North Country Catering

Staff members were great when I was there, but not now.. Too many 
 problems and micro management issues. A massive lay off happened. A lot of great staff got cut. Management was nice, but didn't communicate with staff very well. They would leave everyone up in the air with jobs, client numbers and would treat some staff with disrespect with no support through the hard times. The corporate Chef was always creating a hard to work in atmosphere. Very strict! A lot of staff do not like him because he wouldn't look at you while speaking to you and he would constantly look down on you as a person. The quality of food was alright. They had a lot of changes (Staff cuts and new people) happen in a short time and it created a job security issue for the rest of us. The quality of food also changed because of that from OK to needs improvement. There was no excitement with the products they used. A lot of breaks were worked straight through to handle the work load. No appreciation or recognition or compensation was gave to accommodate staff for their hard work.

Overall I had a good time working there because the staff all went through the same struggle with management so we understood each other. But, the lay off and management issues created a lot of people to quit and disrespect the company.

If you are looking to get camp experience but the larger companies are not getting back to you then this is the place because they will hire anyone. That is if you can tolerate co-workers and clients that have a high school mentality including teasing,backstabbing and gossiping. Incompetent managers and supervisors with obvious personality disorders who take out their frustrations on you and steadily increase your work load just too see how much you can take.
This is a non union company as well so it runs it's HR not based on senority but old school who you know and how much they like you,no matter how bad you may be at your job. The food if you can call it that is mostly processed garbage cooked up by people that couldn't cut it at McDonalds. You are always worrying about job security as well because they have such a high employee turnover and are steadily losing contracts for camp services. The hours are long,10+ 
a day for 21 days then 8 off. The pay is not bad for non-unionized at least when I started but now with the economic situation that has changed too. If they are still hiring it is a good place to get your foot in the door and once there start making contacts with guests and such so you can move on to bigger and better opportunities.

A typical day at work for a General Helper would be going to the dining room and making coffee, then making sure everything is fully stocked for service. During service continuing to restock the salad bar, as well as making sure there is juice and milk in the machines at all times and that there is always fresh coffee made for the clients. During the rush I'd also have to restock the sandwiches as they are practically flying off the shelves as the clients are rushing off to their job sites. After service we clean the tables and restock the condiments. Then we'd do the daily cleaning list which consists of things such as cleaning the ice cream machine,slushy machine, cappuccino machine, popcorn machine, and nacho machine. Then we would restock the pop and water, yogurt, and dessert coolers, and preparing for the next meal service. My coworkers were pleasant and hardworking. The hardest part of the job was predicting what would be training new General Helpers for the job, but it was also the most enjoyable part of the job because you get to make a new friend when teaching them the job, and for me training people was very rewarding.

I 'loved' my job with this company !!! Learned so much, made amazing long lasting friendships but like a lot of catering companies in the Oil patch your work status is never secure. 

4 years with North Country Catering as made me who I am today; hard working, eager to please. will go above and beyond my roll of duty if needed, a strong and independent individual.

My 10 hour shift started at 2am with a breakfast set up for 850+ guest every day.  When the service line opened at 4:30am it was consist refilling and restocking everything needed for a breakfast meal along with refilling and restocking for the bag up take out lunch that was offered. When breakfast was closed at 7:30am, clean up happened along with refilling and restocking for the hot lunch served at noon.

You would get up in the morning and have a meeting with the head housekeeper and get assigned your section to do for the day. you would then get your carts and make sure that you have enough supplies to complete your rooms. Then you would get going on the rooms and work at a pace and do what was required for the rooms.
My coworkers were good to work with and down time was good. Trying to get all the rooms done when short on staff was the hardest but when we worked as a team it got down usually. Team work was the best part.

It was my first experience working in a camp setting as a camp attendant, and I liked it.
My typical day at work would start by retrieving all the used towels from each room, put them in the washer. Grab the cart and start cleaning the rooms. By time break starts for fifteen minutes, I switch the towels over to the dryer and go have the rest of my break for ten minutes.
There was nothing really to hard about the job, everything was ready and available.
I would start work at 7:00am to 5:30pm, sometimes more. Cleaning about 30 - 40 rooms a day.

I really enjoyed working here. I did everything that involved general labour duties, That included helping in the kitchen as a prep to doing house keeping on a different rotation. I worked 20/10 rotation. People were very friendly and the staff was very helping. Hardest part of the job was getting use to camp but you catch on. I learned to compromise and be a leader and work in hostile environments.

make soup ,prep for dinner, cook dinner for 400 people,serve dinner then close the kitchen
i learned a lot of cooking and time management here
my management was very good, really nice people
same goes for my co-workers 
the hardest part about my job is that i don't do enough cooking
the most enjoyable time of the day is before service cooking the food

when i first started with the company they paid a moderate amount and were all about making sure their employees were looked after and happy.  then as time went on they became more about the management and not the lower down employees.  their high up management and hr were terrible managers and rude/mean to those they thought different.  terrible experience with this company

this job was a fun job but like most with families to maintain (ex. children at home) this is a travel job in witch one would work in a camp setting and not be able to maintain life at home while on the road. But all in all was a decent hourly pay and a good take home cheque, days out were about 21 at a time. and the management and co-workers were fabulous to work with.

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