Royal Canadian Yacht Club Employee Reviews

Overall this isn’t a bad job but my experience was completely different from everyone else’s. As a black person I got looked down upon I would work my butt off to try proving myself everyday and management still went around asking others if I was working… I also notice when you do a lot of hard work they ignore you and praise others that didn’t do anything. You have to treat people there how they treat you or else you’ll get walked on.

Pros

Free lunchs/snacks

Cons

Long hours, a very long commute if you don’t live close to cherry beach

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Good Summer Job

Sales Associate (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 28 October 2022

Overall an enjoyable seasonal job, largely because of the novelty of getting to work with boats. Workplace culture can be a hit or miss depending on how you get along with certain people. Management is both accommodating and hectic. Expect to be under-appreciated and no compensation for hard work.

Pros

Staff meals and meeting interesting people

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Insights into Royal Canadian Yacht Club

Based on 12 survey responses

Areas for improvement

Energizing work tasks
Sense of belonging
Time and location flexibility

The team-members made it what it was

Receptionist (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 29 September 2022

Honestly a peaceful job, I wasn't working for advancement so I enjoyed where I was at for the time being. Everyone around me made me feel so welcomed and appreciated, like a little family. Definitely would have stayed if there were benefits or raises offered for the positions I worked.

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Great place to work, the best of all, great view of the city.

Sous Chef (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 13 March 2021

I truly enjoyed my time at the RCYC. I recommend that if you get a chance to work here, take it. All round great management, exceptional heritage, fantastic Venue, fabulous view of the city.

Pros

Free Lunches

Cons

None

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Amazing Work Place

Bistro Chef De Partie (Former Employee) - Yorkville, ON - 14 July 2020

Anyone who has a desire and tough skin to learn and grow in food production, I would hardly recommend working at the RCYC. Extremely knowledgable and approachable Executive Chef, talented Sous Chefs, and a great team. Expect hard work, stressful situations, and occasional yelling. But it's pretty normal in any kitchen.

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Prep Chef (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 6 July 2020

Great place, nice people and genuinely kind people. great energy. amazing environment. the people work really hard. and you will learn to be a cook if not a chef.

Pros

great experience

Cons

great experience

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Love working on the island...

Capital Project Management (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 7 June 2020

But management leaves a bad taste in your mouth. Free Lunch Easter Monday and your birthday off. Not sure if they still pay market but was very competitive when I was there.

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Cool place to meet and network with executives for college students

Summer Pro Shop Associate/Junior Bookeeper (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 1 March 2020

If you're a college student, this is probably one of the best jobs during the summer. You get to learn about different types of yachts, tie a knot, and maybe network with some members.

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good place to work

Administrative Assistant (Current Employee) - Toronto, ON - 1 February 2020

i feel that in my review i will talk about how i feel that the co-workers great, outgoing, for the members they are pleasant and very laid back kind of members

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F&B Dept

Banquet Captain (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 9 September 2019

The management made this place a great place to work and cared about the welfare of their employees. The summer is the busiest season of 5month with very long hours but the offseason is incredibly slow with the exception of December.

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Stressful, poorly managed, and overly political work environment.

Server/Bartender (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 28 August 2019

The management is a joke, its more common of the members to be rude, work/life balance was nonexistent (15 days work with 1 day off?). But you learn how to deal with difficult clients pretty quickly, and how to keep your cool and disassociate from your personality in the face of disrespectful club members. Due to this, I would vouch for the RCYC to be an excellent place to learn how to serve in an extremely stressful environment.

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boring but kind atomosphere

Receptionist/Administrative Assistant (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 20 May 2019

good job for students who want to do their homework while they do reception. meals were provided so that was amazing i believe it was like 3 bucks a day taken out of your pay

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Stay away from this place

Manager (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 8 December 2018

Horrible management and the staff is greatly underappreciated. Everyone in this place is either a senior manager or a supervisor telling staff from different departments what to do and how to do it. The pay is low and there are no other incentives. To top it all there are way too many politics, meaning sometimes the right decisions cannot be taken for fear of upsetting a member or a senior manager. It is not worth it to go above and beyond since this won't get you anywhere.

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Great place to work if you need money and are willing to work insane hours during the summer.

Banquet Event Assistant, bartender, and waitress (Current Employee) - 141 St. George St - 27 July 2018

Great place to work if you need money, but must be willing to work sometimes insane shifts and hours (especially if you're in banquets). Great place to meet people and new friends, everyone is super friendly. On your feet a lot, so must be physically capable. Hardest part of the job are the hours and how much it physically takes a toll on you. Excellent summer job.

Pros

Staff meals are ok, supervisors and managers are super nice and approachable, very flexible hours

Cons

long hours, physically demanding

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Positive place to work with a very professional management

Food server (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 23 July 2018

All the servers, busboys are mostly there for one season only. It would be better if the Club provided with an opportunity for such personnel to work full-time with an opportunity to grow within the organization. That would allow good and hard-working people to stay for a much longer period with the organization. Overall, management is very professional, nice and polite. The workplace culture changes from year to year because 90% of people are always new.

Pros

Work on the island, fresh air

Cons

Snobby members

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Fun and open environment

Quartermaster/Concierge (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 23 June 2018

Great location with many opportunities for advancement. Great management and amazing supporting staff. 2 locations allow for a very nice change of scenery.

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Stiffled atmosphere

Human Resources Intern (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 11 October 2017

Really stuffy persona everyone has. They try to have inclusion but it seems like just for show. They try to create employee rograms but don't really try to reach employee perspective.

Pros

some employee perks

Cons

stuffy atmosphere

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A great place for a summer job

Rigger and Assistant Travel Lift Operator (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 30 December 2014

I absolutely loved working as part of the Marine Yard at RCYC. The gentlemen I worked with were very wise, knowledgeable and encouraging. I learnt that I certainly would like to continue working in the Marine Industry and am inspired to learn and do as much as I can, even if it's not working with RCYC directly. I was hesitant to be the only female in a group of 15 men, however I have not only gained so much confidence in my abilities as a person but have gained some really great friends. Working on Toronto Island is very peaceful and allows a few relaxing moments on the commute to work.

Pros

Coworkers, Setting and Location

Cons

Wages

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Productive and friendly place to work

CHEF (Former Employee) - toronto islands - 21 September 2012

Preparing for buffets and serving over 200 people was rewarding.

Pros

meeting and serving customers was great.

Cons

short hours

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production line maintenance.

Cleaner (Current Employee) - Toronto, ON - 18 September 2012

im working any available shift. learned to operate and maintained high speed cigts. machine,machine parameter set up,trouble shooting,developed ideas concerning modification and improvement of the machine.multy skilled hard working and strong team player.the most enjoyable part of my job is to continouys learning for any kind of work done.