Torstar Reviews

3.1

51% would recommend to a friend

(70 total reviews)

John Boynton

55% approve of CEO

27% positive business outlook

Torstar has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 70 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Torstar employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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70 reviews
1.0
6 May 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Not one I can think of!

Cons

Gloomy year 1970 office. Once you are in the development side of teams, you might feel that building should be demolished immediately. You will feel depressed after entering the building almost instantaneously. No cafeteria/pantry. No coffee machines. Dirty and smelly desks and chairs. Stinky toilets. Pathetic management. No idea how to run a software company. It's basically a media house having no clue about how a software company looks like. Shoestring budget. Stingy way of doing things. Micromanagement at it's best. This company is not for developers and architects. Don't think this is your regular software team and have usual way of working. One week sprints anyone? You are expected to deliver in one week and then demo along with bug fixes. Tons of useless meetings where they have no idea what they are talking about. Might be good for journalists - not sure as I had a different profile. HR is no where to be seen. Long long hierarchy. Managers have done management never before. And funnily, they accept it. Shift work mindset. Your hours will be clocked and even 5 mins is a real deal breaker. Was my worst decision ever to join this company. I won't recommend any technical guy to join this gig but if you are a reporter/journalist, it might be your dream company.

1.0
3 May 2019

Run like the mice in the building

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great people that try to do the best they can. Stress level and work complexity is really low.

Cons

Leadership: just awful. You get surprised everyday at how low human beings can become. It almost doesn’t seem real and the stuff you see happen, you can’t even think of. Culture: Ruthless. A few executives will literally do anything to save themselves. There is an evident lack of trust right from the top. Employee morale is very low. Work/day to day: The only constant is change. Execs and leadership have no strategy or what they consider strategy is throwing as much things on paper and checking boxes to say it’s been accomplished, no matter the ROI, quantity trumps quality everyday of the week. Amenities: I’d say 1/4 of the rooms/work stations don’t have functioning lights. There are mice running around the office, mice droppings are very common - including on your desk. Overall extremely outdated.

1.0
18 Mar 2017

Worst place

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Can't really think of anything at the moment.

Cons

No respect, HR team were all idiots.

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