mécanicien monteur

électricien en construction et en entretien

laborer

boucher

millwright

Cargill

This is for the London, ON location.

Pros:
-competitive salary, bonus, RRSP matching and benefits
-develop firefighting, stress management and diplomacy skills
-would suggest for new graduates seeking having difficulty starting a career or just need any employment/leadership experience (for about 2 years)
-would suggest for people who enjoy/know how to play politics to climb the corporate ladder
-free food sometimes. Sensory products for testing and holiday events
-very diverse work group with a lot of ethnicities
-some very friendly and hard working people are definitely here buried amongst others who aren't

Cons:
-absolutely abysmal work/life balance. Hourly are regularly mandated to work overtime (12 hours). Salary are not safe either: 9 hours a day minimum and there is work almost every weekend (Sat and Sun). Your schedule will change in short notice especially if your department runs more than one shift. Planning life outside work is difficult because of these.
-a lot of the hourly are jaded against management and the company. They only work here because they can't find this salary anywhere else and grow discontent by the day. This can lead to a toxic work environment.
-there is a glut in salaried staff that do little to seemingly nothing. You will often wonder "what does this person do?" and "who do I actually go to for a decision?". 
-meetings upon useless meetings where people just talk about how they feel about issues and come up with surface level corrective actions.
-Decision making and management is frustrating. Management appear afraid to make mistakes, defer to others to do it for them and delay making crucial decisions.
-if you are not friends with the right people, don't expect a promotion or movement.
-Communication is often not effective. This is partly because of last minute decision making leading to last minute changes where the information doesn't get dispersed to the correct people.
-Supervisors are not appreciated. These leaders do a lot of hard work and are stuck in the middle of a jaded staff who don't like change and management who often disregard feedback.
-At the end of the day, the overall goal is to slaughter thousands and thousands of chickens to make fried chicken product for fast food. Not only are you contributing to climate change but you are contributing an unhealthy lifestyle. If you can get past this- go for it.

What is the best part of working at the company?
I was hired for loading and unloading trailers starting February 10, 2026, but from day one I was assigned unrelated cleaning and labor tasks instead. There was no proper training or direction provided.

The lead hand was unprofessional and did not support new employees. I spent hours standing around waiting for instructions while being told only to clean. Instead of helping new hires learn, he made the environment uncomfortable and discouraging.

By my fourth day, I chose to leave because I felt the workplace lacked leadership and organization. With eight years of warehouse experience, I have never seen operations handled this poorly.


What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The lead hand was unprofessional and did not support new employees. I spent hours standing around waiting for instructions while being told only to clean. Instead of helping new hires learn, he made the environment uncomfortable and discouraging.

By my fourth day, I chose to leave because I felt the workplace lacked leadership and organization. With eight years of warehouse experience, I have never seen operations handled this poorly.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Work Environment & Culture:
The work environment felt disorganized and unprofessional. There was little to no training, poor communication, and a lack of supportive leadership. New employees were not guided or developed, which made it difficult to feel valued or motivated. The overall culture did not promote teamwork or respect

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Most days consisted of cleaning the warehouse and performing miscellaneous labor work instead of loading and unloading trailers. There was little to no training provided, and I often stood around waiting for the lead hand to assign tasks. The lack of structure made the day feel unproductive.

Cargill Dunlop is filled with a bunch of snakes.Management has unrealistic expectations.They expect everything done Expeditiously in very little time and then pays You crumbs.This is literally the worst job i’ve Ever had in my life.They want premium service but terrible pay.The moment you start working here,just say goodbye to free time.I think a lot of people who work here have some sort of personal problems and they tend to project that unto others.Lots of dramatic people here.They tell you all kinds of things during orientation (misleading stuffs).And when you get on the floor,it’s completely different.All the things they told you during orientation that you won’t have to do,that’s the exact thing they’d make you do when you get on the floor.You basically start paying union dues from day one but you’re actually not ‘unionized ‘ until after 6months.So basically they just eat your money until then.Cargil only cares about their customers and treats employees like dogs. I wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone.It’s a dead end.You will be a flex worker forever and your pay will remain stagnant.you will be let go when you Stick up for yourself  because,management is intimidated by that. This is just another high school for grown adults..smh.Managements abuse power a lot,it’s disgusting .This is the place to actually destroy your mental health.

- We all work together towards a common goal in maintaining the plant and keeping everyone safe!
- I've learn many new tasks, as well as ways to properly do my job including new ways to think about troubleshooting issues!
- Management has it's issues as does every company. The only thing I've noticed is a lack of communication. Again, every company deals with this, and it's being addressed. Management is also very lenient when it comes to family emergencies, sick days, and vacation days.
- Everyone is very positive and knowledgeable in most areas of the plant with some minor experience issues and the typical political/drama issues that most companies deal with. As long as you don't bring your personal life to work, and take it out on everyone else, you will be fine!
- Hardest part of the job is easily working inside during the summer on smoking hot equipment, or outside in the winter when its 40 below. You cant have your cake and eat it too, after all, this is Alberta.
- Lastly, the most enjoyable part of my job is the great deal of accomplishment you feel after a hard days work, the respect and gratitude from your colleagues, and the fact that you get to see your family every single day. It's incredible.

