I have been working at Tim Horton's for almost four years. Now that they are competing with McDonald's, head office is firing both management and bottom-of-the-list employees left and right because they are changing their rules and standards every day. Every day I am shown e-mails from secret shoppers, health-inspectors, and upper management about complaints they have. So while their sitting in...

Working at Tim Horton's is comparable to that of working at a German Death Camp in the 1940's. You are required to do as much work as humanly possible with minimal breaking and absolutely disgusting compensation. I worked for Tim Horton's for 3 months to the day and was fired on my 90th day working. I worked mostly a 5:30am to 2:00pm shift and had to commute about 25km to and from work everyday...

I've been working in this company for 2 years. I've asked for health benefits, however, the manager of this company let me sign the form and after 2 months he gave it back to me and didn't gave me a reason why they didn't accept it. I was also sexual harassed by one of my coworker and reported her to my manager but he didn't do anything instead he jokes around with the person. It is unsafe to...

I know someone who works at the Tim Horton at the Pearson airport. The stories that I have been told left me in shock and total sadness. For a big corporation the Managers abuse their power, gossip about other other employees, shows favoritism, no respect for the employees, no breaks, having their employees work 12 hour shift with no break. This person had actually got burn in work and was told...

i thought i would love this job when i started. it ended up feeling like slave labour. on my third day they had me doing 2 jobs for drive through at once on an insane four hour rush. breaks are rarely on time unless i have one of the better supervisors. the general employees are great people. no time with my kids, working my ass off for minimum wage, expected to know everything when starting and...

Just terrible.

i've been working at Tim Hortons for 3-4 months now, initially i found it fun but now i want to kill my self every 5 minutes while working. It is honestly the worst job ever. it's highly stressful for a minimum wage job and the customers are soo sosososo rude! The training is HORRIBLE and the workers give you an attitude. I seriously got NO training. They expect you to know everything from this...

I work mornings 6am to 11am, Customers are aggresive and rude. Not to mention the language barrier that the management makes you feel when people speak their own language. Some of the management says the most discrimating things and harasses and neglect their employees. I can't wait to quit and get out. I've seen enough of how bad this company really is.

Been working at Tim Hortons in Toronto for over a year. At first it was great but when you start to realize all the b.s., red tape, and bureaucracy that feeling you feel in the beginning dies quickly. The district managers and head office in Oakville are completely useless, filled with pride and greed and will not help you with anything. Employees to Tim Hortons are nothing more then puppets Head...

I've been working at my location for a week now and I honestly can say it's not as bad as all the other reviews make it seem. There are occasional rushes and down times but nothing that is unmanageable. The manager is nice. I know the owner however so this may have an effect on how the manager treats me but I doubt that. This is my first job and at first i thought it was a little fast paced but...

i have been working at tims for almost a year now and I am sooo ready to quit! I work part-time and every time I do, I come home crying. Customers are rude, staff is always short, co-workers are constantly gossiping about others in their own language, serivce is slow, and nobody ever does the job that they are assigned too. Everybody just scatteres around and does whatever. I would never...

I was constantly feeling stressed during and before work.

I've read some of the reviews and just had to comment. Yes, Tim's can be a challenging job for minumum wage....but it's just that....a minimum wage job. I've been working at a Tim's for just over a year now and have done all the jobs in the building. I admit that some days are better than others. Maybe I just have good team members. I didn't watch too many of the training videos but after a...

Last week, I just quit Tim Horton. I felt glad that I left this company. The manager is nice and cheerful in certain points. However, he does not provide me with proper training. I told him that I do not have cash handling experience as well as make sandwich experience. He told me that he will provide me with training for sure. The next day, he asked me to do the job; however, I am not familiar...

Worst place ever to work at. i have been working as a trainee for 4 days in a row witch was apparently starting at 5 pm to 11:30 pm (but they neglected to tell me that it was at 5 so instead they told me it was at 4pm) so i was working about 7 hour days for 4 days in a row with a lot of school on top of that. and during the interview they said they would allow you to ask for time off to catch up...

I worked at Tim Hortons for just over 8 months as my first job and I had never been happier to get out of this place. At my location we would be given 9 hour shifts with only 30 minutes on break, or we would work until 11pm at night and be scheduled to work at 6 am the next morning. I'm not even sure this is legal. Half of our employees didn't receive proper training and then end up being awful...

Been working for 4 years, All I can say is Im too lazy to find another job and restart the training process. To be honest the company is horrible Ive got minimum wage and only a 10 cent increase in pay within these 4 years. What can you do though, big corporations sucking the hard work out of the poor as always.

To get the health benifits, you have to pay into it on your paycheck, but you still have to pay for dental etc..out of pocket and then wait for reimbursment (which is only 50% max, if they agree with your claim). Not nearly as flexible to new employees as they claim. Most managers don't participate in the work environment. Not very approachable either. No room at all for advancement.

I worked for Tim Hortons for over 2 years. At first I liked it, my fellow co-workers were easy going and made the it fun to work. That was very short lived. About 4 months after starting I encountered a back injury. As it is I already have structural scoliosis so any additional damage done to my back can be excruiatingly painful. I got a note from the doctor to be on light duties. TIm Hortons...

More interest in money then on the employee's.

I have worked at Tim Hirtons for just over 2 years, and my experience with the company is like a roller coaster. Some days I can really have a good day and others can be like a day in hell. The good days are when we are full staffed and the jobs are spread evenly and te shift passes smoothly, however some days employees will call in sick say a Sunday evening which is the busiest time and I...

Now that I've read these reviews, I'm beginning to doubt myself. I just started two days ago. I work Mon-Fri 3-11. This is my first REAL job (I've worked for a computer business and at a bowling alley, but nothing I would consider a job). It is shocking how stressful the job is. Thankfully, I work at one of the very few Tim Hortons that have no drive thru, yet I am still finding it crazy. It...

I have been working at Tim Hortons for 4 mouths now, I hate going to work I singed up for part time yet they're giving me full time hours, they will over work they're staff just to save a cent. All the trainers and supervisors are rude, I have been yelled at for asking a co-worker if they needed help. And most of the time instead of doing they're job they sit in the office talking to they're...

Horrible!! I worked at Tim hortons exactly 3 months, 3 months to the day I was hired i was called into the office and "immediately terminated" with no explanation why. It was my first job ever and im actually happy that I was fired, the manager there treated me and all the new people badly, I was not properly trained and overall i got the feeling that managment didnt even know how to do their...

I have always wanted to work for Tim Horton's however, having now worked for them I have seen things in a new light. They overwork their staff to the point that they are over tired and get sick. When you book off sick they give you a rough time by stating they are short staffed and they expect you to be at work. In the training video you learn that by coming in to work sick you increase the...

Tim Hortons was my first job, and I've got to say I'm so happy I quit.. I don't even know where to begin. My manager/ boss had mental issues I think. He pushed and shoved the employers and was rude and showed a lot of favouritism. He rarely next the never gave out raises and always yelled at the employees for the STUPIDEST reasons and he didn't even know what was going on in the situation. He...

Tim Hortons sucks, that`s why I rated so low. Don`t work there because your supervisors and managers make you feel like shit. It`s not worth the $9.60 an hour. You get overly stressed out and I swear the management picks favourites and it you're not one (like me) it sucks ass hole 100000X more.

I don't know what everybody is talking about! Maybe it's my location. It's great, I am a hard worker and I like to see smiles on peoples faces. sometimes a supervisor will expect you to do things a little to fast, and you might get a lot of shifts, but all my coworkers are great and its a good environment! I can make any customer happy, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF REALLY grumpy customers. be...

store 275 management sucks they need to treat their staff like humans not dogs you work your ass off and get no thanks too much favortism

they advertise a job to fit your life yet it is a job that can ruin your life

I've been working here for over a year now and it is the worst piece of crap job you could ever have. They control your life and treat you like an object. I'm not even allowed to dye my hair without getting it 'pre approved' it's rediculous. the customers are insanely rude in the area i work and i don't think it's fair that they can call us names and throw things around the store and we have to...

This job ruined my life! My

Legs kill me everyday and I'm never appreciated for my good work.

3 months of experience looking for a new job. Supervisors are ok but managers r rude n always point out flaws in workers and never the gud stuff. I felt unvalued many times, they made me cry twice as they made me work on my graduation and birthday. Customers r nice to me n im nice to them too, sum...

I love what I do but the stress that comes along with it is not at all acceptable, Management has such unrealistic goals sometimes I think people from head office live on cloud 9 have they ever worked at a Tim Hortons Location with a drive thru during times at 6-10 in the morning? I think not . I would not recomend this job on anyone there is no way of advancement even how hard you prove to them!...

