Canada Drives reviews
52% would recommend to a friend
(476 total reviews)
Cody Green
58% approve of CEO
Canada Drives has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 476 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Canada Drives employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).
Top Review Highlights by Sentiment
Excerpts from user reviews, not authored by Glassdoor
- "Free food and transit pass" (in 44 reviews)
- "People you work with are great and they are the reason you stay there." (in 34 reviews)
- "Great benefits and MSP program" (in 30 reviews)
- "Great management" (in 26 reviews)
- "Amazing teams and leaders to work with" (in 23 reviews)
- "Long hours and the job isn't exactly as it's sold to you during interview..you've been warned!" (in 33 reviews)
- "Although Canada Drives is great, the only con I'd have to say is having long hours and not being able to do certain tasks outside of work." (in 9 reviews)
- "No cons, great work culture." (in 5 reviews)
- "The CEO is also a snob and talks about his million dollar condo downtown." (in 3 reviews)
Ratings by Demographics
This rating reflects the overall rating of Canada Drives and is not affected by filters.
Found 476 of over 483 reviews
Updated Apr 12, 2024
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5.0Lot AttendentFormer employeeToronto, ON
Pros
Good people, fair working tasks
Cons
Nothing to complain about great
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2.0Customer Service RepresentativeFormer employee, more than 3 yearsBurnaby, BC
Pros
Open kitchen at the time pre-covid. Co-workers were fun to work with and they try to do team events often.
Cons
Managers are worked too hard and some take it out on staff. Other employees who treat people and customers like garbage get promoted somehow, Toxic work culture if you get too deep into the company.
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2.0StagerFormer employee, less than 1 yearBrampton, ON
Pros
Quick hiring process, always busy, and good beginner job
Cons
Sometimes upper management overloads workers on the floor with tasks that exceed job description
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4.0InspectorFormer employee, more than 1 yearAirdrie, AB
Pros
Fun, unique, great for people who like cars, flexible.
Cons
Didn't last long, did have some "favorite" issues with some managers.
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3.0Salesforce AdministratorFormer employeeToronto, ON
Pros
Lots of Learning in the company
Cons
Limited Growth in the company
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5.0Administrative AssistantFormer employeeVancouver, BC
Pros
Very supportive team, easy work
Cons
Mostly just Repetitive tasks but easy
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3.0Software EngineerFormer employee, more than 3 years
Pros
- Supportive, cooperative, kind and understanding managers, tech leads and teammates. - Remote work, promoting ideal work-life balance. - OT work is strongly discouraged. - Used to have a good and complete engineering team structure. - Roadmaps for each member were properly executed. - Mentorship through 1:1s - Outstanding and career-boosting projects you get to work on
Cons
- No hiring to re-fill the manager position. - Collaboration on huge projects could be very difficult as some team members may choose their work hours during which the rest of the team were asleep. (due to timezone difference). without letting the team know, leaving them wonder. - Salary increase stopped due to the business slowing/going down. - Business model was negatively impacted by external factors (e.g. increasing interest rates, vehicle fleet renting cost, logistic costs) and by internal factors (e.g. aggressive purchasing, poor customer service handling) Honestly, if not for the setbacks and crisis the company had faced, it could have been a successful business because of the talented and good team members I had the honor of working with. We had rolled out ground-breaking features that customers loved. However, due to these negative factors, the business execution and outcome proved unsuccessful. In addition, the managers expected a downfall and had to pursue opportunities somewhere, leaving the subordinate managers/tech leads with a big shoe to fill; hence, adding so much workload. The departures of many team members were also demoralizing.
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3.0Lot AttendantFormer employee, less than 1 yearRichmond, BC
Pros
You get to just drive cars all day
Cons
Gets old fast. Inspecting the same cars over and over again isn't fun
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4.0Credit AnayalstFormer employee, more than 1 yearVancouver, BC
Pros
Managers are engaging and helpful when you need them. You are never alone. There is always some kind of support when you asked for it.
Cons
There was not always a sense of organization between departments. Some departments didn't communicate effectively which made some processes a little harder than they should have been
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3.0Financial AnalystFormer employee
Pros
Work from home Great team to work with Amazing boss
Cons
Two rounds of layoffs meant that I didn't get to experience it for long
Canada Drives Reviews FAQs
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Canada Drives has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 483 reviews left anonymously by employees. 52% of employees would recommend working at Canada Drives to a friend and 47% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by 12% over the last 12 months.
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52% of Canada Drives employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Canada Drives 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.
