St Vincent de Paul Society Employee Reviews

What is the best part of working at the company?Helping the less fortunate, volunteeringWhat is the most stressful part about working at the company?Not being able to help those in needWhat is the work environment and culture like at the company?Great set of volunteers, enjoying what we doWhat is a typical day like for you at the company?Busy but enjoyable, especially getting to interact with everyone

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Helping out the church community

Volunteer, Kitchener (Former Employee) - Kitchener, ON - 9 August 2016

I would help organize food boxes and deliver them to family in need, also offer any help that may be needed of me. The environment was enjoyable, everyone was happy go-lucky.

Pros

felt good after every little job

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Insights into St Vincent de Paul Society

Based on 17 survey responses

What people like

Supportive environment
Clear sense of purpose
Feeling of personal appreciation

fun work place

Labourer (Former Employee) - Prince George, BC - 18 January 2016

got to help so many people and made lots of friends theres nothing like helping people and making there day theres nothing better to do then help the homeless or ones in need it makes my day meetso many injoyable people

Pros

helping

Cons

short days

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Productive day

Volunteer stocker (Former Employee) - Cambridge, ON - 21 November 2015

I loved the volunteer hours. always had something to do. Alot of sorting through shipments and checking electronics. They bring alot of people in to help them get some job experience

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Quirky Thrift Store

Book Room Manager (Former Employee) - Ottawa, ON - 16 November 2015

Typical day included sorting merchandise, stocking shelves, managing employees and volunteers. Quite a bit of heavy lifting and at times very unsafe working conditions.

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Women's Advocate Relief Worker (Current Employee) - North York - 9 September 2015

Great place to work but there is not much room for advancement within the agency. Meaningful work that provides adequate learning opportunities.

Pros

Facility is at a great location

Cons

shift work

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fun work place lots of kind people

volunteer (Current Employee) - bowmanville ontario - 13 July 2015

slow pace so you gain patients, managers ad coworkers are nice and respectful, the hardest part is its very slow pace most enjoyable is you find lots of cool things at the thrift shop like old valuable records

Cons

slow pace

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A caring organization which delivers food hampers to the needy and so much more.

President/Secretary/Treasurer (Current Employee) - Calgary, AB - 25 June 2015

This is a great organization to become involved it as a volunteer. The most important job is the joy you get knowing you are helping someone less fortunate. As President you are dealing with all types of issues of your clients such as having to pay rent, utilities, bus passes, etc. The most difficult situations are when you deliver a hamper and the children are so excited to see food. It breaks your heart and you just want to hold those children especially when parents have an addition. I have left a clients home in tears. The most enjoyable part is just being able to help them with whatever they need, even prayer if it is what they would like or just sit and listen to them. On a personal note, I would like to add that I have learned not to judge others as you just do not know what their story is. For me, it was the best experienced I could have learned.

Pros

Delivery of food hampers, paid utility bills, bus passes

Cons

The heartache you will get many times as they tell you their story.

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Very rewarding working and helping out our community

(SSVP-Charity) - Warehouse Manager (Current Employee) - 354 Chilver - 16 May 2015

I've enjoyed working and helping our community. It is a great Charity that helps out Essex county. It is very rewarding to see the look on faces when we help them.

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productive,effcient.

helper (Former Employee) - Hamilton, ON - 10 May 2015

positive work enviroment.very effcient and friendly co-workers.long hours (at times) most of the time it was driving from city to city picking up donations.

Pros

friendly staff

Cons

lots of travel.

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Good environment, low salary

Customer Service (Current Employee) - Glencoe, ON - 5 September 2014

Very friendly environment but not what I would like to do for the rest of my career.

Pros

Good work schedule

Cons

Low pay

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Good place to work.

Sorter/Clerk/Office Assistant (Current Employee) - Sarnia, ON - 25 March 2014

Working at the St. Vincent de Paul has been a very positive experience. I meet many different people and enjoy speaking with them. The job itself keeps me quite busy and the days go by quickly.

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help with food

Food Bank Sorter (Former Employee) - Prince George, BC - 8 March 2014

sort food for places. so that they can give it to people. it helps people out that do not have food. if they are homeless with out food then they can go to this place

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This is a great place to work, Too bad it didn't last long

General Labourer (Former Employee) - Windsor, ON - 15 January 2014

I loved working here, It was great to meet kind warm people of all sorts of backgrounds. The jobs and tasked preformed were labor intensive but if you know what you were doing it was a breeze You fist start off with collecting donations that the trucks would bring in or people that would drop off donations. Then a team of people would sort threw the donations looking for quality from new to gently used clothing. What ever wasn't good enough to make the cut would then be throw into a compactor and was then bailed for donations that were sent overseas to 3rd world countries. Other clothing items (such as t-shirts with prints) were cut into rags that would be given to the salvation army to help the less fortunate bathe or do general cleaning. Nothing went to waste here. The old electronics that were donated were inspected for mercury batteries that were removed and disposed of properly. Other electronics that were not able to be salvaged or deemed out of date were stripped of all metal compensates and were sent to the recycling bin for drop off.

Pros

The nicest people you'll ever meet. steady work. never run of things you need to accomplish

Cons

Short time working there. Was only a temp

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volunteer

Society Of Saint Vincent De Paul (Current Employee) - Windsor, ON - 8 November 2013

this was all volunteer. St.Vincent de Paul never paid me. Stocking shelves, giving out food, and cleaning up was the majority of my of my job. Seperating cans th

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Multi-cultural environment

Recreation Assistant (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 28 June 2013

I helped give patients their medication, organized activities and helped patients with daily living. I often worked alone with the patients except during lunch. This experience was entirely rewarding.

Pros

Free lunches, meeting/talking to patients

Cons

Far from Brampton

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Great place to volunteer

General Helper (Current Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 9 May 2013

Nice management staff. Packaged donated breads, janitorial duties, sort and clean donations and put them away. Hardest: dealing with shop-lifters. Most enjoyable: working with nice co-workers.

Pros

discounts, fun, relaxing

Cons

not enough work

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great people to work with, excellent work experience

Cashier/Warehouse Labourer (Former Employee) - Hamilton, ON - 23 April 2013

sorting clothing, fixing furniture, loading and unloading trucks, pairing and sorting shoes, recycling metal products that can not be used, just an all around great place to work. great people to work with, excellent work experience

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A high paced and engaging enviroment

Women's Shelter Relief Worker (Former Employee) - Toronto, On. - 15 December 2012

It was a very high paced work enviroment.I learned a lot about the resiliance of the women in the shelter and myself.The hardest part of the job was to see a client fall between the cracks of the system and the impact it had on the quality of thier lives in spite of all thier/my efforts, heart breaking.The most enjoyable part of the job was to be able to engage with the women and celebrate life or the day through group activities like playing games, doing yoga or dancing and laughing.