I honestly have a job interview for this place tomorrow. Im glad ive seen these reviews. The place is a franchise and it happens to be one of the busiest stores in the city. I was iffy on even getting a job here in the first place. It just seems brutal. Now that ive read these im pretty sure my store will be the same..... Especially since im sort of shy/emotional and the fact that this would be...

I say this because I have worked for this god forsaken company for 4 years now and I have absolutely had it! I know your not going to have a good day everyday but when every day isnt a good day you know you have a problem. I am a supervisor at a timmies in nanaimo and i have never been so physically and mentally ill from being at work. they short staff us so badly that if one person calls in sick...

Terrible place!!!, during training listened to managers gossip about other employees about why they were calling in sick. Owner was cranky and always looked and acted extremely pissed off. Every employee i talked to said at one point or another she had screamed at them for something. Was made to do training during my breaks or if we got busy was made to return to work and finish break later. Once...

Terrible place to work!! Would highly recommend against it. I've worked there for almost a year now and HATE it with a passion. The managers don't care about you at all. All they care about are their drive-thru times. I can't wait until I get another job and can leave them because they suck MAJORLY!!!

Awful, awful workplace. I know each job will have its ups and downs, but this place is absolutely terrible. The one I work at in Saskatoon has awful management. They really don't give a crap about their employees. Equal opportunity employers are good and all, but when most the staff are people who barely speak a lick of English, there's a problem. I don't get why some staff can get away with...

(...). Some of the most unprofessional management I have ever worked with. NOT worth the stress.

Horrible place to work. Humiliating. Customers can be so mean and abusive because they have no respect for you. Ugly uniforms, minimum wage is not enough for the stress you deal with.

I worked at Tim hortons in Saskatoon for two months. The manager is terriable, she has no respect to your work, and always expecting you don't make any mistake. If you did, she would call you to her office, and than tell you if you customers complain, she gonna lose her job again and again. What the F she was thinking, most of the customers are just treating you without any manner!!

Some...

I worked for a Tim Hortons in Dartmouth, NS for 4 years off and on. It was my very first job right out of high school. No complaints about the training, learned everything I needed to know before I didn't have someone with me. No complaints about the job itself (stopped working there in 2005, a few months after the baked goods all went frozen). Pay wasn't great, but tips helped and the benefits...

I hate it, I've worked there for about a year and a half and my manager is rude to everybody, the owner of the store expects the employees to do everything for her, the layout is tiny, the people I work with are also comletely rude to me, basically implying that they are better than me because i'm only sixteen and they have been there longer than I have, the customers are rude to me, especially...

i have worked for tim hortons two summers in a row and honestly,i must say, even though it is my first job, its a terrible job. im expected to do everything and know everything and when i dont know something and ask my supervisor i get answered with an extremely annoyed tone. i was told i was going to be supported and encouraged... that never happened. i get payed WAY too little for the amount of...

If you like to deal with.people at a fast pace, and dont mind spilling things, then Tim Hortons is a pretty good place to work, lol, small stores have cramped storage space which makes finding your suppies tricky.

Working at Tim Hortons is a very difficult thing to do. Although it may seem like a good job for a high schooler, you will find yourself under a lot of stress and very difficult work. Minimum wage is a joke for this job, you are doing WAY to much to get $9somthing an hour, you have cranky customers who think you can get their items in 10 seconds, poor management, not enough employees, to many...

As a teenager I had a one day job at Tim Hortons (so take this review with a grain of salt). To summarize my experience in one sentence, it was far more stressful than my current face-paced, high-stress job working for an engineering/consulting company. The reason I only lasted one day at Tim's is because I was expected to learn multiple positions (kitchen work, serving, cash, cleaning, etc.) in...

Worst employer ever. Don't work for this soon-to-die company. The employer don't care about their employees at all!! The manager and owner don't have respect to the employees. The management is really unorganized. You work like a slave and get shitty paid.

The absolute worst place I have ever worked. I received 3 hours of unpaid "training" for store front even though I was hired for cleaning. I show up after this 3 hours training and I'm expected to know everything even if I didn't get to touch the till (no matter how many times I asked how to work it) And at no point in my interview or on my resume did I say it was all right for me to be put in...

To be quite honest, I'm really suprised to see these negative comments about Tim Hortons. I have been working in the Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows location for years, and have really enjoyed myself. The managers can seem a little disorganized sometimes, but overall they seem to care alot about me and are always really helpful when I need to change something on my schedule.

Working at Tim Hortons means you get paid too little, work to hard, never get credit for the good you do, but always get told about how bad you do, No respect from the owners, treated like cattle, expected to more than you possible can in a shift. By no means am I proud to work for them, adn sson as I can find another job it is adios.

I cannot emphasize more: do not apply at tim hortons. I have only worked here two weeks and I have had three seperate nervous breakdowns from the stress. I was immediately (and unexpectedly) put on full time, overnight shifts, I still do not have a proper schedule, and I have hardly any contact with my bosses (Who are they, even?) I am desperately looking for new work to try and get out of this...

I have worked at Tim Hortons' for 2 years now, and I am sick and tired of it. It is an awful place to work. Perhaps not at every Tims, but mine has AWFUL management. The manager blatantly favours certain staff members and is terrible with the schedule. As a part-time worker, when you book off work, he will always get angry and say something along the lines of "I don't garuntee time off for...

I have worked for Tim Hortons for about a month. Now let me put you in context: I am a graduate student who didn't find a job in his field. I had to work wherever to get some money to pay my rent and my other expenses. So I wasn't «thrilled» about working within a Tim Hortons or even other coffee shops. For me, it was more of an obligation than anything else. Now let me tell you a summary about...

They are one of the worst employers. The store I worked at does not listen to their employees or care about them.

I would never recommend Tim Hortons to anyone. I know the level of satisfaction varies from store to store as I know people who loved their time at Tims, but my experience was far from great. The harder you work the more they take advantage of you. Many times I'd felt that people from the lowest positions all the way to the top weren't adequately trained to deliver an ideal workplace or customer...

I have worked at tims for 6 months and have advanced a bit. My job is fantastic and I love going to work. To be completely frank anyone who cannot hack TMs is a tad slow. The cash is basic...Coffee with 2 cream. If you find that challenging a degree in arts is most likely your most profitable choice. I find my job is easy and enjoyable everyday except the occasional Friday if people call in...

I am actually very pleased wit my job at Tim's right now. I expected it too be brutal but in all honesty its fair. Training was excellent, consisted of 7 days spread over two weeks and the trainer was always present. Management and supervisors are competent, friendly and respectful. It is easy to call in sick or request time off if needed with no consequences. The people I work with are nice and...

I have worked for two tim hortons stores in my life. The first one everyone got along and the employees were friends. The environment was happy and calm. I worked there for a year or 2 and then had to leave because I moved to a different city. I applied for a job at tim hortons in another city. When I had my interview I told them I couldnt work thursday or saturday nights because of a...

a wasted 2 months of my life, store management is a mess,managers and supervisors are incompetent and incoherent as they choose not to listen or understand their employees, pay is not enough for the stress and labor involved, very unorganized, the atmosphere is so negative it makes you want to quit, no appreciation whatsoever for the work you complete or try to complete, and no positive...

I have worked at a few Tim Horton's. The one i was recently at had terrible management, a tendency to treat new employees bad so they are upset and end up quitting. They had no training and I was very disappointed in no one taking my suggestions to make things easier to heart. I would not recommend anyone to work for this company if that is how they treat their employees. Plus the pay is...

You need a big personality to work at a Tim Hortons. I started working at one two years ago, and after a little over a year, I took a transfer to another Tim Hortons closer to my house. I was supposed to keep my original position as storefront crew, but the manager at the new Tim Hortons cornered me into working fulltime nights (while in high school), doing the night bake. I had one training...

Simply, bad.

Worked at the moose jaw tim hortons,i quit after 4 days from listening to those other poor employees... there had been sum girls working there for 3-4 yrs still making minimum wage or only made 25 cents more than min wage,it was my 2nd day n they already had me training someone who didnt speak english n didnt no canadian currancy!it was very stressful for me bcuz i was also a trainee myself and...

I've been working at the windermere location in Edmonton, and the training is terrible. You are not told what to do and then get in trouble for not doing it. They are constantly changing your shifts with very little notice, you get barely any benefits - they are very cheap. Some labour laws are not adhered too. You are treated with suspicion and passive aggression. An absolutely TERRIBLE job and...

