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    George Weston Bakeries Reviews

    Updated 27 May, 2017
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    Gary J. Prince
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    1. "Changing"

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      Current Employee - Senior Sales Analyst in Toronto, ON
      Current Employee - Senior Sales Analyst in Toronto, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at George Weston Bakeries full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Lots of changes; potential opportunities

      Cons

      Old School style; lack of training

      Advice to Management

      Train people & promote people from within

    2. "Poor Human Resources Management"

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      Former Employee - Manager in Toronto, ON
      Former Employee - Manager in Toronto, ON
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at George Weston Bakeries full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Good teamwork within the plant teams. Plant Management is good.

      Cons

      Human Resources team is weak (especially Director level)- not supportive of plant teams and jumps to conclusions without proper investigations.
      HR teams too political- especially when it comes to dealing with Union matters.

      Advice to Management

      Clean up your incompetent HR team!

    3. "Knowledgeable, friendly corporate culture"

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      Former Employee - Consultant in Mississauga, ON
      Former Employee - Consultant in Mississauga, ON
      Recommends

      Pros

      I found the senior staff knowledgeable and extremely helpful. I also found the Product development team quick to assist and keenly interested in their work.

      Cons

      There seemed to be a slight fear of innovation by some members of the team. ie fear of failure?

      Advice to Management

      take more risks with product development

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    4. "KAM"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Toronto, ON
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Toronto, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I have been working at George Weston Bakeries full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Small collaborative team, great new office space and great opportunities for growth

      Cons

      Systems are outdated and processes/forms are from the 80s

      Advice to Management

      Continue with positive changes to the organization

    5. "Senior Financial Analyst"

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      Former Employee - Senior Financial Analyst in Toronto, ON
      Former Employee - Senior Financial Analyst in Toronto, ON
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at George Weston Bakeries full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Good salary and benefits. Peers are nice.

      Cons

      politics and lack of career growth

    6. "Wage for mechanic is slow increment."

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      Current Employee - Mechanic in Vaughan, ON
      Current Employee - Mechanic in Vaughan, ON
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at George Weston Bakeries full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      A little light duty work

      Cons

      Management is mean and difficult working.

    7. "Satisfactory work environment and wage."

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Toronto, ON
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Toronto, ON
      No opinion of CEO

      Pros

      Working in a factory setting at George Weston Bakeries Limited was reasonably satisfactory in terms of wages and work environment.

      Cons

      A very fast-paced environment and requirement of working at elevated temperature and humidity level (particularly during the summer); somewhat bureaucratic.

    8. "Not Bad; Not Great"

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      Former Employee - Director of Marketing in Toronto, ON
      Former Employee - Director of Marketing in Toronto, ON
      Disapproves of CEO

      Pros

      Fast paced business with many knowledgeable employees. Close relationship with Loblaws allows for significant career growth opportunity if you are interested in the retail business. I was luck enough to work for the 2 best VPs they had, but neither are there any longer. I worked in Canada which was a smaller operations and built some very strong bonds with co-workers. Very long run of financial success. The Canadian CEO is a good man.

      Cons

      Sales and Operations, out of necessity, run all the initiatives and have the most "power". Lack of leadership and communication with employees. Strategy is 1 year out at most. It is difficult to move forward when you don't know where you are going. There are many employees that are legacies and just show up for their paycheck and there is little stomach to move them out. Senior management marginalizes people outside their circle.

      Advice to Management

      Engage your employees positively, don't let the fear of doing something new and different stop you from trying new strategies. Fix the communication issues throughout the company and encourage a free flow of ideas.

    9. "Technician"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Great people to work with

      Cons

      When company was taken over it went down hill

    10. "The experience was ok at best. Past management created and fostered a hostile work environment, not sure of current."

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      Former Employee - Accountant in Bay Shore, NY (US)
      Former Employee - Accountant in Bay Shore, NY (US)

      I worked at George Weston Bakeries (More than a year)

      Pros

      George Weston Bakeries pay well... at or above market rate with good benefits.

      Cons

      Foul mouthed managers and unprofessional, hostile, environment. You won't be there for long.
      If you can tolerate that on a daily basis, then go for it!

      Advice to Management

      Treat employees well.

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