Canada Drives Reviews

Pros

1) The young workforce would definitely be the company's strongest asset. Everyone has great fun and nobody takes themselves too seriously.

2) The free food helped me to save money, which was great.

3) The training period was very interesting and taught me a lot of valuable information in regard to credit scores, personal finance, etc.

Advice to Management

The managers are very good at their jobs, however I feel as if maybe they should take a step back at some stage and evaluate what they're facilitating in the office. They should think about the impact that their actions have had, and will have, on the Canadians that they convince to take out loans at almost 50% interest. Morals are worth more than money, and if you feel as if your moral compass is pointing straight to the wallet in your pocket, make a change for the better. It's not you that's flawed, it's the company's business model.

Pros

The benefits are really generous. You can go for a massage, get orthotics (they cover 80%) and they also take care of your transit every month. The kitchen is also fully stocked with cereal, sandwiches, coffee, tea and other snacks.

Pros

- 100% travel compensation
- Assortment of food selection in the kitchen + Awesome lunch room staff who are willing to try out different menus, soups, and salads
- Ability to move up within the company and try out different positions
- Young and energetic atmosphere; Very lively

Advice to Management

If you have to constantly remind your staff to follow protocol, to clean up their work area so it doesn't look like a dump, and to threaten to fire all staff that smoke on the property because building management has filed multiple complaints, it may be important to investigate the a) the people you hire b) upper management that set up these rules & protocols.

While over time I have witnessed an increase in preventative measures and training courses, most of the rules are treated as guidelines. People who have been let go for misconduct get hired back, people who break rules get 'spoken to' with no further repercussions.

The company needs to take a more preventative approach, instead of a reactive approach. The issues listed above are a few of the instances of long-existing problems that are just recently addressed in an almost decade-old company.

I'm not sure how big Canada Drives really is as a financial institution in Canada, but I cannot see how the company can elevate itself (image wise) with the path it's currently taking. How do you expect clients to take the word of an Agent who tries to convince them that we are a legitimate service dealing with their credit, when it sounds like a club in the background, with uncensored music going full blast 24/7, and swearing from staff members (including managers)?

This review is so long because I sincerely had a fruitful experience at my time here; It's just sad to see the people who actually put their head down and do the hard work get little recognition for it; Upper management should also understand that there are staff members who really are just good at what they do, and to compensate them for the length of time at the company (again, this is for non-sales staff members, from my experience). I'm sure most if not all staff members at the company are generally quite friendly and approachable, but it's the constant enabling of this behaviour that causes this rot to grow and grow.

While I was given a great opportunity to work here and learned a great deal about credit services and sales products, I can't quite say I'm proud to be a member of Canada Drives.

Pros

- Breakfast is varied alot and free lunch as well.
- An environment that will accept you as you are and help you only if you show that you want make money.
-They don't sweat the little stuff that doesn't affect your work. If you can sit down and put in time the rewards are easy to see.
- The management will always give in as much effort to help you as you put in. They trust you and will go to the bat for you.
-The money is ridiculously easy to get and the benefits are instant even before you first 3 months.
-The first month or 2 is harder to get in to the flow especially if you don't come in with extra time
-If you come in early or on a Saturday once in a while you will get the better leads and you will get help you just need to ask for it.If you don't ask or show you have interest you will get nothing.
- Its not a struneus job you sit in a seat and talk to people that's it.
-The health benefits are insanely good
- You get to choose when you want to eat. As long as you hit call time you can take your time if you want but most people will choose to make money because as long as you stay on the dialer you will help out people and you will be able to make good money.
-You get to help people get loans to better their lives because most of the customers are people that need a loan and no one will trust them enough to give a loan. We help out people that need loans and help out those that don't even understand how badly they need the loan to help their credit.
-We help those have only been relying on the Money mart loans that have 600% interest and are stuck in a cycle of debt. The loans we give them are a way to get out of that cycle and have much better interest rates.
- Extremely fast growth and the opportunity to move up is everywhere and can easily be attained even within the first 3 months.
- You will not get fired unless you stop caring and you start being rude. If people like you and you produce results or even if you show that you have any effort being put in they will not let you go and the management will be there for you so you can learn.
-Free monthly buss passes and Free monthly team bonding where its at times normal to eat more at places that you would never normally eat at expensive places.

Advice to Management

Lets go to team bonding places that are not just to eat.

Pros

Very flexible and encouraging of self-growth and improvement

Pros

Amazing team work. Respected apriciated at all times. Great benefits.

Advice to Management

Advertisement and marketing should be using double standard theory.

Pros

If you’re good you can make money

Advice to Management

Stop promoting people just because there’s no one else to promote. Hire people with experience who can properly manage a team without bullying.

Pros

it's the people who really make this company stand out! great people, easy to get a long with that it hardly felt like work sometimes
free food up in the 6th floor
the CEO by the name of Cody, what a an easy guy to talk to, very down to earth and very approachable
monthly lunches with the team
flexible hours
beside the Burrard Skytrain Station so very convenient plus transport allowance
seems to be a very successful company growing by the month, about 400 people I think

Advice to Management

slowing down would give people time to deliver better results

Pros

Fast paced environment, snacks.

Advice to Management

Manage your HR department, they take weeks and constant reminders to even respond or answer via Slack and professionalism within the workplace.

Pros

Been working at Canadadrives for about a year now (The longest I have worked in a field like this) and I can easily say that that if you plan on looking for a professional environment where you can dictate your income based on numbers YOU produce than this would be the perfect place for you. The workplace is never dull with ever changing music and company activities. One of the things that have kept me here so long is the networking you can build being around so many people who over achieve in many different avenues of their lives. I would strongly suggest this place to any driven individual.