Tolko reviews

3.9

81% would recommend to a friend

(172 total reviews)
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Brad Thorlakson

82% approve of CEO

80% positive business outlook

Tolko has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 172 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Tolko employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Agriculture industry (3.7 stars).

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172 reviews
1.0
Jun 6, 2017

Best thing I ever did at Tolko was leave it

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Pros

Good salary, mediocre benefits. Some very nice people to work with.

Cons

Executive incompetence and dysfunction results in lack of operational and strategic alignment. CEO oblivious to how leaders do not communicate or support each other. Company managers seek clones of themselves with little to no diversity of opinion or operational innovation sought. Management continues to drink their own kool-aid with annual strategy meetings that celebrate doing the same thing the same way year after year. However they do enjoy creating new slogans to rally the troops every year!

1.0
Jun 14, 2016

Careful Here...

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Catered Lunchs sometimes Gym onsite in Head Office

Cons

MANAGEMENT - This company has been in a slow downhill spiral for quite some time. I have had growing concerns for years that the company as a whole was not being run properly. It is quite comical to read the "Tolko Responses" addressed to some of the reviews below, it is funny because I likely know the people who are writing these reviews and how the company has shaped or brainwashed those people into drinking the "Tolko Blue". The responses are ironic because they show the exact reason why there is a problem with Tolko, NOBODY WILL ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM! They offer sinceraty as if they are truly passionate about how the employee feels and they try to express this in their responses to these reviews. it is nothing more then a front and please do not be fooled by these. I love how they say in one review how they are one of BC's employers of choice, ask the majority of people who work for tolko their opinion and I believe you would be shocked. That is the problem with a publication like that, its bias. Other issues include - good people leaving the company. Multiple people have left in the last 1-2 years as a result of the way the company is run. Everyone knows it is operating poorly and as some of the previous reviews have stated there is quite the project that is going on and costing the company endless amounts of money. Constantly delayed but another great example of how things are done here. Do it wrong 100 times than finally do it right. PAST 6 MONTHS - There has been even more increasing concern with how the new VP has been handling some issues within. There have been employees leaving due to the way he is running things, Managers asked to retire or be forced out and also an instance where managament intentionally lied to fire an employee. The peers within our company know these things have happened and have become concerned with who they can or cannot trust. Overall this is a company I would not recommend to anyone. Until the concerns above are addressed and new leadership is brought in, it is a place to avoid. Might be a good starter career option but it seems like anyone with a reasonable education soon learns they can go elsewhere. Somtimes publicly traded companies are the way to go as they can and will be held accountable when the company is run poorly year after year. In this case its run poorly and will continue to be run poorly until it not longer exists. I agree with previous statements that this company may also be sold in the future so be careful here.

4.0
Dec 7, 2017
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Pros

The people I work with are awesome, and most of the supervisors are pretty solid. Management is always looking for ways to make things better and seem to be focused more on employees and what we think in the last few years. Also seems to be less tolerance for the old school behaviour that used to go on.

Cons

A few miserable people that spend all of their time complaining and never do anything to make it better. Why do you stay? Either be part of the solution or do everyone a favour and move on! Reading some of the reviews in here is hilarious/sad because we all know who wrote the negative ones, and they’re going to be unhappy no matter what.

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