The blind leading the blind. Extremely high turn over rate for management has left there calgary case ready plant in disarray. That being said this has caused a culture of disrespect, employee disengagement, and general hate towards the company for things they have done. Safety is preached but really not a concern seems as if the company rather keep paying High WCB premiums instead of actually being proactive about situations and issues that are occurring and being brought up to them. It’s really a joke endless meetings with no actual solidified outcome and action plan all talk. In my opinion all they care about are the speeds that products are coming in and the speeds they are being processed no matter the cost in between or your personal safety equipment care and just common sense comes back to what I said before the blind leading the blind unqualified individuals leading unqualified individuals. And on top of that there are MAJOR language barriers that kill moral we could go on all day but the bottom line is that until Cargill gets there act together we as individuals in the work force should avoid employment with them unless you have massive shoulders and you can literally keep your head down and push forward.

Typical day of work consists of doing things you weren’t hired to do.
What I learned is tyranny exists everywhere
How do I describe management of cargil. Well, it seems none of them have a backbone as they are all afraid to go to the next person above for anything. 
There is an issue with the culture. Everyone is afraid of their superiors. And the superiors think they are above everyone beneath. Tool broke and need a new one? Forget it. Find another way. Don’t have a harness? You better get up there and don’t get caught. Being told by your superintendent “if you don’t do it, I’ll find someone who will. There’s 100,000 others just like you. You are all replaceable” is a common occurrence.
Hardest part about the job is doing unneccessary work with no tools. You have to buy your own tools or you have to use seized tools that they refuse to replace because every branch is full of *insert insult here*. The lack of experience in the offices is uncanny. They just hire anyone off the street who doesn’t know how to LEAD or ever What a tool is.
Enjoyable part well, there were none. Honestly. I thought I was happy. But everyone is just looking for someone to point the finger at. Doesn’t matter who. As long as it’s not them

Work speed is at 300+ heads per hour. Injuries due to repetitive work is very common, but management has a great way of circumventing WCB claims. Health Services will downplay your injuries, claim that all you need is just some exercise and pain relievers, and recommend an inhouse doctor who favors the company spiel. They will actively discourage you from seeking outside help. For management, the work is all, and your life outside does not matter. They treat you like cattle, knowing full well that they can replace you with easily-gullible TFWs. Management loves to bad-mouth and abuse you, and will try their best to overexert you without getting caught. Politics is rampant and the only way to advance is if you know someone higher and if you are really good at sucking up. A lot of middle management are incompetent at their jobs, but they get those jobs because of nepotism or they're best buds with the boss. Safety is mostly lip service, just a way to comply with laws and to reduce costs. The pay is above minimum, but it is still low compared to the amount of stress on the job. The benefits are okay though, and all of those perks come at the cost of work-life balance.

Spent my days working alongside farmers in an effort to build relationships that allowed me to be their trusted adviser for all crop input and grain marketing needs. Major learning curve as I had never been on a farm prior to taking on the role. Excellent training on products allowed me to take my selling techniques from Pepsi to build relationships with the local producers built on trust and common profitability. Management was was tough at times due to our geography and not fully understanding our territory while sometimes being unable to distinguish between what they knew from previous experiences versus what we were seeing in the trade. Most difficult part of my job was the first three months, just building industry knowledge and the trust of my customer base. My favorite part of the job by far was the people I worked with, both employees and customers. Loved living in Vegreville and building a little life with new friends and customers alike.

I enjoy working at Cargill. An excellent company to work for. if you look at the wage compatible $3.00 to $4.00 more then average. The question is are you will to work for $20.00\h?. 
Cargill does make promises and anyone whom has come to me i help them in the door personally, people are mistaking it our government agencies they are making your money not Cargill. Cargill  they have job fairs. If i didn't hear it from a friend working there I would not have known of the job, so that the Libra's for hiding the job fair at the employment center, to get vote in they told everyone look at all job we have provided I don't believe in agency's like that.
Cargill gives opportunities, they offer the freedom to grow.it is the only company i was able to grow from.
If you have try hard (gave a little afford) and still haven't made it to your goal come see me and i will get you their you just have to try.
The low rating's makes wonder what people consider to be a good working environment! If only my previous  companies treated me this good and fair I would not be sick today.  thank-you Cargill

Early start times for day shift, learned a lot of different jobs and was able to join different teams,and gained a lot of knowledge.
Management was alright same as any place some good some bad, with different attitudes so handling people skills in some cases could of been better. Co-workers are arrangement of different ethnic groups so sometimes communication was a problem, trying to get them to understand what they need to do. It was mostly up to your co-workers to show you what you need to do, we trained each other.
Hardest part was always fast paced, cold and when you did good or great they always wanted more an would speed things up.
Enjoyable parts were long term ee. it felt like family cause you r with them more, sometimes more then your own. Rewards program, able to communicate if things could b better an did get feedbacks. So sometimes you could c something you suggested actually b implemented, that felt great.

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