Glad I quit my job at tes, and have gone elsewhere. They have not gained any share in the market since they opened door back in the early 90's. You'd think after 20 years you would have made some kind of impact. Well they have, how NOT to run a business. Inept leadership and managers put in place just to fill the spot and set up to fail.

There is no company code of ethics or honesty. ...

I've never worked for a company where you *don't* get paid for work rendered. Overtime? Wow. Need an hour off to attend a dental appointment? Nope! But this is *after* working over 100 UNPAID hours! And all I needed was ONE! Nope. And that one hour I never left to go to the dentist? Wanna know what was done in that hour (oh, this is effing great...) NOTHING. Not ONE customer came in! Not a single...

Every negative review on this place is totally accurate. (...).

Old Idea`s,cocky management,revolving door for most employees, sales staff often givin opportunities by loyal customers squandered by management.

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"Profit planning", The Loonie plan, Branches forced to stock CRAP from the mothership, they claim you are the master of your own destiny, while at the same time telling you to do everything they say...

With so many branches in so many...

If the choice was working at Torbram (you work overtime and Saturdays for free and are poorly compensated on all fronts) and moving elsewhere to secure gainful employment, I'd move.

Anyone posting a positive comment on this site is a manager of a failing branch hoping to skew the opinion so as to lure in new fodder, er, employees. The place sucks. Inept leadership, insensitive managers, and employees terrified to do anything outside the tight reigns of corporate for fear of joining the revolving door of employees that have been turfed for the slightest diversion. Torbram's...

This may have been a good company if the owners weren,t simply using it as a tax write off, showing a continual annual loss of profit to benefit the overseas company. TES Canada is a waste of time for anyone trying to advance their career. Far too much stress,,, always management looking over your shoulder,,, work for free on weekends,,, modest benefits at best,,, poor management direction,,,...

Worked for TES for eleven years now they have taken care of me every step of the way!

If u don't mind a little hard work and are a career oriented Individual this is fine employer but if u want to do nothing all day and expect everything from the company to be handed to you steer clear, or u might be making a comment like some of these other underachievers on this site! Thanks

I worked there, the place left me almost suicidal. No, for real. Horrible hours, a lot of unnessessary pressure, dismal atmosphere. Customers that ated the place and they sold merchandise that you could find in a Dollarama.

If you want to Kiss ass. Just keep saying yes, yes, yes to upper management. Give up your evenings and weekends. Take verbal abuse from management. You can get ahead in this company. If you like humiliation Torbram is the place to be. Oh but they give you a car and a cell phone, I'm sorry I mean a mobile cage and an electronic leash. These guys don't have long to live!

I had an unfortunate experience with Torbram and will be happy to no longer be apart of the Torbram culture. I was told I was guaranteed a bonus at the end of the fiscal year, but I never received any bonus at all. I was told the branch never made a profit, but that's not was I was told. The monthly numbers shown to us also looked good. I feel like I've been lied to and taken advantage of the...

I just left this company. I don't see a future with them. There is no leadership or direction. I need a career not a job and the way Torbram conducts business it will never be anything but a job. Torbram has really destroyed their own reputation in Canada and because of that I'm out.

This company is getting exactly what it deserves...Nothing! The way this company operates in Canada is appalling. TES came to Canada and thought they could just run things the same way here as they did in England, they were getting away with it for awhile, until people had enough of being treated as though TES owned them outright. The people commenting on here with positive reviews are just...

Shitty company to work for - I have never been more miserable. The people are depressed. To hear some of the comments on here make me laugh to read as its clearly one person making the same positive comments about the company and is still pathetically boring. Time to get on with your life.

CEF all the way.We are here to stay and people are proud to work all over the world.You put in then you get out no other company does that.THE POWER TO SUPPLY

I am not going to resort to name calling and insults, but what I will say is the dark cloud may be lifting off of this company. Years back, top level managers were let go so that the new regime from England could take control. This was the beginning of the end, as they did not understand the country to which they were going to work within. Eliminating relationships built up over the years to...

The british have retreated the british have retreated!! Dr. Evil has left the building!! Next the whole company pulls out of Canada!! I feel bad for all the people that are going to be out of a job. Sad.

Great company to work for - I have never been more happy. The people are fantastic. To hear some of the comments on here make me laugh to read as its clearly one person who no longer works for the company and is still pathetically bitter. Time to get on with your life.

Several upper managers from the uk have just resigned!

Most likely they were asked to leave after absolutely tanking the BC and Canadian market.

Took longer than we all thought but it finally happened.

I would like to make this short and sweet. I am an electrical contractor in the lower mainland, let's just say, if they were the only supplier In this city, I would rather drive an hour or longer to go some where else. We will not use them. I was a former employee for them as well, the one good thing that came from working with them was it made me realize that I should get my electrical...

It is astounding how pro-Torbramies can come on this site and give fake and untrue reviews, this is the mindset of the whole company. They can't stand it when somebody speaks ill about Torbram. I have read the reviews and worked for the company. Despite all of the desperate attempts to save their companies perception, the company sucks. They are dead last in every category and can only come...

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Ok first of all i want to just get something off my chest. After reading some of the absolutely ridiculous comments from previous people just goes to show how disrespectful and ignorent some people are.

Let me give you a little insight into my oppinions not only of this company, but the "fuds" that work or have previously worked for it.

This company is a family run company, privately owned....

This is the place for you!

Are you ignorant? Then join our team! We will take advantage of you as much as we can until you call labour relations and discover the truth.

Do you have the ability to stab co-workers in the back? Then join our team! Want to be part of the inner circle? The boys club? All you need to possess is the ability to snitch on your co workers and throw them under...

