retail sales associate

pawn broker

sales associate

assistant aux ventes

retail customer service representative

Cash Canada

I will be honest, some people will have a moral objection to this job. There are some great days where you are helping someone avoid a major financial calamity and that can feel good. You also get to learn about so many things. Your day is literally spent talking to people about the things they like.

The corporate team is actually supportive and not toxic. It is a smaller team but you will have the CEO walk on the floor and actually have an idea on how to do the job because he actually did the job, though with some different technology but even with his old training videos it still applies. So this means for the most part that your coworkers have an idea of how to do the job.

Unless you are promoted then when you go home the work is done. Scheduling in my store tried to keep things relatively consistent and you got plenty of notice of schedules.


Actually working on the floor has you do a lot of different tasks. Sometimes you are cleaning tools like chainsaws and others you are learning useful tricks to computers. Thankfully it is very rarely like what you see on TV. That would be incredibly stressful and exhausting.

This job has some very fun moments. The team at every level is enjoyable to be around from cracking jokes with the CEO to playing harmless pranks on your manager

Finally, my location was located in a rougher part of the city. This may be a deal breaker for some people. Working here you will meet and learn about these clients and their story. 

Company is the worst I've ever worked for. Regional management with vendettas against people holding a grudge for excelling and then focused on working them out of a job. Having family issues where there was a death in the family and still obligated to go to work and being written up for a poor attitude because life happened and your dealing with it at that time without personal time to reflect. 
This was a career, it turned into a job when it became apparent that the company didn't want certain people to excel - favoritism, internal drama and two faced back stabbing people that would jump at an opportunity to excel. 
People don't leave company's, they leave Management. 
Since the changes to how payments were made on accounts, people lost lots of stuff - any pawn shop that has Tons of stock to sell, is a poorly run business because that means they didn't do what they could to help people keep their stuff, instead they over lent on items by inflating the retail prices to make it unattainable for people to pick up on time. 
Don't trust them to keep your stuff past 30 days, 45 by law is required and they will sell anything to make a profit. Melt down any personalized gold. 
Never work for them or even consider doing business with them. Oh and I found out they sold this company actually to a USA owner - so it's not even Canadian owned ... nice...

At Cash Canada, our main focus is always our clients. There is always something to do, from calling existing clients for payments, promoting our location through advertizing (cold calls, flyer delivery, etc). There is always filing to be completed, customer care calls, online training to keep up to date, and weekly meetings, just to name a few. When a client comes in, we will always listen to their dilemmas and do our best to meet their needs.
Working for Cash Canada meant alot of personal growth for me. The person I was when I started with Cash Canada was meek and nervous. However, I learned that I am a strong and confident individual with alot to offer the company, as well as in my personal life.
I was the business manager at my location, therefore I would have to say that upper management is always supportive, from making sure we have the tools to succeed, to being there for moral support when needed.
The hardest part of my job was leaving. I chose to take time from work to take care of family needs. Working for Cash Canada meant being a part of a new family, and leaving that family behind to tend to the needs of my own family at home was a difficult decision to make.
It is also difficult to narrow down what the most enjoyable part of my job was... but i would have to say each and every client that came in to see us is what it's really all about for me.

When I first started I was excited because of the hourly wage and weekly paycheck. However, after dealing with verbal abuse from the previous assistant manager with no termination following the inappropriate work behaviour, I realized something was wrong. They feel entitled to make jokes about your weight, relationships, age, intelligence, and work performance. One little mistake will not be forgotten, unless you're one the bosses' favourites. Unless you have a "sick and twisted" sense of humour, in their words, they won't hire you nor treat you like part of the "team" they preach so much about. Also, if you're under the age of 25 it is very hard to make professional advancement with the company. Overall the place is horrible on the inside but appears absolutely lovely from the outside. Do NOT put yourself through the mental abuse that is sure to ensue from the employees AND manager that are currently employed there. They have no boundaries, the place is an HR nightmare. Which they seem to be quite proud of, sadly enough. I can't say enough how awful the place is, please don't put yourself through this.

