy stuff at the top, so it can be a bit dangerous. To get these items down, I was told "just give the bottom part a pull and let the items on top fall". Lots of stuff breaks with this terrible method.
The AM Sorter position has a high turnover rate due to the manager not being able to deal with minor inconveniences. This manager would rather fire you than deal with anything. My advice, don't talk at all until your probation is up, or you'll likely find yourself without a job. HR does not care about you either, as I learned quickly.
Also, if you don't like workplace gossip, this is not the place for you. Everything you do is reported to the manager by nosy co-workers.
Pros
Good Workout, Union
Cons
Management, Co-Worker Gossip, Job Culture
Great Company to work for
Billing Analyst (Current Employee) – Mississauga, ON – 3 November 2018
- Good work life balance
- Not the best but good salary and benefits
- Management is good
- Opportunity to explore career within the company
- The company is growing at a fast pace and now is a good time to join and grow with company
- Not the best but good salary and benefits
- Management is good
- Opportunity to explore career within the company
- The company is growing at a fast pace and now is a good time to join and grow with company
Pros
Good work life balance
Cons
None
Some of the best team members I know.
Business Leader (Former Employee) – Canada – 1 November 2018
Loved working with a handful of excellent team members. Environment of accountability. Some of the best operators in the industry. Strong competitor in the courier industry.
Pros
Can pay well, some excellent team members
Productive, fast-paced
Divisional Manager (Former Employee) – Calgary, AB – 24 October 2018
Canada Post owned.Community driven Eg: tackle hunger
Continuous growth opportunities internally
Ongoing learning, training, great culture.
Unionized.
Continuous growth opportunities internally
Ongoing learning, training, great culture.
Unionized.
Pros
Internal growth opportunities
Cons
Unionized
People are the Foundation
Manager (Former Employee) – Mississauga, ON – 24 October 2018
Limited by the often short-term oriented planning set in place by the Crown Corporation heavy board, this company succeeds based on the dedicated and driven practices of its employees.
Not for those who have a soul
Sorter (Current Employee) – Ottawa, ON – 16 October 2018
Lifeless corporation, have no sense of honour.
HR people would not know talented staff if they bite them om the backside.
Salary is not based on jobs offered or worked
HR people would not know talented staff if they bite them om the backside.
Salary is not based on jobs offered or worked
Pros
none
Cons
Hr
Worked nights so they were long.
Preloader (Former Employee) – Ontario – 2 October 2018
It was hard work but it was worth the pay. The hours were long but went by quick. Having fact active work made the time pass very quickly, and was a good workout as well.
Pros
Goes by fast.
Cons
Night shifts.
Environnement de travail
GESTIONNAIRE/CHEF DE TRI, Montréal (Current Employee) – Montréal, QC – 25 September 2018
J'ai beaucoup appris sur le management, sur différents logiciels.
Faire l'horaire de travail du personnel, améliorer le rendement en continu.
L'horaire de travail surchargé additionné aux déplacements/trafic très difficile.
Une journée de travail typique, départ du domicile à 13h15 pour arriver à la réunion de14h30 entre les gestionnaires, arrivée des employés à 16h, gestion des postes de travail et gestion du rendement pour le quart de travail se terminant à 00h30. Tout en conservant un atmosphère de travail agréable autant que possible.
Après le départ du personnel, faire les rapports du quart de travail et finaliser les fermetures, retour au domicile vers 2h du matin.
Faire l'horaire de travail du personnel, améliorer le rendement en continu.
L'horaire de travail surchargé additionné aux déplacements/trafic très difficile.
Une journée de travail typique, départ du domicile à 13h15 pour arriver à la réunion de14h30 entre les gestionnaires, arrivée des employés à 16h, gestion des postes de travail et gestion du rendement pour le quart de travail se terminant à 00h30. Tout en conservant un atmosphère de travail agréable autant que possible.
Après le départ du personnel, faire les rapports du quart de travail et finaliser les fermetures, retour au domicile vers 2h du matin.
Pros
salaire et avantages sociaux
Cons
Quart de travail de soir et trafic
Purolator is a good company.It pays good but offers less hours.
PM Warehouse Sorter (Current Employee) – Edmonton, AB – 22 September 2018
My job is very hard.They take more work and offer less hours and no weekend work is available.There are less oppurtunities to grow inside the company.
A good place to work
Courier Driver (Former Employee) – Calgary, AB – 20 September 2018
Purolator was a good company to work for. Salary was good and benefits were okay. As long as you did your job the management was good.You need good organizational skills. The hardest part of the job is to organize your day. As long as you did your job the management left you alone.
its a stable job if you can work nights
Frieght Preloader Agent (Former Employee) – Calgary, AB – 16 September 2018
purolator is overall a good company to work with if you have no issues working nights and you drive otherwise the transit will be a problem specially in winter you have to walk from the bus stop to the warehouse that will be a bit off a hassle because its up hill and a few blocks from the bus stop during winter time you will struggle with the walking although if you drive i guess the covinience is theres no traffic at night a bit of a rush in the morning but not that bad if you live around NE area
Pros
continues work
Cons
7hr ban/seniority may bump you anytime to accomodate seniority