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• Worst place I have ever worked. And I have worked lots of places. At the beginning, everyone was friendly and helpful, but pretty soon the real mood of the place became evident. There is no tolerance for mistakes, or any other opinion than the one they preach. I worked super hard and had glowing reviews going into this job and was fired before 3 months were up. They said I had made so many mistakes but couldn’t prove it. Showed me papers saying I made mistakes but wouldn’t shadow me to catch me making the mistakes. Don’t work here. Ever.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 7 February 2021 by Rater #119 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• Company pays good and has lots of perks ...
  But only so they can be used against you.
  They view using Facebook etc as negative
  Expect everyone to spy on everyone else.
  If you disagree with safety, even park in wrong place you will be publicly shamed.
  People are paid higher to counteract ratings keep skeletons in closest. This is all my opinion of many many years at company. Get in get as much money as you can out, record everything and don't lose your soul :) ride out the recession and get out ;)   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 23 May 2016 by Rater #114 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• The worst place I ever worked at in Edmonton. They have signs everywhere that say no talking, everyone is scared to say anything. They don't train you and if you ask questions you "High Maintenance". They have a black box for all mail and requests, they don't have any communication between people. As soon as you question or suggest ideas they get ride of you. Unless you are a robot and have no opinions you wont last. Would not recommend any one to work there.
  
  Employees are told to spy on others and if you talk to management about people you move up faster. Its not a good environment to work in, if you have any university education the job wont be challenging enough for you and they will look at you as a threat.
  
  Stay away from this company!   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 26 January 2016 by Rater #108 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• I worked for many companies over many years. This one was however the worst place with morale to match. Most csr's worked the front counter said it was the customers that gave us a reason to come back every day, definitely not the management.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 15 January 2016 by Rater #107 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• Terrible stressful place to work..  

  Posted on 18 November 2015 by Rater #105 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• Well for anyone who is considering getting a job here, there seems to be alot of negative comments from others, but don't let that discourage you from trying it out for yourself. I wrapped up 2 years of service recently due to ongoing personal issues in my life. In hindsight, I can now say that personally it is the BEST company I have worked at to this day. The employer will make the time to discuss an issue with you; is very forgiving and understanding of your problems; and goes above and beyond in terms of generosity. Yes there are many rules and structures as others have already stated, but that's to be understood
  ( keep in mind that 400 employees work under one roof here. )
  So keep your head down, put in an honest day's work with a good attitude , and believe me you will get rewarded accordingly. I know this from experience.
  Great opportunity potential for serious minded people. All in all I do recommend it to anyone.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 3 December 2013 by Rater #95 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• I can say that working for Gregg's was the worst experience of my life. Fans of Gregg's will dismiss me for being negative or not being able to work hard. However I would point out that I was a combat arms soldier in the Canadian Forces for five years and I have worked harder than most. You will be humiliated on a very regular basis at Gregg's. Whether it's because of a minor mistake you made, or for how you write your three letter code. Everything at Gregg's is a big deal, except when it comes to the wellbeing of their employees. For the first week and a half I was not even allowed to take my own breaks. I had to be shown how to take a 15 minute break, because obviously I am far too stupid to figure it out on my own. Employees are afraid to talk to each other, because you will be punished and you will lose vacation time. If you are ever sick you will lose vacation time. If your mother dies, say bye-bye again to your vacation time. Mothers dying is considered high maintenance at Gregg's. They do have some perks in the job. But anything they give you will be collected two-fold in return. If you suggest in anyway that you are unhappy, you will be fired. No questions. Management will spy on you constantly. If they find you are taking too many pee breaks, you will be fired. If you work scheduled over time, you will not be paid at 1.5 times, rather they pay a flat rate which is less. Everything they do seems illegal to me, but they must have found some serious loop holes. Just remember if you shop at Gregg's, those good prices come out of an employees pockets. Never work here. The pay seems good, but its not worth it. I worked at Edmonton main, maybe others are better. Don't know, don't care.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 12 April 2013 by Rater #90 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• Well, working at Gregg Dist twice back fired in my face. I started at Greggs as an outside sales rep with the promise of earning over $80k per year, which almost happened if they didn't reduce your salary by $300 every 3 months till you got down to $2000 per month. They do give you $2100 per month to cover your expenses, which you get taxed on. I made the decision to leave the first time due to all the security changes, which included gps tracking on your laptop. The thing that made me return for a second round was some of the staff and opportunities. I lasted another 6 months before I had to leave due to losing money every month. It was costing me $600 per month to work there. It is extremely tough to trust anyone there.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 26 September 2011 by Rater #88 | Comments (2) | Flag as inappropriate