Only place i could get a job so i did midnights for awhile. Awful place even the managers can't get along. Midnights are treated as slaves, asked to do everything by morning staff who aren't even supervisors or anything just lazy. Every morning theres always something wrong, something we missed or something the shift before us did but we automatically get blamed for it. Too much gossip, too many...

Worked at Tim Horton's for 4 years. Was promoted to student supervisor. It was ok, but definitely not worth the pay. All Tim Horton's are breeding grounds for bullying and gossip. You could be the worst employee in the world, but get the most shifts, if you come to work with a sob story and kiss your managers butt.

I have been working for Tim Horton's for just over a month now. I wanna start off by stating that I am a strong person and it usually takes a lot to get under my skin.

Anyways, this is the worst job I have ever had. I got hired to do midnights. The training sucked, I was only showed how to clean and stock. Then 3 weeks after getting hired I have to train a new guy. No one showed me how to prep...

Love the job just wish I would get more hours but they are always hiring new people

I've worked at a Tim Hortons for 4 years today. And, for the most part it is fantastic. I worked in Lindsay Ontario for 6 months and I loved my job. My mom and dad were friends with all my supervisors so everything always went smoothly for me. I got a transfer to the Drive Thru location and was there almost 2 years. My manager was fantastic, I loved the people I worked with on my afternoon shift...

i have worked at tim hortons for five years as a baker once you show them that you are a good worker they keep adding additional duties to your position. its the worst company i have ever worked for . the owners have 5 cars worth 70 to 100000 dollers each and complane in front of you that there store is not making much money.also they are world travelers and go on frequent trips and brag about it...

Try working in the store in Minden Ontario now that is pretty scary shit. Wanna check out a fight scene hitting walls, swearing in front of customers, swearing at each other no baked goods half the time only time store is cleaned is when the District manager is visiting

Don't train employees right. expect someone who has worked only 2 midnight shifts to be able to work alone. On night shift coffee and tea is not timed. Decaf coffee is made before 11pm and is served all night,or until all is gone. Employees are rude, and can speak in their own language about anyone they feel like.

I have worked at tim Hortons for 5 yrs as a supervisor. Once you show you are a good worker you are expected to do more and more each day. They do not appreciate anything you do. Paid holidays, overtime? What is that? Supervise for that long and get paid 9.00 an hour. If you are late, call off because of sickness, do anything wrong you get money taken out of your check. Is that even allowed?...

Been here for 3 days and hate it. First day my team lead complained I wasn't fast enough for filling coffees then complained that I wasn't experienced enough for her. I had never worked at a fast food place and she expected perfection. Training was a joke. Staff eat on floor all the time in front of customers and talk about others. Today I was stock girl for 7 hours. I'm quitting tomorrow. If...

ok i worked at tim hortons........for THREE DAYS. that was long enough for me to realize that all tims is, is a modern day sweat shop. anyways let me start off with what i got for training, which i quit before i even finished but ....my training consisted of me sitting in the back room directly in front of the freezer door, which was being opened and closed all day long, while i sat there...

Worst place to ever work. This company is a joke and it enjoys abusing it's workers. Never give your 100% and never try, they'll expect it like no tomorrow and non stop on top of that..

The management loves to mock you and have their spies watch everything you do. The most hostile place I've ever worked.

Crap place to work. A job is a job, but if you work here you'll become depressed to to go work. The thought of Tim Horton's makes me sick. The managers do not care about you, and nothing is fresh. Grab your coffee if you need to, but I highly recommend staying away from here.

Worst place to work on earth. Management likes to belittle you and it's horrible. They work you to the bone for peanuts. I was told I would get 30+ hours and now I only get 3-4 days a week without any explanation. The owners are a-holes and have no idea how to treat people with respect. Apply to McD's people.

Treated horribly. I was made fun of by the management and degraded. I strongly believe I was bullied by the management. The training was a joke, they barely went through an entire training book in a couple of hours, and didn't provide any help at all. Instead, they became very upset and impatient with me whenever I asked for help. It was horrible.

Horrible, degrading and unprofessional workplace. Just know that if you have or still do work at Tim Hortons, there will be no worse job...EVER!

So i worked at Tim Hortons for 2 years and I would not recommend anyone apply there. Never put 100% effort in your tasks there cause once u do its expected all the time and then u get yelled at when u slow down just a little. My managers called me a superstar cause i was so fast and efficient, worst thing i did after that even on a bad day i was expected to peform to that standard all the time....

it is not possible to give them more than one star, it just isn't. In fact, if I could give them no stars I would. The complete disrespect of employees is astounding.

Tim Horton's is quite possibly the worst place anyone could ever work. I was there for only 2 days before I quit. On my first day, they dragged me away from watching training videos to put me up front, taking orders. I had no idea what I was doing, because of my lack of training. When I asked for help, the girls training me would get frustrated. When I got orders wrong, they would get mad, shoo...

essentialy i worked at tim hortons in milton ontario for nearly two years. While i gave the marks i did on a personal level it was not a pleasent enviroment at the end result. First off the owners while they might be nice to u to ur face there was constant negitave comments behind ur back,these guys were the best at promising u things and not giving them as i was promised a supervisor position...

I spent a grand total of 18 months for Tims. I absolutely love my first store, the staff, management and most of the customers were amazing!!! Head office truly doesn't care about the individual stores, or customers. My rating is based over 3 different stores. Georgetown, Clarkson, and Ottawa(Rideau Centre). My first one was Georgetown, second was Clarkson, and third was Ottawa. Like I said,...

I am a manager at a Tim's and it has become the worst company to work for. They expect way to much out of there employee's. My management training is laughable. I've been employed for a long time, but am finally realizing what a crap hole this place is. Flexible hours? Nope, you work what they schedule you for or else get fired or pushed out. You have to be available 24/7 which contradicts what...

I have never been so insulted with a company in my life of working as I have working for a Tim Horton's company. One of three manager's does not know her roles. She demands people to do jobs not in their job descriptions. She demands you to do jobs you feel unsafe. She gives attitude towards most of the staff (favouritism in our store is unbelievable). When you ask questions she replies with "are...

I have never hated myself so much as I have in my months of working at Tim Hortons. I feel like I am in high school all over again! Bullying, gossip, name calling and verbal abuse from management is a daily occurrence in my store. Rarely do I go home and have energy to do anything. I am so worn out from the stress of working there that I generally go to sleep as soon as I come home. I have always...

Been at this dive for quite some time. Most managers are ignorant, call their employees down to the lowest in front of customers and co-workers. The Owners think they are better than everyone else because they "OWN A TIM HORTONS". Big deal they breathe the same air I do. You have to fight and argue to get a vacation, because they have "blackout" periods. They only follow corporate rules when they...

I've been working at Tim Hortons for four weeks, and I hate my job. I applied at Starbucks first but they rejected me because my hours weren't what they were looking for, and every time I go there I feel jealous.

I've had good and bad days at work depending on my supervisor. (...) Every time I do something wrong or something isn't to her standard, she tells me in the meanest way possible....

Tim Hortons is good for a part timers.. if you are looking for a full time jobs and wanted a good company to respect your pay rights and dignity..Tim Hortons is not the place. The Corporate don't care about the people who are being mistreated by the franchise owners..first of all the franchisee do not follow the corporate rules in treating employees. Ask one of the employees who works at tim how...

Firstly, I don't understand what everyone is on about... I love my job at TH. Maybe it's just my location, but I really like it. Got hired in july, now it's march. I'm already trained on coldstone, dishes, storefront, drive thru, soup n sandwich. just got my coldstone and soup n sandwich training last weel, but still. i regularly have a lot of drive thru, and am on orders for hours at a time, as...

I've been working at Timmies for 8 months and it's an OK place to work, I'm a grade 11 student. I started doing cashier and the Truck Shift, and drive-thru. I was praised for working hard, and eventually got baker shifts mixed in. People are always leaving, were on our third our fourth set of supervisors, and the schelduing is often unfair. My store is very busy, and there is never time to...

One of the worse places to work!! I was fired after almost 2yrs... and the reason they gave me was my position was being abolished.... I was the busgirl/dishwasher. Needless to say within 3 months they re-opened the position. I used to get 30 mins for lunch, and 2 X 15 min break if I was working 8+ hours. Not allowed to go to the store across the street during my 30mins, got yelled at for smoking...

I have worked at tim hortons for almost 3 years, i work my butt off and get treated like dirt. I was supervisor for almost 7 months and then stepped down because I was not properly trained and I couldn't handle getting nagged at for other people not doing things properly. I can't do it all! I work with a bunch of lazy teenagers who do nothing. I worked 2-10pm five days a week as supervisor while...

direct deposit was a move to good direction but i have a suggestion about Tim Horton's day camp which is listed for kids less fortunate .ok what about your employees kids ?! , you think minimum wage is not less fortunate enough to offer day camps for your employees kids ?! specially the ones in the Montreal area ...

