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I enjoyed working at the Frobisher Inn an Iqualuit. I had never worked that far north before and there is an experience of culture shock if you are moving for the first time from the South. The management makes the move easy since the company organizes the flight schedules and arranges a place for you to live. Staff housing is what would be expected - it is what you make it. Do lots of research so you bring the right things to Iqaluit to keep you occupied. Recreational activities are very expensive and you don't want to end up losing money while up there. Get a hobby and bring the hobby supplies with you. You will have lots of downtime in the dead of winter. Your work life depends heavily on the quality of your home life. Mental health and safety are very important. I am still in touch with a lot of the people I met up there. Everyone that goes up usually has the spirit of adventure in them. As a result you end up meeting some very interesting and unexpected people. You will make lots of friends if you are easy-going, outgoing, and non judgmental. The hotel can be a very fun and interesting place to work with a potential for a lot of great work experience and advancements if you have the right attitude. Iqaluit is what you make it - this is a hard city that is not going to make life easy for you if you are unprepared to deal with the challenges. Not a job for the faint at heart.

The Frobisher Inn Hotel is well known in having good quality facilities. Their Hospitality rating went up and i believe i was part of it. The salary and benefits were good but the place was too depressing for me. Because of the extreme cold, i wasn't able to use my time effectively that though i was able to volunteer at the Soup Kitchen, helped in the Relay For Life, Nunavut committee in some way, and was able to finish the "Help Line Training," i should have been more productive if Nunavut has a better weather. There's also something about the shifting of schedule that made me sad.

You re always wrong they ignore your recommandation they hierd you for a position and when you re there it s sometimg different they mâle you do everything they wants for my point of view they dont say the truth it s a poor place to work very bad expérience and a very bad manager

A typical day at work would be getting a list of rooms needed to be clean for arriving guests and rooms that could be checked on for continuing guests. I learned great time management skills and management was great to work with. The most enjoyable part of the job was the people I worked with, very nice and helpful.

I worked at the "Frob" for 20 years. It was a fun place to work.
The pros - good pay, free staff housing, free trips out for vacations and at the end of the contract.
The cons - shared staff housing.

Comp food, comp housing and nice pay are all great ideas if you can manage to keep yourself entertained while living with your co-workers, who may or may not have the same shift as you.

While I was employed there, there were perks such as 2 free restaurant meals a day, even if you're not scheduled, and subsidized housing too. Combined with the not-too-heavy workload, and you have a great place to work.

Great place to work I loved the staff and the customers were awesome! Good presentation and excellent accommodations would totally recommend this employer!

Unless you can handle living and working in an area where there is blatant racism, it's not a place to be.  Not everyone in Iqaluit is racist or angry.  There are good people which is far more than the angry ones.

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Management cannot create an stable work environment 

over charge customers and unable to create a friendly 

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Top Job Titles	Average salary
Cook 5 salaries reported	$27.45 per hour
Sous chef 1 salary reported	$28.00 per hour
Server 3 salaries reported	$19.50 per hour
Line cook 1 salary reported	$60,000 per year
Bar staff 3 salaries reported	$25.00 per hour

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