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• This post is to expose the poor wages the Minority employees receive and Greggs i make 58,000 a year on the counter, are you getting screwed.. I know we all are when i come to lost time and holidays.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 15 July 2011 by Rater #62 | Comments (2) | Flag as inappropriate

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• Pros: Better than average pay for most positions
  Many perks offered based on productivity
  Good bonus plan
  
  Cons: Insufficient time allotted for sickness, bereavement
  Vacation days used as sick days
  Grievance procedures handled by management rather than neutral third party
  (...)
  Overt and covert surveillance of all employees, including time spent in bathrooms
  Random searches conducted when leaving building
  (...)   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 9 July 2011 by Rater #61 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• Employer makes lots of promises, but does not keep many. If you are not in the upper circle , you are just a grunt, and you will stay a grunt.
  If you like cults, this is the place for you.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 28 December 2010 by Rater #56 | Comments (1) | Flag as inappropriate

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• Employees from Red Deer really like blue cards. Because only a few get them and others cover them up and become managers.
   

  Posted on 25 November 2010 by Rater #52 | Comments (3) | Flag as inappropriate

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• You do have to work extremely hard, which is not a bad thing. The fact your hard work goes unoticed, is negitive. If you can not conform to a robot, not the place for you. Mistake aren't tolerated (bluecard). There is no talking between employees. That might consitute into a mistake. If you look around a handfull of long term employee, the other 300 are only less than a year. Take it with a grain of salt. The fact that so many people are introduce every week at school should tell you something. That many in, that many out. They missing out on alot of good employees. I wish I new about this site earlier I could save myself time and effort.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 10 November 2010 by Rater #51 | Comments (2) | Flag as inappropriate

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• Wish I'd known about this site before I started there..all the negative comments are TRUE...they want robots ..critical thinkers will not survive. Do not provide any input to anyone, don't smile, don't talk..trust nobody..you will be watched at all times by people who befriend you for their own personal gain..worse than school for snitches.. better yet look elsewhere!   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 17 October 2010 by Rater #50 | Comments (3) | Flag as inappropriate

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• good place to work if you want to actually want to work if not go find a union job  

  Posted on 7 May 2010 by Rater #46 | Comments (4) | Flag as inappropriate

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• I currently work at the branch level and to anyone who is a perspective employee and has come looking for info to make their decission all I have to say is run. I wish I had read this page when I was considering joining Greggs.
  If you are just looking for a paycheck, for fairly simple work, 8-5/mon-fri then great they are always hiring. But if you are looking for a career, for job satisfaction, for some responsibility then I suggest you look elsewhere.
  Just to make things simple I am going to make a numerical list of what I hate about my job:
  1. They use the bonus program as a way of getting people to work extra time (...), but at a branch level there is very little feedback so really your bonus turns out to be very mediocre.
  2. Lost Time..if there was also gained time this part wouldn't bother me but it is just all take, for instance if you were to show up to work at 7am (start time is 8am) and you got a personal phonecall at 8:30am that lasted only 30 seconds you would then be charged 6 mins (1 min for the call and 5 mins for an administrative fee) eventhough you gave them an extra 1 hr of time that morning.
  3. School. If they actually got people who knew the products well and knew how to teach then this would be a good thing. But instead they have people who are basically reading the info from the catalogue at a speed so fast that it is virtually impossible to get everything written down. And oh yes you better write it down because at the beginning of every school they ask questions to random people and not just any questions, the most obscure questions they can come up with, and if you don't know the answer then you are stupid. (...).
  4. Vocabulary. They need to retire "awareness". Pick up a thesaurus. (I know that one was kinda bitter and childish but did I mention that besides trying to bring an "awareness" to perspective employees I am also ranting?)
  5. Don't ask any questions or have any ideas. I have made the mistake of doing both, at Greggs there is no smart question, and ideas are only good if they are managements.
  6. If you are calling in sick or leaving early you need to ask the big guy himself. You think with a company that has over 600 staff members that maybe a few managers could be trusted to take those types of calls. Delegation is not their strong suit.
  7. The store opens at 7:30am but staff don't start to get paid until 8am, (...), if you work at the branch level like me and nobody is there to help customers before 8am you will be humiliated in school next week in front of all the other staff.
  8. They like to call overtime once and awhile but instead of paying the staff a rate of 1.5 they do a flat rate of $25/hr. Now for some people this is even less than there normal wage.
  