So I was hired as a Baker and Storefront worker. My training was very good and I feel I had a great beginning experience. However, after I started, other employees began to quit like you wouldn't believe. We have probably gone through at least 25 new employees in the past 10 months. New trainees haven't been getting proper training. The management team gossips about all other workers, and the...

Tim Hortons is a good job if you want hours. That, unfortunately, is the only good thing about where i work. My manager is very rude and she discourages people more than encourages them. I am a part-time supervisor because i still am in high school, but i tend to get in trouble for everything... even when i am not there. I dislike the fact that there is such thing as a District Manager becuase my...

Before giving your resume to this employer, follow @TimHortonsLife on twitter to see what others think about working ther. But personally, I don't love working at Tim Hortons, but I don't hate it either. I have great supervisors and all but my GM is the worst. She really does not about anyone and incourages the supervisors to follow her way of management by yelling, threatening and making their...

Great Managers for the most part but alot of hired managers make employees feel small and do not appreciate their time or work ethic all because of availability. Family will always come first and a job that does not see that will never work for anyone

It's a job for now.treated like slaves,no respect .employees are treated as second class citizens.1 review in 3 years and no raise They are nothing like they describe themselves on their website, The worst place any one can ever work HEAD OFFICE DOES NOT CARE EITHER AS LONG AS THEY GET THEIR MONEY AND THE STORE IS PAYING THEIR FRANCHISE FEES THEY DO NOT CARE about employee

terrible owner...

At first I was going to say some positive things about working for this company...I find it difficult to even think of positive things to say. Tim Hortons is where I met some good friends and people. Working along side some of them for 5 years or so. However when I first came I was looked down on, told I was slow, constantly set up to fail and worked damn hard for my employers to look at me as if...

It's a job for now.treated like slaves,no respect.

I am currently working for a Tim Hortens and it is the worst job i have ever had. The managment staff could not be more disrespectful. Our manager runs 4 stores so he doesnt ever see what goes on. Whenever head office comes in, they all act like its the perfect work environment. The assistant manager does nothing but yell and pick at everything. If there are three people in a line up you get...

I worked for tim hortons for 2and a half years and was so stressed out i ended up having to take stomach pills. There was so much push for times that the supervisors were always stressed and cranky and the staff was in reaction the same. There were way to many double standards where the employee's were concerned and more often than not, the better workers were not recognized over those who were...

My first day training no one trained me.. and then my manager asked me OH? didnt you watch the training videos? like for real f.. off it teaches you nothing when it comes to cash you bimbo.

I am currently working at a Tim Hortons in Ontario and I have never been so disrespected and treated so horribly in my life. There are days that I come home and cry because I am made to feel incompetant and stupid. I've been there for six months and have a supervisor who is constantly harassing me, even in front of customers. The manager has no interest in what I have to say because I am younger....

I find Tim Hortons holds true to their reputation of being the last place you seek employment, the pay is low , moral is low, employees are treated as second class citizens, How about Tim Hortons strive to be the kind place everyone would like to work for instead of a last resort, guess that explains the high turn over. The public knows this they aren't fooling anyone .......

It is an ok firt job to teach the importance of speed and accuracy. Unfortunately it lacks good management, and management developement is not encouraged leading to brow beaten staff, instances of verbal abuse, "gradeshool bullying" by immature management staff and daily stressinduced meltdowns. A Tim Horton's success is usually based on a core group of dedicated, hardworking non-management staff...

Been at this job for a little over 3 years, but not by choice. It was last resort job and the only thing I could find in my little town. At first it seemed ok but it really just goes absolutely downhill and doesn't stop. I've only received 1 review in 3 years, and no raise. There are many other people there who have never gotten even the smallest raise. A lot of people quick, A LOT and lately...

I've been working at my location for 3 years. I'm in university so I need a job to pay off my tuition but it's difficult to find a job anymore for someone my age, let alone a decent job. I've had various issues at my location, and I've witnessed issues others have had. The turnover rate is ridiculous, the employees are treated like infants, managers and owners pick favourites, and no matter how...

I worked on cash and was only there for two weeks before I was let go this was in the early 2000's. Management claimed that customers complained about me when I asked what the complaints were they said that they could not tell me. I know that four employees there did not like me and more than likely wanted me gone, management must have given them their wish. These same employees treated me...

Never expected to be talked down to,degraded in front of customers,mentally abused and picked on.After being a stay at home mom for some years it was scary getting back out there . I hope my next manager is a Just Manager who is not such an uncaring person. I thought working for Tim Hortons would be fun, I am no stranger to hard work!!!BUT after a few weeks true colours started to shine thru.......

The Tim Hortons location that hired me in BC hired me full time then cut my hours down to 8.5 a week. How is anyone supposed to help support their family on that? Not to mention that its minimum wage without the possibility of a raise in the far distant future. The manager and assistant manager are on a constant power trip, where their "favorites" do not lift a finger, while everyone else has to...

People under 25 are not treated very well. No matter how hard you work, or how many years you've worked for them, once they decide they no longer want you, for whatever weak reason, they fire you. Not a good place students. They are nothing like they describe themselves on their website, at least not in Winnipeg/Selkirk locations.

The worst place any one can ever work!

horrible place to work!!! OWNER'S ARE NOTHING BUT GREEDY SELFISH HORRIBLE PEOPLE AND I BELIEVE IN KARMA.... TREAT PEOPLE AWFUL, HIRE UNTRAINED MANAGERS THAT KNOW NOTHING AND THEN FIGHT WITH EACH OTHER, SET PEOPLE UP FOR FAILURE. HEAD OFFICE DOES NOT CARE EITHER AS LONG AS THEY GET THEIR MONEY AND THE STORE IS PAYING THEIR FRANCHISE FEES THEY DO NOT CARE!!

Tim Hortons is a joke. They expect you to know how the cash register operates after a week. I had employees telling me they have been there for over 3 months and they still get confused because the register is setup in a stupid way. They also have you doing the work of 3 people. They can't pey enough for the work they expect you to do.

This is by far the worst employer I have ever worked for. I had a family emergency that I had to leave work for and I was told if i left i would be written up. My schedual was never the same, i would go from a day of nights, to afternoons to days. I expressed my concern to the management and they said they didn't have enough employees, yet there were a stack of resumes on their desk they went...

This is an absolutely horrible employer to work for. Tim Horton would be ashamed at how he is being represented today. The management is absolutely horrible. I've been working here for a year and a half, and to be honest, I almost quit loads of times. Luckily, I'm quitting this summer to go to university. The owner yelled at my friend for quitting to go to university out of town, which completely...

Tim Hortons by far is the best job I have ever had. I worked as a kitchen manager at a restaurant for 7 years before this and it was the worst job ever. working at Tim Hortons is like heaven comparied to my past job. I honestly think that anyone who is getting mistreated by their indiviual store should contact head office. there are several numbers and email addresses people could be getting a...

I worked at a Tim Hortons this summer to earn some extra money. It was my first job, so I was really nervous about the whole experience. On my first shift, I didn't watch videos, I was thrown right on cash. Luckily, one of the experienced employees volunteered to "train" me by helping me learn how do punch in the orders and making coffee. Two of the other employees informed me that they didn't...

I have been with this company for 4 months and I have been treated like CRAP. One of my supervisors pinches me when (she/he) "thinks" that I'm too slow. However, I know its unacceptable but I need to pay for my tuition fees and I can't find any other job right now in this economy. Government needs to help people like me because student loans don't really help as they are something that I will...

As a university student who needed a second employer in the summer, I began working at Tim Horotns. I am still employed at the same location and am very unsatisfied with the management. I know I have never been throughly trained, and have inquired and learnt many things by myself. I find the work very unsatisfying, and feel there is a great deal of favourism towards certain employees (myself not...

Tim Horton would be Ashamed of what his name respresents now food wise and how his employees are being treated. WHERE IS THE PRIDE BIG WIGS!? Oh it's in your bank account.

I have been employed at Tim Hortons for almost 3 years and I am almost at my breaking point. The longer I work there the more I see Management taking advantage of their employees, favoritism, and complete and total disrespect for most of the staff. First off the owners of my store don't allow staff to keep tips! all the tip money gets stored away in a bank account somewhere. I have never...

