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A great place to work and focus on building skills.

CAFÉ SUPERVISOR (Former Employee) – London, ON – 5 June 2018

It was a great place to work, the environment, customers and other staff members were kind and helpful! Management was sometimes difficult but all around a pleasure to have worked there.

Pros

Free Coffee

Cons

Management

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Was a great place to work before new management took over

Barista (Former Employee) – Guelph, ON - Edinburgh – 2 June 2018

Was a great place to work before new management took over (new staff all relatives - biased treatment)
Old staff were laid off and replaced by family members
Working with new management was always biased against other staff
You work with all owners at all times with their wives
Strict new policy with little to no breaks
Tips are under $3 a day
Hours are not flexible - you either get no hours at all or too many to handle
Other staff do not enjoy their job

Pros

Tips, awesome regular customers, friendly staff

Cons

New management, new staff all related to each other - biased

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It is a nice place

Cafe Assistant (Former Employee) – Hamilton, ON – 15 May 2018

Loved working here. It’s really an interesting place work. It was located at a the university campus and close to my classes for me which made it convenient

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Learned a lot about coffee

Baristas/ Manager in training (Former Employee) – Oakville, ON – 14 April 2018

Long hours, not very good at giving breaks and had lack of training. Learned a lot about coffee and how to make cool drinks. But location was not going to best so they closed.

Pros

coffe

Cons

long hours

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Nice Place To Work At

Barista / Morning Supervisor (Current Employee) – 1250 Brant Street – 14 April 2018

I been working at Williams Fresh Cafe for 12 years now. Since the minimum wage hike hours been cut. I cant live off of 25-30 hours a week. I need maximum 40 hours a week.

I have seen many changes in management at Williams Fresh Cafe.

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Alot of customer service

Retail Customer Service (Former Employee) – Guelph, ON – 13 April 2018

Loved working there, talking to different people, making people happy! Always felt like I need to work harder! Never felt like I should stop. Good team to work with!

Pros

Friendly work team, talk to alot of different people.

Cons

no cons

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Fast-Paced and Consistent

Part-time Hostess (Current Employee) – Waterloo, ON – 6 April 2018

I've enjoyed working at Williams a lot throughout my first year of university.
It is not difficult to pick up the work, and the job doesn't change as you work there, meaning that once you've gotten the hang of it you're set.
The management is great, overall the most understanding and kind I've had the pleasure of working with.
It's fast-paced, which is nice, as there's almost always something to do. I work with people around my age, which is a good experience.

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Decent Workplace

Cashier (Former Employee) – Niagara Falls, ON – 25 February 2018

There were many other perks of the job including a flexible schedule and many hours to be worked. In addition, there was always training available for other positions including, kitchen, espresso, cash and opening staff.
There were many friendships to be made in the workplace and with a diverse selection of staff, there was always different personalities.
The hiring process was good, considering they would hire recommendations from the current staff which made new hires feel a sense of belonging right away. This was a blessing and a curse at the same time because it also formed cliques and outside drama.
Most managers were good team players and very helpful.

On the other hand,
Management had times when they were unprofessional, and any complaints were not taken seriously by customers and staff members.
During my time working at Williams, they were very desperate for staff and it was unfair to the people who actually put time into their work. For example, people would walk out and then come back, as if it never happened.
There were obvious cliques in the workplace, which made it difficult to work with some people, as well as a dramatic environment.
The owner was understanding and obviously trying to keep the workplace tolerable, but there was just an overwhelming amount of "catty" behavior.
Tips were minimum. The staff received one dollar per hour, no matter how little or how much work was actually being done. You could purchase your food using the "I owe you" system, which meant that the food you bought, would be taken out of your tips. Although this more... was a good system, many staff members did not agree with the tip system, especially when $10 bills were being placed in "your cup" and you can only take $4 home, on a 4-hour shift.

Overall, it was a decent experience. There is obvious room for improvement. I made many friends with my co-workers during my time working at Williams and picked up many valuable skills that can later be applied to other work-places. less

Pros

50% off food while working, Flexible hours, Many hours to be worked, room to advance

Cons

Dramatic environment, basic procedures aren't met by management, tip outs

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Productive and fun workplace

Server, Cashier (Current Employee) – Waterloo, ON – 16 February 2018

I enjoy working with the staff, made up mostly of students - it helps grow my experiences, working with, and for, diverse people.

I enjoy working for the management - they are extremely understanding, and willing to work out scheduling difficulties that arise due to personal circumstances.