This job will stain your soul. In fact, avoid working in any payday loans industry at all costs.

I was required to work 8 to 2 - 3 PM, leave for 3 hours, and come back and close from 6 - 9 PM - Monday through Friday. I was abused by the Regional Manager who made me feel awful for taking my breaks. I was not paid for my overtime I worked.

There was minimal security. Customers threatened me bodily harm and there was nothing there to prevent them from doing so if they had gone through with it.

They take advantage of people on AISH, CPP, and anyone else they can for money.

You will deal with people in their darkest moments and it will effect you emotionally. You will have to deny someone a loan who has tears in their eyes. You will have to automatically remove funds from someones account when their rent is due - only to deal with them screaming in your face later to put it back when you can't.

Even though I learned things while I was here, I would never work here, or in this industry again.

a typical day at cash Canada pawnshop was getting up at 5 leaving the house by 6:30 am with a 3 year old from the west end all the way to the north side so that I could be to work at 8 am. when I got to work my had to move 20 bikes outside and chain them up one by one. during the day I had to deal with people from all walks of life. I learned that you can never judge a book by its cover no matter what. management was great easy to get along with. coworkers were very friendly. the hardest part about this job was dealing with people that stole stuff and that I knew I was going home that night but some of the people I dealt with that day were going to be sleeping on the streets. the most enjoyable part of this job was interacting with my coworkers and the different customers I met everyday or the regulars.

A typical day would include pawning items to new and existing customers.
Selling forfeited items to the general public
This was the fastest job I have ever had!
I learned about cameras, laptops, jewelry, guitars, etc. often items I had not much experience with but learned quickly!!
Both Management and my Co-workers mentored me in a very positive way.
The hardest part of the job was clean up, it was a huge business and many many times I had to mop that floor!
The most enjoyable part of the job was my fellow employees and management, everyone pitched in, no-one ever put you down while learning new skills, we laughed a lot!
While we were enjoying our jobs we were always impeccable about Customer Service and the P&P's of Cash Canada.

I worked here for about a year. At first it was wonderful everyone seemed very supportive however as time went on my coworkers became gossipy management was dramatic raising my concern for mental health in the workplace. Needless to say I loved the customers yet I felt horrible everytime I took money from people who didn't have any, so many people here will take money and get more money from people who can barely feed their kids and have serious financial issues therefore I feel as if this company is a failure as when I started it was we help the customer and want to support them and help them grow then turned into you didn't make enough this quota...anyway I loved the job the pay was good but hated the miscommunication and unprofessional  management

Being there for years, I never made more than a 20 cent raise, despite receiving certificates for being a top employee in Canada. They are all about making money and cutting costs. The manager doesn't allow rearrangement of schedules at all, you cannot switch shifts with anyone and if someone is sick it is likely that the rest of the team scheduled that day will just have to make up for it. Usually this means 2 people in the building and you can't leave for breaks because there must be two people in store at all times while doors are open. I also had to quit a 2-year volunteer position, which was 4 hours per week, to take this job because the manager required my schedule to be completely open for them when I started. No real opportunity for advancement unless you want a salary that will net you less pay than the commission.

At Cash Canada I learned a lot of great things. How to handle customer complaints right down to financials and training staff. I loved going to work everyday I would go in do mid day takeover and make tills for staff go over end of night packages. Then I would have a little staff meeting with everyone to get them pumped for the day. My job there was made to be fun and easy. My co-workers were always great people who enjoyed their jobs and loved to have fun on the job too. The hardest part of my job was the high stress level environment. We always had to be constantly on our toes because you never knew what was going to happen that day. My favourite part of my job was knowing that I was able to help someone with a pawn loan or even just to help them have piece of mind that their stuff will be well taken care of while it was with us.

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