Village Juicery Management reviews

Management does not care about any issues you bring up as long as they meet their juice quotas. If it affects production they’ll work to find a solution but if it doesn’t, suffer.

Pros

Free day old juice

Cons

Start and stay at minimum wage

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Team members

Shipper/Receiver (Current Employee) - Mississauga, ON - 15 July 2023

Well such a beautiful team spirit which I'm mostly happy about the job is the job for someone like me who has been doing my job for over a decade but what makes it special is the team that I've been apart of so far and a great management team who are very inclusive and the diversty speak out and it's shows all day by all the different cultures that come together. And the very best in giving opportunities to person who are ready to get a taste of the real world as your startup job for the love stories I've been told by those who made it the first jobs always brings a smile to my face thanks for sharing. I added attention to detail because it is a food company so getting it right is very important for customers purposes.

Pros

Team members, management, culture, freeze goodes

Cons

Standing, hours, attention to detail.

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Insights into Village Juicery

Based on 12 survey responses

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Fair pay for job
Feeling of personal appreciation
Inclusive work environment

Poor.

I just work(ed) there (Current Employee) - Mississauga, ON - 11 May 2023

Everything is poor. From the owners down to the production. The managers don’t care, they never have, never will. everything relies on distribution, and their distribution team is treated like garbage. There are barely any races in wage. All they care about is making money, don’t see how they do that when their $14 salads end up in the garbage every day.

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Negative work experience

Customer Service (Former Employee) - Etobicoke, ON - 8 March 2023

Company does not care about employees. Management can be unprofessional many times. Was not a good work experience. I would not recommend this company at all.

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Worst job I've ever taken

Production Worker (Former Employee) - Mississauga, ON - 19 January 2023

Village juicery [Mississauga distribution] has to be the worst poorly put together company I've ever worked for. 'trial shift' is what I was first offered with. I ended up taking the job. Never seen the gift card that was supposed to be my compensation for the 6 hours I worked. The hours are ridiculous. People are sharing boots 🤢. The have the highest turn over rate because they make you work with miserable people and are actually surprised when you quit.. blows my mind. DO NOT WORK HERE. Don't make the same mistake I made.

Pros

Free juice

Cons

Management, employees, pay rate.

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Fantastic management, coworkers, and environment!

Sales Associate (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 29 December 2022

I worked at the Roncesvalles location and had a fabulous experience overall. The management was supportive, kind, and onto it. My coworkers were all lovely people who did their jobs well. The pay was very fair with some incentives along the way. I enjoyed this position thoroughly and only left due to my personal circumstances (moving!).

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not bad

Sales Associate (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 8 December 2021

never gonna give you up never gonna let you down never gonna turn around and dessert you. not bad, ideologically driven, can be a detriment sometimes

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Modern day slavery

Store Associate (Current Employee) - Toronto, ON - 29 October 2021

Horrible place to work for. They should be ashamed of how little they pay their workers. They take pride in expanding their stores, at the cost of slaving away their employees. Every employee throughout the company does the job of several people, from marketing to product development to the staff at the stores. You have to practically beg for a raise, and if it miraculously doesn’t get refused, they’ll only raise your wage by cents. Awful, awful, awful place to work. Don’t even consider it.

Pros

Absolutely nothing

Cons

Long hours, don’t get all the tips which go to management, low pay, too many responsibilities, uncaring company

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Avoid at all costs

Customer Service Associate (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 24 May 2021

DO NOT trust the positive reviews. Management does not care about you. You basically have to do the job of 2-3 people and are paid minimum wage DURING A WORLDWIDE PANDEMIC. Its exhausting and its not worth the small amount of money and a juice you end up going home with. Management will do anyting to not pay you what you deserve like giving you free juice instead of giving you a raise or even giving you your tips you EARNED.. i felt exploited, used and not cared for

Cons

long hours, Low pay, management is disorganized

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Would not recommend

Nutritionist (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 14 April 2021

Very low salary and many responsibilities, often youre working alone so all the tasks are on you. Everyone has keyholder positions but arent paid so. They tell you that you are going to get paid in many ways but it doesent actually add up to anything. The management takes half of tips So even though you get “tips” they dont fully go to you for providing kind service to customers. Basically you work for the price of one juice (a bit more) per hour. The people you work with are good but the salary is too low to make this job worthwhile. Would be better to work somewhere that actually gives you your tips so your effort isnt wAsted. The job title is also deceiving because youre basically a cashier. I did not feel like this company cared for me.

Pros

Free juice

Cons

Low pay, lots of responsibilities, dont get all your tips

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Jobs at Village Juicery

Student/part time only job

Distribution Associate (Former Employee) - Mississauga, ON - 1 November 2020

This job was easy at first then more work came with no salaries increases even after being with the company for 2 years. Not for anyone serious, student or quick part time work. Management is overwhelmed and disorganized. Lot of promises from up top with little actions taken. Longer days, earlier start times and in efficient route planning.