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Awful pay and hard work

Barista (Former Employee) – Waterloo, ON – 9 February 2018

Minimum wage with no opportunities for increased pay, regardless of length of employment. No guaranteed hours. Change in policies are quite common...

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unfair and rude and racist towards anyone not the same ethnicity of employer

Front of House Staff (Former Employee) – Cambridge, ON – 23 January 2018

while working there they only allowed people who are friends and family to work up in the workplace, and suppressing the others who worked there and did not show any respect to them at all. Overall don't recommend working there if you are any other ethnicity other then from the Philippines, cause they won't treat or pay you fair and lie to you.

Pros

none

Cons

you will be miserable and pay is unfair and no room to move up

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Difficult

Cafe barista (Former Employee) – Toronto, ON – 5 January 2018

I didn't feel heard as an employee and a one point, I didn't even feel wanted. Bosses were rude, opinionated and disrespectful towards all employees except their favourites. Other employees acted as if they were better than you because they were there longer.

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Good for experience, that's about it

DWBI (Former Employee) – London, ON – 4 January 2018

Williams is a relatively easy job to do. Not much is required of each individual but between management and other choice workers, it is sometimes tiring and tedious. on a day-to-day basis, things are usually pretty care free and simple but on it feels like the full-time employees are doing 90% of the work that the store requires while the higher ups don't get involved except to take the credit. Whether it be keeping customers happy, delivering catering orders or making the schedule, most of the management responsibilities have trickled down to the regular employees. Would recommend if you don't have much experience and are looking for a short and painless job but would not recommend sticking around for longer than necessary.

Pros

Light workload, friendly environment

Cons

Expected to do more so that others can do less

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No manager and owner with no experience

Supervisor (Former Employee) – Brantford, ON – 3 January 2018

Loved my Supervisor position until the Manager left and the Owner took over. The owner has no restaurant experience and the atmosphere and conditions deteriorated within weeks. This caused many staff members to seek out new positions with other companies.

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Great work place for part time

Server (Former Employee) – Mississauga, ON – 15 November 2017

I honestly LOVED working at william's cafe! I wouldn't have left if I hadn't moved. The managers try to work with you as much as possible. It's pretty fast pace and stressful at times. I really enjoyed my experience though!

Pros

flexible, friendly, pretty clean environment, half off food

Cons

no tips, under staffed (making it stressful @ times)

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Fun and Friendly

Cashier/Supervisor/Key Holder (Current Employee) – Cambridge, ON – 14 November 2017

The place is a very fun and up lifting place to work. There is a lot of accomadations for anything that you desire. There is room to move up in the company which is excellent. Management is very personable and accooidating.

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good atmosphere

Cook (Former Employee) – Brantford, ON – 13 October 2017

good atmosphere, happy employees. hours not always the best but managable. simple duties like cleannig adn cooking as well as prepping food for cooking.

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Fun, but awful people to work with

Barista/Cashier (Former Employee) – Burlington, ON – 21 August 2017

If you're below 18, I would not recommend working here. They even said they love people below 18 because they can treat them like robots. Horrible management and dirty restaurant. Team members are friendly. Horrible food quality and 90% of tips go to management. Only 10% discount on food and drinks, while managers get 50% and a free meal a month. Unfair treatment, I would recommend you run the other way.

Pros

Fun and fast paced

Cons

Dead-end and unfair treatment

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Good environment and friendly staff.

Line Cook/ Customer Service/ Barista (Current Employee) – Burlington, ON – 14 August 2017

Taking this job gave me an opportunity to learn how to work fast in the kitchen, and at the barista station during peak hours. Made positive interactions with staff and customers during serving. The hours are good, just hard to get full-time work at this location. The best part of the job is the staff, and the positive environment.

Pros

Given opportunities to learn different positions

Cons

10% Staff Discount

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safe and fun place to work

Cashier and Cook (Current Employee) – Brampton, ON – 23 July 2017

Friendly and flexible management, This was my first job, Great place to start and get valuable experience in the food and service industry. Most of the time fast of the time it was busy environment

Pros

Friendly management and staff

Cons

Lack of hours

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High turn around

Kitchen Prep/ Barista (Former Employee) – London, ON – 16 July 2017

In the past year, not one person I worked with still has a job there. Management was not aware of the Employment Standards Act. You're expected to cover your shifts, and if someone calls in sick.

Pros

Free iced coffee

Cons

Little to no breaks, booking time off doesn't matter, schedule comes out randomly

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