Never work here. All the bad reviews are accurate and you should take note with them. I worked at Tim Horton's for 2 months and I was just let go today.. over the phone. My manager told me that she heard from the other Tim Horton's that I had to work at for a few days told her I had a bad attitude, so she didn't even know this first hand. She Also told me she couldn't give me the hours anymore....

I have never ever worked for a company such as Tim Hortons...oh my goodness..there is no respect,no team work.There is NOTHING that would make a person want to work for Tim Hortons..I have been sick with pneumonia for about a week or so ansd have had to miss time and I have been made to feel like its my fault.I have a doctors note and have alwyas given doctors notes whn i have been sick.They have...

My husband worked at the Tim Hortons in Petrolia. He was 17 or 18 at the time and he will never ever work there again. His tire went flat, he called in the night before to inform them that he would not be in because he had no vehicle, they told him too find a ride. Now I can understand them wanting to come in so we were not too angry, he took a cab to work. He got accused to stealing a box of...

This place is HORRIBLE. I tell them all throughout summer that I can not work tuesdays.. the only times they didn't schedule me for tuesdays was the LAST 2 tuesdays!! After Summer I couldn't work tuesdays and wednesdays and it took them about 3-4 weeks to get that right.. And just last week they schedule me for not only tuesday or wednesday but BOTH. I gave them A list of days I could work

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I've only worked at Tim's for 4 months. Personally, I can't stand the job. I honestly can't take the verbal harassment you take from bad customers and the horrible shifts. The part I like about the job though, is the people I work with on a daily basis, but that's not enough. I gave them my schedule for the up-coming school year, and they don't follow it. I told them I can start at 4 (hour and a...

I am 16 years old and go in for my first day in training for 3 hours. The next day I call in to inquire about my hours and am dismissed because I didn't smile while in training for my first job ever and that I leaned against the counter. Really? This is all you got? The best part is that my trainer wasn't much older than I and my job depended on her word. If I didn't have people telling me...

I just got a job a tim hortons. I know the manager and so he told me to come in for a "interview" just for the paperwork but that I shouldnt worry because I already got the job. After reading this I am kinda nervous is it really this bad?

Anyone who works at Tim Hortons I have one thing to say to you. You do not get paid enough for what you put up with.

i started working at tim hortons three years ago and tell myself every day that i will find another job. As soon as i finish my college program i will be able to escape and get a job where i'm treated like a human being. I tell all my friends not to buy time hortons food (it's full of fat, sugar, and chemicals and it's such a lie that it's 'always fresh'. Yeah right, it's made in a factory ,...

worst job ever no respect loads of gossip should put more time in training managers know your rights! caution if you know your rights you may be fired! students working there deserve a pat on back for they are truly the one ones there that know anything about how to treat staff and customers.

This is hands-down the worst place I've ever worked. You get treated like you're a door mat, something for the rich bosses to wipe their feet on, especially if you are a woman of colour. I am completely shocked that a Canadian company treats people like this. This is why I left India! Imagine my surprise coming to Canada and getting treated far worse than at home. They seem to especially pick on...

Tim hortons has got to be the worst job i have ever worked at, im 14 years old and have been working there for over 4 months. Every day that put on dishes no matter how many times i ask if i can go on drive thru or till they always respond with no. They also give me the worst work shifts, it may only be once a week but its on the days that im off from school so i can never hang out with my...

I could not agree more with many of these comments. I just started working at Tim Horton's doing a bakery night shift. To be honest, I have an education and am working there to get out and earn some pocket money before I have another child and stay home. Anyway, I thought it would be a fun job since I love their products and I love baking. Miserable lifers there! They trained me for one 4-hour...

Hm, where to start. I started on Sept. 13th, and it's September 22nd. I completed those dumb training videos (which no one can remember all of those recipes!!) and then my first day on the floor they threw me on cash. My trainer took off and I was left standing there with my knees buckling under myself with the weight of the pressure with a line-up out the door. Needless to say, I hate training...

I have been working for Tim Horton's for 3 years and I love it. The owners and managers are very respectful and always appreciate their employees in one way or another. I love working with all my coworkers and we get along great! They are like my extended family <3 All the employees are VERY diverse (not like the usual Tim Horton's that I go to - no offense). During the school year I go to school...

Tim Hortons cares about there bottom line only and not there employees, if you like stress then work there, if you like to be dis respected then work there and most off if you want to be over worked and Mirco managed work for them. Terriable place to work and I hear working for the corporate side is even worse talk about mistreatment of employees....wow!

I worked for Tim Hortons for 6 months, it was ok until I got sick and needed a day off, They kept making excuses why I didnt get my benefits and then a supervisor harassed me and I ended up fired. There is no job protection and they allow people to be treated badly. By far the worst company to work for. Plain awful. Dont work for them.

Because I am a teenaged student, my experience with Tim Horton's so far has been a little different than some of those described. For me, it's not the most fun job but I do my best and it's nice to have a little extra money in my pocket. I will say that at my location there are NO pay raises. My seventeen year old friend has been working there for three years and he has never gotten a raise. At...

I work in one of the Southwestern Tim Horton's, working midnights are not easy, I have read some of the comments on here and alot of what other's are saying sounds alot like what I have been going thru. If they want to keep people that want to work, they need to straighten up their acts. I'm currently looking for another job because of the heck I go thru at work every night.

This is the worst place in Scarborough to work. They abuse the immigrant women that work for them and squeeze everything they can. The managers push the staff to make "timing" and the bosses walk around like they are god.

This is my second job and I would say that I'm really lucky compared to other people complaining about their management. I have to say, my manager is great and understanding, so was my training supervisor ! and I can't love my fellow coworkers more ! Its amazing how you get closed to your coworkers in a matter of a few days only ! and bond always remains because you realise that you're the same...

I was offered a job a Tim Hortons. I could not believe that my training area was by the ice cream freezers where at the end of the day, my neck and shoulders were stiff. Also the training video computer was right beside a 2 seater table where everyone came for their breaks, reaching over me and beside me to get to their personal bags/purses which did not have a place to be locked up.

I cannot...

I've never had this much trouble with any job, ever - I'm looking at what I can do to have my location investigated. Nobody deserves to go through the pointless hell I just went through, especially for a job pouring coffee. If anyone has tips, please leave a comment! And note: I'm not a loud mouthed person. I wouldn't complain here if I knew I had done something wrong.

It all started on a...

I have read many reviews from this site and have come to the conclusion that I work for one of the best Tim Horton's in Canada.

I find that this restaurant is actually quite well run. Things are organized very well and everything is cleaned regularly.

I feel like I am valued at this Tim Horton's. We get little raffle tickets whenever we are seen doing things well. I just won the monthly...

this is the worst, single-handedly most frustrating and degrading job on the planet. this job is abuse, it is like going to jail, its like a concentration camp, we make no money, have no fun, everyone hates us, we are stupid, we are rats, we get stomped on, heckled, we cry, we suffer, we bleed, we continue, we have no have no say, we have no feelings, we are a number, we work for the man, we are...

I have worked at a Tim Hortons for almost 3 years now. Started at front counter and have now been a supervisor for 5 months. Every Tim Horton's is run slightly different depending on the store owner. My store owner is really cheap. He pays as little as possible and expects a lot! They waited to do employee evaluations (for pay raise) till after minimum wage went up, then tacked on 5 and ten cent...

I was hired over the Christmas holiday as a cashier. On my first shift, they put me on cash and assumed that I knew everything - basically willing me along to learn on-the-spot. I still remember that fateful conversation I had with the person supposed to be helping me along. "Don't I get training?" "This IS your training." No name-tag, so I had to tell people several times that I was very new....

If you ever decide to work at a Tim Hortons, the best advice I have for you is to know your rights,don't assume anything and ask lots of questions. If they ask you to become a baker and mention a wage increase-be sure to ask how much, otherwise they will give you an extra nickel an hour, if anything at all. Make sure you make yourself absolutely clear as to what shifts you are available to...

This employer does deserve a single star rating-don,t believe it? try it out yourself! I was told to make sure i punch out for breaks-"so the owner doesn't get into trouble by the labor board" but could not actually take a single break in an 8 hr shift.I was harassed, bullied, and have never ever been treated so badly.If you quit in the first three months you have to pay for the ugly...

A pop up came up to say that no employer deserves a single star but the North Vancouver Drive Thru does. Don't believe the Tim Horton's hype that this is a great place to work - it isn't. Staff is treated very poorly and worked excessive hours without overtime and often not getting the correct hours on their paycheck. Lots of immigrant employees and students are abused and the labour board...

Have worked there for 4 years. Stores have gone from great to worst, in morale, customer service, acknowledgement of those who contribute and those who front, senior management either has absolutely no clue about what really goes on or does not care, just as long as they achieve the bonus results they want.

