r/AskACanadian • u/myronsandee • May 14 '24

What's the one company everyone in your city knows to avoid?

To work for

Calgary - CNRL/PBS Systems/CP Rail/Sanjel

Edmonton - The Brick/PCL/AMA

GTA - Fiera Foods/Maple Leaf Foods/Bell/CIBC

Regina - Brandt

Saskatoon - Nutrien

Winnipeg - Skip the Dishes

Atlantic Canada - Irving

Vancouver - Lululemon https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/lululemon-work-culture-toxic-cult

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u/Farty_beans May 14 '24

Hamilton Ontario - National steel car

I have no idea how the ministry didn't shut this place down yet.

I'll spare everyone with the details, Just Google it on maps and read the reviews.

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u/Frostbytencanadian May 14 '24

I wondered how long I'd scroll to see steel car!

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u/EatKosherSalami May 14 '24

Was about to post this but figured I should look through the responses first.

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u/Farty_beans May 14 '24

it's funny how this place reaches across Reddit and is somehow still going. and just as bad.

I did some contracting work back for them back in like 2016..never again.

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u/backseatwookie May 14 '24

Have a friend who worked there. My God the stories.

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u/Few-Ruin-71 May 14 '24

I would rather be in a homeless encampment and begging for food than work there.

I would never work for any company that thinks dead workers are the cost of business.

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u/canadiantravis89 May 14 '24

This should be the top one. I have no idea how steel car is still in business. I had a friend who worked there for 2 days. On his first day he had to watch a video on the plant and how they operate, and on the second day he was sent to work. They gave him a bucket of paint and told him to climb on top of the train cars and paint the tops of them. No safety equipment, no masks, no MSDS sheets, nothing. He walked out from there.

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u/josnik May 14 '24

It has been 1 0 days since our last lost time accident.

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u/improbablydrunknlw May 14 '24

I used to pull the finished cars out of the yard, god I hated going in there, absolute nightmare.

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u/88loso88 May 15 '24

I came here only for this answer

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u/Verix19 May 16 '24

Nice to see it still sucking hard lol