Pros

easy work at times, free juice, relaxed work environment

Cons

job security, frustrating management, inefficient repetitive work

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Not as advertise

Facility and Maintenance Manager (Former Employee) - 1786 mattawa - 10 February 2020

The Owners (founders) are a fraud, he speaks one thing in the interview but things are different once you are hired, they try to do the bare minimum towards benefits but they want you to overpass their expectations, I had to put money out of my pocket to keep driving to all the different sites and all they offer for travel compensation is $150 per month no matter how much you travel you do, then if they are short in people you need to take a load of someone else shores besides your own, also they lack human skills to treat the personnel they will humiliate you and make you feel like a dime a dozen which will discourage any positive attitude, GGOD LUCK

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A Mess

Production Worker (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 22 October 2019

A workplace characterized by negligence and laziness (not really fault of staff, but higher up’s failure to address long standing issues with how production facility is run) Will try to sell you on positivity, teamwork, room to grow. but don’t be fooled. Turning a blind eye is how most issues get handled here. Lack of experienced managers/leaders puts unnecessary strain on workers. HR will hire literally anybody, with a preference for those with no relevant work experience whatsoever, which means veteran employees get stuck holding the hands of people on their team with no idea what they’re doing. The pay is pitiful for the kind of work that will be asked of you. You cannot make a living wage here. Environment is dirty and disorganized (if you’re looking for a career in food industry you will be extremely disappointed and uncomfortable with the conditions) Food safety/quality control is practically non existent. If you have issues with pay, hours or internal conflict it is often handled so poorly/ unprofessionally. If you’re young with not much job experience or a student just looking for some cash on the side go for it, otherwise there are more professional places that will treat you better.

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It Almost Feels Like Slave Work

Distribution (Current Employee) - Distribution Facility - 10 September 2019

You cannot bring up a problem without risking your job, whether it is about procedure or management. I have seen so many people come and go this way. Now all of us veterans have learned to keep our mouths shut in order to keep our jobs. Any positive suggestion on improvements get ignored by management, only to come up as someone's idea in management months later when the problem has affected the team for months already, and without credit or acknowledgement to the person that brought it up. Free expensive juices, but little pay, and no benefits since most are considered part time. And don't think about trying to find ways to stretch hours to make it easier on you or try to get a decent pay check. What the company produces for a product is also pretty good. Luckily most the team and some of the managers are awesome to work with. That is the only reason keeping me here while doing other part time jobs.

Pros

free juices, easy work

Cons

long hours doing one task, difficult management, feels under paid

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Friendly Work Environment

In-Store Nutritionist (Current Employee) - Toronto, ON - 29 August 2019

Great company culture, owners and management are very friendly and encouraging. Village really cares about the environment and the ethics behind their products. There is room to grow within the company depending on open positions, as the company grows more opportunities open up. The hours are quite flexible so great if you are a student or have a second job. You also receive a free staff item every shift. However, a lot is expected out of an in-store nutritionist who runs the store by themselves. With having to multitask food delivery apps, checking reset boxes, phone calls, checking customers out, answering questions, cleaning the store, inventory, and making drinks - the hourly pay is low. There are no scheduled breaks so long shifts can feel quite overwhelming, and at times it is hard to eat meals with customers constantly coming in. Overall a great place to work if you want to get a start within the nutrition world.

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The company could improve

Production Worker (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 3 June 2019

the job was great due to getting free juices and and food. However, the amount of labour they ask in production the production side was a lot if you start at minimum wage. Management wasn’t bad but could improve.

Pros

Free juices and food to take home

Cons

Working

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Productive and Fun Workplace

Bottle Sorter (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 19 March 2019

A typical day at work would have to be very long. I was in the bottling team. We would have a set goals of bottle to be wash by the end of the day. Theres always a certain amount of bottle that needed to be washed. What I learned working here is they use fresh fruits and vegetables to make their juices. Staff are friendly at first but then they don't really care about you. The hardest part of this job would have to be standing for 8 hours in the same spot 5 days a week and the most enjoyable part of the job would be meeting new people and free juices.

Pros

Free juice

Cons

Management is bad & standing

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Not worth it

Production Worker (Former Employee) - Mississauga, ON - 20 January 2019

Would not recommend to anyone looking for a job. I was first invited to a job trial for the production associate position and was the worst decision I ever made. They have high expectations and extensive workload for employee with low pay.

Pros

None

Cons

Workload

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Disorganized management

Instore nutritionist (Current Employee) - Greater Toronto Area, ON - 27 October 2018

Disorganized management on store level and upper management. No pay stubs on time, poor salary, unrealistic expectations for part time employees. Undervalued for the effort. Underpaid for knowledge.

Pros

Free staff item

Cons

Unrealistic expectations

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Unorganized workplace

Full-Time - Kitchen Production (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 26 May 2017

High and unrealistic expectations for workload and extremely unorganized management. Owners had barely any idea what went on behind the scenes and didn't make an effort to do so.

Pros

Free food

Cons

Long hours

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Excellent experience

Press Operator/Warehouse (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 13 January 2017

Great experience over my time with them. Excellent co-workers and management. I would certainly recommend them as an employer with no hesitation whatsoever.