So I just quit my job of almost 3 years. I'm looking for another job, and I have no income but, I feel great. When I started at Tim Hortons I was making 9.75 to work the midnight shift (11 pm-7 am). It was ok with me because I had just started so I figured that I would get a raise in 6 months, but I didn't. When the minimum wage went up to 10.25, I was promoted midnight supervisor and given...

I wouldn't recommend this job, unless you are a part-time student working in a location with other young people. The teenagers at my store seem to enjoy working a couple shifts a week, but I would not recommend if you want to work more than 2 shifts a week...if you actually want to INVEST part of your LIFE into it. Workers aren't generally appreciated for their hard work, and it's near impossible...

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When you're a customer you don't get to see the ugly side of this company.

I am a manager at a Tim Hortons, and I do not walk around like I am god, do not treat my co-workers like crap, and I work very hard. But, I do take a lot of crap from a few workers, and get no backup from my employer. The majority of my weekly hours are over 50 hours, and no, I get nothing for that. I have never received a bonus for any of my hard work, and I can say, honestly, I have doubled...

TIM HORTON have no direct deposit program to pay wages !! they don't help their own employees get a chance to put their children in summer camps !! yet they collect money for needy families to send their children to summer camps and all sort of charities while i consider a minimum wage worker " who has a family "at Tim Horton " or at any other company for that matter " is considered as a...

terrible

I wish I could rate lower...this is the worse place to work by far! I was a store Manager and I chose to leave because I was worth more than putting up with garbage. The franchise makes money with no management background for the owners. They do appalling to their staff things because they are cheap. The best decision I ever made was to leave.

I have worked at Tim Hortons as a day staff member for nearly a year and I can honestly say it is the hardest, tiring and most stressful place I have ever been in. The owners are brutal to their Managers and Supervisors, DM are brutal as well and it definitely trickles down to the regular staff. Our performance is never good enough. The worst thing is the pressure for the peak drive thru...

I have worked at a Tim Horton's for three years and I hate it. I have been scheduled for weeks now to work the slow week nights and week-end shifts and all of a sudden got told that I had to work the 6-2 shift without being prepared to have to service 150 + customers. Of course I have been making mistakes and have had to keep pots of coffee brewing while at the same time servicing customers in a...

Oh yah..i am working at tim hortons for more than a week now and i feel like quitting already and i will this Friday. The training is poor - only five days and the managers have high expectations from you. It is not a good place to work. The pay is also bad, just a minimum, for the amount of work they are asking you to do. The pressure is very high in the workplace. They told you that it is a...

All the advertising saying it's a job that fits your lifestyle is garbage. Managers do not care at all about the employees that work for them, neither do the store owners. Supervisors are underpaid and always harassed by management to work overtime without any extra benefits. Do not apply you will regret it.

Worst place to work in Canada. Managers are determined to break you. If you ever want a job at Tim Hortons, never ever work at the Drive-through area; it gets so busy you can't even ask to go to the washroom and such. Such a bad place to work that at least 1 person quits their job everyday at the store i worked at.

I am horrified to find out that my son who worked for Tim Hortons approx. 5 years ago was refused a request to go to the washroom. A message just came up that no employer deserves a single star rating - No Employer that I have ever worked for would refuse a request to go to the washroom. His manager said it was too busy. Very sad

Tim Hortons is an incredibly competitive company compared to the other food service companies still in business. I do give their corporate side that praise. But they do seem these days to be too focussed on profit and not on the conditions us lowly slaves have to endure. We're currently working chaotically fast to achieve unrealistic goals from head office. I'm watching our newest afternoon...

Only worked there for money, loved the fellow employees but worst place ive ever worked for, i would clean shoes before i would do that again, worked for 2 years there and dont know how i did it, simply concept but shit to work for. make it seem so great to work there but they treat you like shit. I am a person not someone to step on and be pushed around its freakin doughnuts for god sakes stop...

The managers are rude (especially to employees that are white, my manager was East Indian). They do not take responsibility for their actions - a "WET FLOOR" sign was not put up while mopping the back area on a BUSY Saturday morning, I went to the back to grab something for a customer, fell HARD and got scrutinized for not realizing that the floor was wet. One night I didn't sleep, I was so sick...

Tim Hortons clearly abuses it's power especialy with young workers, this is purely driven by money and greed. The things I am reading within these posts are absolutly disgusting and must stop. Tim Hortons workers are in desperate need of a Union to protect them from these types of abuses.

A few Tim Hortons locations have Unions in place and they make around $14hr and have the protection of...

There is no space behind the counter to move and it is impossible to get past anyone. i'm a baker at the store i work at, and personaly i think think the work load is way to much for one person to handle. a lot of people before me have quite because they were simply stressed out. my managers are rude and when trying to go to the store owner about their attitude towards us he simply ignores it....

I wouldn't let my worst enemy work at this place. The teamwork may be good enough and some of the people are a lot of fun to work with, but the managers are absolutely terrible. They won't listen and don't give a crap about their employees, and are very quick to judge and place the blame on someone else. I'm still working there and nearly everyday I come close to quitting on the spot.

At first when i got the job, i was excited and didn't think it would be bad. Oh boy was i wrong, i worked for 3 weeks, and i don't even know how i stayed for that long. Training is really bad, you are over-worked and underpaid. I was pretty much on my feet for 8 hours, if not serving customers, i would be sweeping/mopping, cleaning machines, refilling machines or cleaning the washrooms. Managers...

Worst company I could have ever imagined working for. Maybe it was just my store, maybe not. But all I know is there was no respect in the workplace, Employees were treated like crap, and when someone had a family problem going on in their life, the management didnt care one bit, and even suggested we quit if we couldnt handle life. Dont work for them unless you really need it. Nonetheless,...

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there'e one thing and only one thing i can say about timmies

horrible

no advancement oppurntunity

minimum wage-even lower then mcds

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hiorrible boss

no raises

disorganized schedule

full time schduling students

andmoremoremore

i loved working at mcdonalds but i switch to timmies becuz of location problems

man how i regret my choice

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I worked there as my second job (I started working at A&W) and found it terrible. The training was lacking, my trainer decided she didn't feel like doing it and just left me to struggle through. The only reason I managed to get by was that I knew the fast food storefront stuff from my previous job. They gave me one shift a week, even though I made it clear I needed more than that to get by. Then,...

As with any fast food place it's not ideal. My managers/ supervisors are well organized however they have little to no respect for the student staff. I have been working here about 2 months and they call me by another name! The training is not very good. They expected me to know everything on my second shift. Things are clean and sanitary though, but our back room is far to small and very over...

Really depends where you work i think. Many reviewers on here describe their work experience based on very situational circumstances. For one of my first jobs, I was pretty satisfied working with tim hortons. Minimum pay, but you got tip which was a good 30% of my total daily wage. I worked with a bunch of frenchies so that got annoying ;). But recently they have just been spiraling down....

This is my first job and i'm desperately trying to find any other employment to get out of here! I wouldn't wish employment here on my worst enemy!

worst company to work for in whole Canada

I've worked at Tim Horton's for nearly a year. This is my first serious job. I was employed at the age of 15 and I'm currently the youngest employee at my location. I work roughly 16-20 hours a week, which is reasonable considering that I'm in High school. The only reason I have this job is to pay for extra luxuries that I want to purchase for myself. Our location recently got a new Owner and...

I was an Assistant Manager at Tim Hortons throughout going to school, and for about a year or so I was full-time. As a manager I was frustrated with the owners badgering about the drive through times (the customer is only supposed to be at the window for 20 seconds - even though the ACTUAL time sent fourth by TDL (Head office) is 25 seconds; this may seem minor, however this determines whether or...

i worked here for 4 days and quit! my 'training' consisted of me sitting in a back room area, right in front of the freezer door which was opening and closing all day, and watching a training video in a dirty messy room. then i go out onto the floor to continue training with some stupid old hag who is clearing enjoying her control over me, then i overhear her talking about me to another old hag....

To be honest, I have, for a long time, been contemplating whether I should write a review here or continue to repress my anger, hoping that my experience with this "company" would somehow improve. However, such has not occurred. I understand that one's experience with this company depends mostly on the location and the management of their workplace, and that one could have it better than somebody...

I would compare Tim Hortons as a "sweat shop" and it is the most abusive place I have ever worked in. They take advantage of the mass amount of young empoyees who unfortunately don't realized their rights under labor laws. I have seen people work 16 days in a row for example and even though they have consented to working those hours, still undergo constant abuse if they complain they are tired,...

