forklift operator

sales manager

inside sales manager

operations manager

project designer

Capital Lumber

Work-life balance
Will attempt to work with you but wont be happy about it.

Pay & benefits
The pay does not suit the level of labor and environmental hazards and conditions.

Job security and advancement
Training and such are offered at first but as you work there you realize they won't give the time to complete it.

Management
I know nothing of the CEO so I will refrain from commenting on them but on site the management is a bit lacking. Equipment is falling apart with no future repair in sight. The facility itself is sub par or bare minimum to operate and is beyond dirty or damaged from people moving too quickly, not paying attention, or being lazy.

Culture
I enjoyed the fast pace but there was no organization or communication.

Overall
They approach you with open arms and friendly words but will treat you like someone who is absolutely expendable. God forbid you have a home emergency and have to leave the site. They'll give you permission but you won't have a job to come back to. The weather hazards you are forced to just deal with, paired with faulty equipment, and a yard that would make a hoarder blush, also make this job quite dangerous with low pay and no benefits to speak of until after an extensive period of employment. A lot of the crew are friendly and helpful but that doesn't make up for a lack of housekeeping, maintenance, and management duties.

Operations Manager can expect to work 12-15 hours a day with little to no support from the Branch Manager who will leave after 8 -9 hours and an hour long lunch. You will be told that the Operations Manager is the hardest position in the company, but will expect to get the job done at whatever cost. This is a family owned company who touts employee empowerment, but empowerment does not exist in Denver operations. There are a lot of talented individuals at the Denver branch who are stifled and their experience is under utilized. Communication is horrible between the departments with slanderous talk behind each others backs. For the longest time the motto in Denver was "Make it Happen" which you will do at the cost of your personal life and family. The worst part of the job is long hours, lack of leadership, lack of support, trying to get a new idea implemented, and poor communication. I left Capital after 4 years under my own terms. Some of the people will be the one thing I will miss. I would not recommend this company

A day at capital was one of complete focus due to supply and demand. I learned more about the intricate points of the construction market considering capital supplies a major portion to contractors that erect housing for many communities. Management always played a key role in the smooth operation of our day. Everyday can't be smooth but because of management things eventually were always smooth out. Co-workers could work better at maintaining and following through with order pulling protocols to assist in yard organization and cleanliness itself but once those particular types of humps are conquered the clean-up is short lived but effective for job completion. The hardest part of the job is order pulling due to co-worker slack at keeping areas organized enough to smoothly get to materials. The most enjoyable part of the job was the comedic culture of the co-workers due to having a small crew for greater familiarity with one another.

On an average day you clock in, then grab a walkie talkie and Proceed to the Forklift with 1 Order to be filled. Management will talk a bunch of big changes on a regular basis and be upset about errors that cost money. You will proceed to clean and pull orders all day. Along with communicating to people in the office for orders that are for contractors who will pull up at will call. This place is a little weird because the sales people really dislike the yard guys at this place the environment is a bit confusing. The big issues that happen is their signage is illegible in the dark and haven't come up with a proper way to make decent viable tags that can be seen easily. Their main focus lies on getting more room not addressing the problem at its root. A lot of the reason I had to leave.

Account Manager responsible for five Home Depot stores, including providing
support to other Home Depot account managers as needed. I additionally strove to expand my relationships at Home Depot to create new sales opportunities for Capital Lumber overall. Management granted me the open door opportunity to share my strategic sales growth and profit-making ideas for Home Depot as well as other accounts and new prospects. My inside sales duties included fielding incoming calls from multiple dealers, create and maintain sales orders, monitor and report the progress of sales orders to increase customer satisfaction, and win new orders by actively inquiring the day-to-day status of our customers and cold calling prospects.

I knew this company for 18 years as a customer.  Working for them was a dream. Company offers great benefits, and we were provided free meals quite often, and I was given several surprise cash bonuses during the sixteen months I worked there. I pulled orders and loaded trucks. There was plenty of opportunities for overtime, so my paycheck was always great. I would never have left had I not been able to afford the gas to drive there, since I lived 50 miles away. I highly recommend the company!

The training is minimal at best. You are shown some basics and either you pick it up or you dont. Management is unskilled at managing. Little to no consequences.  Zero leadership. Great place to learn what NOT to do. You work in rain, hail, sleet or snow or hot temperatures.  Incredibly high turnover rate. They say there is room for advancement but you can wait over a year for training in whatever new position you were hired for IF you advance. Great place to meet other workers who have little to no integrity with their work. If you are a horrible worker and you know it, Capital has a place for you. You can make more money working as a fast food manager.

a typical day of work consisted of daily stretching. then we would get to banding all the orders pulled from the earlier shift. once that was done, we would get to pulling orders. depending on  the amount of work we may have worked with a partner or alone. breaks come on the dot almost every day with a few exceptions. if we have plenty of orders and the Banding area or carts become full then we  would band orders to clear up space. management was really friendly. work was not stressful. hardest part of the job would probably be having multiple orders but not stock readily available and having to wait for fresh stock to be brought out or looking for someone to bring it out.

Like it was said before working for this company you are just another number. They don’t care about you they are just worried about you making the company money and putting a FAT BONUS in the big bosses pockets at the end of it all you will definitely be underpaid and they will try and work you like a dog and cut you if you’re not up to there standards!!! All of management is trash and they know exactly who they are Sac branch yes they need to be reevaluated they let things go on in there and sweep things under the rug that shouldn’t be happening I hope soon that place burns to shambles with them main 3 in it.

Could be an awesome place to work but management tends to step in too much instead of just letting their employees do the work the head HR is not in favor of the employee and corporate doesn’t care about you, I learned this first hand when I worked there and that year was the only year that location was profitable, the only time that location won the presidential award as well as operations of the year as well  as the safety award and still no one called when I quit to do a exit interview and I forgot to mention,I was the operations manager!

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Forklift operator 22 salaries reported	$21.66 per hour
Sales manager 4 salaries reported	$105,000 per year
Inside sales manager 20 salaries reported	$61,850 per year
Operations manager 13 salaries reported	$83,462 per year
Project designer 3 salaries reported	$55,000 per year

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