Guardian Reviews

3.4

61% would recommend to a friend

(74 total reviews)

Andrew Wong

84% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Guardian has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 74 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Guardian employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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74 reviews
3.0
Mar 14, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Completely remote, very Flexible hours

Cons

Often overworked Salary too low

1.0
Jun 25, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You get to meet all kinds of customers from all walks of life. Work hours are largely fixed. 44 hours a week.

Cons

Management is incompetent and egoistic. They have forced many pharmacists to quit just because they have unfair biases against certain people. For example, negative but truthful feedback about the company is taken personally, and is not tolerated. Employees who give negative feedback will be 'blacklisted' and 'forced' to quit eventually. They do not have pharmacists interests at heart. They think they can easily hire new pharmacists but are struggling to do so. When an unreasonable customer complains, management tends to side with customers, instead of protecting employees. This led to low morale and more people quitting the company. Pay and work hours are average for the industry. Other similar companies have higher pay or less work hours. Lack of career progression. I remember some colleagues did not get promoted even after 7 years of good performance. Promotions seem to depend if the managers like you or not, rather than actual objective performance.

1.0
Dec 14, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You can work independently, there's some freedom of deciding your own dispensary inventory.

Cons

1) Low pay and long hours. 44 hours a week. Basic pay is low, performance bonus is low 2) Bad cluster managers who only nitpick on small things that do not matter. Managers visit for the sake of it as they are forced to do so, rather than out of genuine care and concern. 3) Work culture is toxic. KPIs are not revealed until November. Managers shrug this off by saying: "It's just like that" 4) Cannot work from home and have to work one Saturday every two weeks and one Sunday every 4 weeks. Not enough work life balance

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