Hey I Just started a month ago at timmis, and it was the biggest mistake of my life.I am in ontario and actually love the job and the franchisers are really nice however the manager and assistant manager have something wrong with there heads. Unless u have been at that store for a year or more and have been put thrue the ringer of emotional abuse u are dirt on the bottom of there shoes.

I have...

I quit 5 days ago, best life decision I have ever made. It took 90 days to realize the abuse that goes on. I feel worse though for the individuals who have bared this burden longer then i did

My teenager worked for the Kincardine Tim Hortons. What a horrible place to work, thank God this isn't her future. The only positive thing I can say is it really opened her eyes to what is in store for her if she doesn't put school first and get a good post-secondary education. It is unfortunate that the same story is written here over and over from different locations across Canada, and nothing...

I give it a one star. I got a master's degree and went to work for Tim Hortons and jumped straight to supervisor. Very poor management skills. Maybe it is just the one I am at. Constant drilling, "statement/coaching forms" which make you feel belittled even though you do try your very best.

As a supervisor I am asked to stay later often 30-90minutes without pay. Get yelled at for bad...

Work too many days in a row. Where is the Labour Board? NO pay raises in three years. Not a team player environment. Lacks organization. Rush all the time. Less people to help keep place clean. Where is the health inspector? I am sure it is the owner and not all Tim Horton's. Where is the next level of management to weed these bad ones out? All about the $$$$...bottomline.

I worked for Tim Hortons for 8 years, part time through high school, and some college. When financial problems started to build due to student loans and a bad breakup, I took a management position and held it for four years. Of course your own personal experience depends grossly on your manager, which is true of any company, but at Tim Horton's, this is WAY too true. It's ALL about the manager....

Tim Hortons is a great Canadian employer. Most locations are run by amazing individuals- I have had an opportunity to work for a number of them over the years. Fun work- that is not easy! But rewarding!

I have worked here for about two months, and I HATE IT!!!! By far the worst job I have ever had. I am in my mid thirties, and I am a vey hard worker. I do a good job, make my drive thru times, get the food made on time etc..... However it is never good enough. I still get yelled at, as does everyone else. We have 2 maanagers, with two completly different ways of running things. Therefore you must...

I'm a student who worked at a Nepean area Tim Hortons for well over a year as the baker. A half decent place, I can only say the worse part of working there was the management; a ridiculously difficult boss who you'd think after managing this restaurant for over 6 years would know how to actually run a store. Consistent criticism and complaints are all my co-workers and I recieve(d). The...

Its really not that bad, I wouldn't get scared of these reviews if you're thinking of working at a timmies. Its just a regular fast-food job. Of course your experience depends completely on who owns the store and the quality of the managers, and I rate it about 50/50 odds of getting a good store or a bad one. I've worked at 3 stores: one owner was completely lax, one was penny pinching, and one...

I have never felt so much stress and pressure in my entire life yet. I have cried several times and got frustrated countless times. I have only been here for less than a year. My ultimate question is, why am I still working here? Maybe because, this review, my voice, my hopes will someday be resolved and that one of these days, they will listen and act. We are integral part of the company's...

I have had some crappy jobs over the years - such is life ;) I had a friend who was a Timmies manager back in AB and her store was well-run and seemed great to work for. After moving to BC and needing a job I tried Timmies hoping for something at least partly decent. Not a chance!!! My store owners don't care about employees at all. Stress levels are through the roof and we bust our balls working...

At my workplace I have been working at since Dec 22 2009, is really not a great place to work at anyone. When i first started it was ran very well, people got hours, and everyone was happy. Now that we have a new manager, HA, i never get and hours, maybe 4 hours/ MONTH, and she is basically telling me to quit. I work at a tim hortons with NO drive thur, and we have 80 employee. what'a joke eh?

Could be better..................

ok. i work there now. iv been there for about 6 months its shit. i would never recommended unless u like being overworked underpaid and recive nothing in return.

Don't work there. I'm not even joking.

I was only there 2 months, and it sucked the big one.

Co-Workers consistantly called me the wrong name even after I corrected them and it was written on my damn name tag. Each trainer I had taught me a different way to do everything but somehow each way was wrong, anyways, cause I was always getting nagged by the super. (That's why I gave "feedback" 5...

I worked for Tim Hortons when I was 17-19yrs Old. I loved some of the people I met but had an awful time with my manager and work environment. I was being paid 6.40/HR, the minimum wage for a 17 year old. But when I turned 18, an adult! they made me fight and literally print off the labour law for adult minimum wage (6.85/HR). It was really pathetic and they worked me like a worthless pieces a...

Owner is okay, but rarely available, and the Manager is great for the most part. I cannot in good faith rate Tim Hortons with anthing but a one star rating and that is too much. I have not and will not ever recommend anyone to work at Tim Hortons. It is a brutal enviroment to work in. By doing nothing about workplace harrasment, management is giving tacit approval to such practices. I have...

The only positive thing about working at Tim's was the fellow employees i met, most were awesome people. the management had their job i guess, they wanted and expected 100% accurate transactions every time all the time but impossible and there was a price to pay that being belittled but at least where i worked it was done in private, i worked in a small location here in Nova Scotia while i was in...

I worked at Tim Hortons for only 3 weeks. During this training period I was constantly belittled and verbally attacked by the supervisor. I finally walked out when I felt that she was going to physically attack me. We both answered the Drive-Thru at the same time and I didn't know to turn my microphone off. As soon as she raised a fist at me I left. No person should feel physically threatened...

I work at one of the busiest Tim's in the Maritimes, and we only ever have 5 employees in the store. aside from the fact that there were hundreds of flies in the store this summer, the place is never kept clean, and people are constantly being fired and replaced just as they hit the six month mark (making them actually have some benefit to working there). As for Management issues, I have had...

I've techincally been working for time hortons since i was 15 im now 21 it's been on and off for years,it was my first job i dont actually have any complaints about the stores i worked for in ontario BUT the stores in BC are insanee!!!!!! the one i work for now i NEVER see the owners and alllll they care about is the money money money my boss constantly FAVORS people ive never seen anything like...

I am currently working there and HATE it worst job in the history of all jobs. Please nobody make the same mistake NEVer work for tim hortons. I would have been better off working at mcdonalds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Supervisiors and mangers are extremly rude. (...).

fantastic. ive been working at timmys for 6 months, couldnt be happier.

I've been working at Tim Hortons for a little over 2 months and I'm about ready to quit. I have never worked in a more unprofessional establishment in my entire life! I have witnessed managers and supervisors gossiping about fellow co-workers. What kind of leadership is this??? Favortisim runs rampant. You work your butt off and are paid very little (minimum wage). The scheduling is a joke...

Our own brand Neo-fascist huge corporate Garbage. Still beats McDonalds though.

Worst job I've ever had. Managers only care about their bonuses. Staff is overworked and underpaid. Supervisors walk around with god complexes. Staff never get wage increases, or breaks. So many labour laws are broken that I dont even know where to begin

I was just on to get that union phone number that was posted here two days ago and I noticed it's been removed. Shame on you ratemyemployer.ca

Honestly, avoid working there at all costs, you will not recognize for any hard work you put in and may be fired at any time if they feel you are not needed. I worked three years at an OK Tims and then went to a different one where the atmosphere was aboslute crap and the turn over rate higher than the last place. Incentive programs dont actually exist ( you may get a pin to wear on your collar)...

My expectations were low to begin with, so I can't say I'm surprised...A lot of my co-workers are extremely rude, but that's to be expected from these mid-lifers who have no option in life other than Tims (sad really). I almost never see my Store Owner, but I do have a great Manager. She works so hard trying to make the best of things; I really believe she deserves better.

I have worked for Tim Hortons since May of 2007, and I would have to say this is one of the worst jobs imaginable, let me just explain some of the actions they have done.

1) Managers always expect you to work beyond human possibilities, there is no value to "hard work" whatsoever.

2) Managers have no respect for employees, they find any possible way to yell at an employee and treat them...

This job is a joke. I've worked at other fast food jobs before, but Tim Horton's is probably one of the worst employers in Canada. The benefits are the ONLY decentish part, and believe me, you won't last the six months required to stay to get them if you have any sense or the ability/time to go get another job. I've been there less than a month and am already seeking other employment.

They...

I work at a Tim Horton's and based on my personal experiences, I wouldn't recommend working there unless you have little or no other options. I keep telling myself that it isn't all that bad and I should be thankful for having a job in the first place, but when it's Thursday and you're already too depressed to focus on your coursework/social engagements/whatever because Saturday's coming and you...