Eesh! Awful company! They treat the employees like it's the birth of the industrial revolution. You are a slave in this company and treated like one. Henry Ford would be proud. If you like to achieve nothing and enjoy sitting in a branch for 50 hours a week then this is the place for you. The only challenging aspect of your job is trying to figure out how they come up with their ridiculous...

An absolute HORROR show! I used to work for this company and felt I should tell all because it will save anyone the disappointment of finding out not far down the road.

Working for free is a staple here, if you don't put in your free time they look for ways to get rid of you, if you make it pass the probationary period. You do not get a lunch and coffee breaks. You eat your lunch when you...

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There is truly a sense of inadequacies in this company, even in the great province of champions, Alberta. Hate to say it, but the whole company across Canada is under the same idiotic management from top to bottom. The British employees and managers that came here are so arrogant, they probably don't even no the basics about Canadian culture. They felt they could just replicate what is...

I have been reading all of the diffent post on here relating to TES and I want to put in my two cents.

we seem to have 1 person with an extreme hate on for them and 1 person with total loyalty to them .

I have work for TES for 7 years now , and i must admit that the first 3 years were great !! the management were very in tune with the industry , then things changed and the upper mangement...

TES is brutal, so glad I left when I did. They have no clue!!! TES has absolutely no ethics. Like everyone else on here, there is nothing good to say about them. They are promoting people just to fill empty holes cause people are quitting left, right and centre. I quit this joke of a company because they can't get their sh*t together. Managers are a joke and have no experience in...

Had a bad experience with this company. I would suggest nobody do any kind of business with them. The management is inexperienced and ill equipped to give anyone what they would normally get working for an electrical wholesaler. What I mean is there is a real lack of knowledge and guidance, starting from the top all the way down to managers in the branches. There seems be a very real sense of...

Good company to work for.

Diffrent from any other competitors, that's what makes the difference, completly independant.

Same or better salary than others.

Still didn't get incentives but we'll get there.

having a hard time with turnover but it's getting there.

lots of work to do to bring the numbers up.

overall, it's a good company to work for if you have the right attitude.

CAN ANYONE SHED SOME LIGHT AS TO WHY THERE IS A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR CALLING EMPLOYEES AND EX-EMPLOYEES..... SHOWING UP AT YOUR HOUSE OR WAITING FOR YOU TO GET HOME?

it's a little disturbing that personal home addresses and information are being given to a third party by this company without conscent.

Torbram is a wonderful company that provides amazing opportunities. If you have any drive to work hard, it will pay off! Lots of incentives. If you have ever dreamed of owning your own business, this really is the place for you!! Despite what previous attacks are written on here...the "Englishmen" that run this place are fantastic. VERY organized...and have a great dry wit to keep you...

Torbram is a great company to work for, very friendly staff through out the lower-mainland, anyone "bashing" the company as a whole, has clearly been offended and/or terminated by Torbram for their own various reasons. Overall, there are many opportunities for advancement within Torbram, I would suggest to anyone and everyone, join the Torbram team!

I am quite surprised to find Torbram on this website - I have been working here for a few months just to help out before I got to College in June.

I started in April at TES but booked my college back in January and I told my Management that If I had not already commited myself and got the student loan I would of loved to stay and carry on - yes it was hard work but I had an so much fun - I...

What a fantastic company to build a career with. For anybody who has dreams and aspirations of owning their own business Torbram is the company for you. Best Company in the World.

Recently left this company and I can honestly say, generally everything written about them is true. They are in serious trouble and are employing anyone who will work the horrible hours and low pay. Branch managers are earning what a warehouse person would earn at a direct competitor. The people working the counters and answering the phones have little to know experience in the electrical...

Wow, everybody on here is astonishing. You are all like chastised children, scolded and taking it personal. I will not bother to defend this company, as I believe anyone who has worked here can make an informed descision themself. And everybody on here, like scolded children, apparently has nothing better to do with your lives. I almost feel pity... almost. However, in the meantime, you... not so...

I am afraid this company has no clear direction on where they are going. I am very unhappy here as our suppliers will not support us and beleive we are not the type of company they wish to partner with due to the companies ethics. It becomes depressing when this is relayed time and time again. I am extremely concerned about our identiy; wholesaler or retailer? I believe we need to make a...

Pretty much, they suck to work for.Move onward and upward and you will do better.

There is a real issue with the structure of this company. There is little to none involment from upper & Group management when it comes to supporting each branches success. It seems like everyone has this underlying doubt about their appreciation within the company. The lack of training and the "throw em to the wolves" attitute are surely going to be the dismise of this company. Can it be...

This company is a COMPLETE JOKE.

before i go on, i should metion that before you can leave a comment on this site, you have to give the employer rating out of 5. there are 20 categories to rate them on i honestly can't give them more than one star on any but one: advancement.

that's the only category i can give them more than 1 star and that's only because the turnover there is so high,...

I'm glad I read these comments...

I just had an interview with this company, and the whole organization seemed ' Mickey Mouse'.

I thought they were an electrical distributor, but they are more focused on selling OVEN MITTS and SNOW SHOVELS!

The manager I interviewed with was nice, but even he was embarrassed about the direction the company wants to go. he was basically grovelling, and...

Anyone who already works in the electrical wholesale industry knows that this company is a joke... but for anyone who is new, or from outside the industry (which is the only people Torbram can attract), be warned;

Stay away from this company, unless you want a one-way cruise on the Titanic! They are a total sinking ship in British Columbia.

Senior Management have no idea what they are...

I worked for Torbram close to years and of the nine years I estimated I put in 100,000 hours of free labour. I also had to work Saturdays, ranging from 1-3 times a month. The culture at the management level is extremely weak due to internal politics and a watch your back atmosphere. Torbram has no clear vision on where they want to be or where they are going. Loyalty is their biggest...