  There are other comments I would like to make but unfortunately they would require me to use names, initials, or functions and really all I am trying to do here is just caution people, not get sued.
  I hope this helps someone avoid making the same mistake I did.
  Oh and one last thing, the company is always priding themselves on the fact that throughout a recession they are constantly hiring people not laying people off. Now this would be a good thing if the number of staff members overall was constantly growning. Otherwise you have to wonder, why would people be quitting a job during a time when nobody else is hiring?   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 5 May 2010 by Rater #45 | Comments (5) | Flag as inappropriate

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• This is a very hard Company to work for its very busy, the amount and variety of products are off the charts. theres a lot of bad stuff said about working here but the truth of it is. its not a place for kids or kid games. this company prides itself on quality and speed. So theres no time for games. Rules yup theres a lot of them. are most of them Common sence yup! theres a lot of ground to cover and a lot of people covering them. if the rules are not followed by some quickly things will snowball and that quality customers expect goes downhill in a hurry. the structure that keeps the business growing strong will start to slowly crumble, leaving the company no better then others losing money.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 21 April 2010 by Rater #44 | Comments (3) | Flag as inappropriate

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• My experience at Gregg's left a real foul taste in my mouth. I dont know about the other locations but the branch I was at was a terrible place to work. Most of the employees felt like they were walking on eggshells all day long. (...). Employee moral was the worst I have ever seen in a business and the turnover was very high. They would always preach "teamwork" and "pride" as if anyone knew what those terms meant at this job. What a joke! I could not be happier to leave that place and for the people on here that are trying to say that there are too many negative comments and Gregg's was a great place to work....just have a look at the number of negative comments on this site. Its obviously a consistent trend with all Gregg locations. As a company they do not know how to treat employees. OUT!!   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 14 March 2010 by Rater #80 | Comments (4) | Flag as inappropriate

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• Gregg Distributors is a horrific place to work. I have never been treated like I have absolutly nothing to offer before in my entire working life. People are not encouraged to offer opinions on anything at all. The trainers talk to you like you are a complete and utter moron, it's very disturbing. (...). I for one am in favor of the union movement and have offered to help in any way I can to ensure the movement is succesful. Look out old boys club here we come!!!!!!!!!   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 13 March 2010 by Rater #43 | Comments (8) | Flag as inappropriate

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• Just left. Feels good.
  
  I think if you're a customer then there is no better place to go. The customer will always be served well and get good value.
  
  As an employee, I recommend moving elsewhere. I couldn't stand the micromanaging. I couldn't stand the low morale of staff. I couldn't stand being watched. I didn't like being treated like a 10 year old when I made a mistake. Conversely, I didn't like not getting recognition for the good things I did. I didn't like getting in trouble for talking in the parking lot well after 5pm. I didn't like being subjected to endless stories about the speedskating family, or the fact that family was made the center of the company marketing strategy. I didn;t like not being allowed to talk at packing tables. I just didn't like it.
  
  Here's hoping my new job with the competition works out better.
  
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  Posted on 28 February 2010 by Rater #41 | Comments (7) | Flag as inappropriate

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