Not a good job

Crappy job, CRAPPIER employer. I was a storefront worker for 2 years and I have nothing but bad memories. When I was working there I worked shifts that ended at 11pm and often they had me scheduled for 7pm the next day. I was 16 at the time and I am female. I had to bus home in a bad area late at night all by myself and no one cared when I asked to change shifts. They kept saying they would...

My Tim's doesn't care about the workers, bullies us into working 15 -20 minutes past shift without pay, bulletin board full of negative comments, doesn't keep promise of scheduling to suit retirees and students, etc, etc. Cronically understaffed and leaves a lot to desire in regards to cleanliness, safe working conditions. Most of us feel like slave labour and our turn over rate is unbelievable

My significant other works there yet I am writing this review because I hear and feel day in and day out all of the problems with this employer. No raises in near future. Absolutely no respect for safety of employees, including switching a schedule to an opposite (from the one initially hired for), this forcing to take bus home in bad area after 1000pm or paying the last hour of work towards a...

Has anyone worked at the location at southdale and Wharncliffe in london ?? I have an interview on friday and I want to know what experience anyone has had. After reading the other posts i'm kinda scared. This would be my first job help!

Tim Horton's was the absolute worse job I have ever had. I have worked in fast food before, and thought I knew what to expect. I was wrong. Tim Horton's brings new meaning to understaffed and overworked.

As a new employee, I was given an orientation guide (a layout of the register and menu items were listed), and told to read through it, and be prepared for work the next day. Myself and...

This is a bad bad employer. I've worked there for almost a year now on night and early morning shifts. In doing such I've worked 2 weeks straight of 10 hour shifts with no breaks on any shift, alone for a month with random other people, phoned up while in the middle of class and told to come in to work, denied my health benifits, paid less than expected for night bonus, treated as though I never...

The program doesn't allow single-star ratings for every category, but that is just what this company deserves. Flat-out rudeness and occasional vulgarity to employees and customers alike runs rampant. Their expectations of their employees are frankly ridiculous - there is a difference between hard work and slave labor! Egomaniacal managers/assistant managers who enjoy throwing their weight around...

tim hortons is a demoralizing,craptacular place to work.there are so many double standards,untrained,uneducated and idiot savant like management its ridiculous.

its like a cruel joke but no ones laughing unless its in bitter sarcasm over

the fact everyone there is stuck in a bottomless rut.

many stupervisors(cough,laughable)are pathetic and have their heads

so far up the useless...

I work in one of the top 5 busiest tim hortons in Ontario and have worked there for 9 years and have yet to receive a raise. Since minimum wage has gone up I have been cut back to only 30 hours a week. They treat you as if you were a slave, we are not even allowed to talk any more. The quality of the equipment is terrible, an employee electrocuted her self recently on a frayed wire I'd been...

I have worked at three Tim Hortons across Canada and I must say that this is NOT a good place to work. The one I worked at in London Ontario was particularly the worst!

(...). A lot of the other employees who know they will be there forever like to pick on, be extremely rude to, and gossip about others who have lives outside of Tim Hortons. You are forced to smile and take verbal abuse from...

I worked at Tim-Hortons for 6 months and have quit working there. It was one of my worst work experience I will never forget. I've bitted memories of working at Tim-Hortons. I always considered Tim-Horton a second home, but the employer never ever respect your feelings. My boss would scream infront of everybody and insult you as you're not human and a machine. The treatments you often get is very...

I have worked at tinm hortons for three years and I have been a really good emplyeee but im not getting hours that i should be...people that have been there less time than me are getting more hours!

My employer was/ probably still is the cheapest Tim Hortons owner even. He did not care if the employees were happy. Seemed like a good person when you would talk to him, but it would feel like he would stab you in back when your not looking. Did not care about the employees. Did care about the customers. Just wanted to hoard money for himself.

Owner doesnt give two shits about emloyees, transfers you without permission to other stores forcing you to take a bus, not aid for overtime, focuses on negitives and ignores positives completely. Overall, would NEVER be a paying customer again, let alone a worker.

I wish I had checked out the employee reviews before i started working there. I would NEVER suggest this as a first job or any job, i would rather pay someone not work there then have someone i know suffer this much. There are no set schedules and they expect YOU to read their mind to know what days you work. Heaven forbid there is a serious family emergency and you take a week off with plenty of...

WARNING: DO NOT WORK FOR THIS COMPANY!!!

I was unabe to give the employer a single star rating and was forced to give it two stars. However, if I had the choice, I would give it no stars. Where do I start. They treated me like crap. I had to cut my shifts down to three per week due to medical reasons, therefore I was working 22.5 hours, and on my application I stated I wanted to work 30...

A regional manager said to me, "we do not actually need to care if customers are not happy because even the angriest customer still comes back". Once I heard this, I quit.

Tim Hortons was the wost place that I have EVER worked at. We were very busy, short staffed, treated like crap and emotionally/psychologically abused. Absolutely Horrible. I remember working several 9-10 hour shifts without a break. It's like a slave factory. At one point, we had our tips taken away from the store owner, AND had to pay for our meal on break. I left that place several times in...

This corporation who cares so much for family values.. cares nothing for what they consider paid labour. they treat their employees like garbage more often then naught. why work at a place that abuses their employee rights system and then smiles and says thanks for being a sucker?

They hired nothing but forieners who undermined my mother. They personally attacked her, and made her workplace hell. They also severly overworked her. The tim hortons on the sherwood park freeway is bad, do not go there, support better places.

It is a great place to work if you have no aspirations in life. There is room to grow, but you're still going to get paid pennies to do a lot of stressful and tedious work, so don't even bother. The management in Kitchener was terrible; didn't care about their employees and didn't even utter a simple "hello" when they came into the stores.

Worst place I've ever worked. Don't believe their silly commercials that convince you Tim Hortons is where you want to work.

Management was alright, but could have been better - ie. more attuned to workplace and employee situations. They did not care if there was not enough people to work, especially at high peak times. They merely saw it as more profit for them (less employees to pay). My...

The floors at Tim Horton's destroy your feet, knees and back. They are EXTREMELY slippery when mopped, and I have witness several co-workers break bones.

extremly stressful but gives a great taste of how other companies are like. as long as you can work as a team with other scheduled employees whom you get along with it's great, but if you get one sour grape the shift is horrible

I am tired of my wife coming home and complaining about this place. They treat their employees with little respect and you can make more money pan handling. If my employer ran things this way I would have quit long ago. I suggest finding another place of employment.

Tim Hortons is a great Canadian employer. Most locations are run by amazing individuals- I have had an opportunity to work for a number of them over the years. Fun work- that is not easy! But rewarding!

Tim Hortons in East Hamilton/Stoney Creek employers SUCK. Middle management and managment dont give a dam. They are so busy learning how to deal with "minority" workers everyone else gets left behind. Sexual, and verbal abuse run rampant in these store. Yes I was employed there NEVER to go back. This company is the most degrading company there is to work for. This company would get 1/2 star...

Its okay, not the best

They wouldn't let me give it all single stars...this place SUCKS! Crappy pay, crappy people. Senior management simply isn't involved enough to enforce their perception of what the culture within the establishment should be. Franchise owners get all the power and give the best spots and shifts to their family members/friends. Place reeks of favoritism and unprofessionalism (if that ain't a word...

THIS TIM HORTONS IS THE WORST AND CHEAPEST EMPLOYER IN THE WORLD! THEY PROMISE YOU ONE THING BUT THEY NEVER DO! NO WONDER WHY PEOPLE KEEP ON QUITING FROM THIS HELL!

Tim Horton's!! Worked there for 4 years. What a joke!!! Mangers and supervisors walked around like they were GOD give me a break it's Tim Horton's!!! Would not recommend the employer to anyone!

This is quite literally the worst place I have ever worked. They treat you like a dog and give you no choice in scheduling. If you don't like your shift, well too bad! We'll force you to work or write you up. It's easy to advance because the turnover is at a crazy level. There is no way to address the turnover without a whole revamp of the entire company. Management does not care about what...

I think it's the worst place to work... Don't have enough employees and the manager thinks that we are too much employees... ( Benefits for him )... Don't even talk about schedule...

i work for Tim Horton's for 1 year and it sucked i was threatened by the manager i hate Tim Horton's. I was harassed every time i worked by customers and employees. I never got days that i needed off for my family. My family told me to quit because i would come home in tears.

most horrible employer ever,stay away,they promise you one thing and will do another,all management wants is their bonus they don`t care how poorly the service is as they can blame those below them,standards are very low,work stress is very very high,employee turnover is ridiculous,never have they had enough staff in the 3 yrs I worked for them.