truck driver

equipment operator

diesel mechanic

front load driver

entry level customer service representative

Cedar Grove

What is the best part of working at the company?
The company concept of taking material that would otherwise go into the landfill and turning it into something productive.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Lack of procedures, follow through, and compliance. This is a dangerous company that does NOT care about safety our its employees.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very stressful. Drivers are allowed to miss as much time as possible with no repercussions. There is no accountability and, unless you are related to the owners, they will get rid of those individuals trying to make improvements...even though that may cause significant change in the short term.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
10-14-hour days and starting out with two strikes against me. Not able to catch up because of all of the "backdoor deals" and other violations of procedures and policies that have been made and supported by leadership.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Overwork you with little pay. No training for the amount of information you need to understand. And the management have IQ's of monkeys. Run from them and doing look back. Something I wished I did after dealing with them for 3yrs. Plus you'd be working at a land fill full of composing food waste and garbage. Awful experience. The worst.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Having to answer 130 calls per day while dealing with customers in person, who always want to debt with you how much a yard of compost really is.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Exactly like being on a crack house

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Just like being in an airplane with the emergency exit door opened and a cow farting because of the methane clouds at the landfill

Job is busy. Almost too much to get done in one shift. Understaffed for the workload. Benefits are a joke, wage scale is not competitive with industry. They promise all these benefits , but read the fine print. Also typical consumables, like drill bits , and other shop items like cordless drills, grinders, flashlights, batteries, ect. ect. Will  be your responsibility to provide  and replace. Punch in early by a minute, and you lose your shift differential for the whole shift. Dusty,  dirty working conditions, porta cans that take 2 weeks to get serviced. Mosquito infestation from the ponds, rats, and every kind of bird crapping on everything. Rotting food everywhere when working on garbage trucks. Not for the faint of heart. Sometimes hard to stay hydrated when working on equipment in the yard.

Great place to work. Overtime after 8hrs, full employee paid health benefits, PTO first year. Lots of overtime. Friendly atmosphere for the most part. There are some people that are easier to deal with than others. Some drama and people that like to talk about others like they're some kind of saint but if you just come to work and just worry about yourself instead of others you should be fine. It does get kind of slow in the winter months but they do a great job of keeping everyone working. Be safe, courteous, honest and accountable and you'll have a job for a long time. In conclusion, i enjoy working at Cedar Grove. As with any company there are issues but they really do try to keep the employee at the top of their priorities. If you work hard and don't mind getting dirty then it could be a great fit. I recommend working for Cedar Grove.

Days at Cedar Grove can alternate between hectic hours and the doldrums. Early mornings, lunchtimes and early evenings are the busiest, with lots of downtime to input orders, do research or study product information. Workers communicate with Outlook and Skype. The dress code is casual--jeans every day! The hardest part of the job is understanding the limited English of some customers. Being bilingual would definitely help. The most enjoyable part is the friendly atmosphere, thorough training and helpful attitude of your coworkers. I also enjoyed the peaceful setting.

I loved my job and the flexibility I had to be able to do other things within the company as well as my personal life. One of the best company’s and jobs Iv had. I even liked the people I worked with on a daily basis. The reason for my let go is questionable due to a ticket thing the company knew about prior to hiring me but I was told I can apply for other positions and or come back at a later date.  Still disappointed about this issue but over all i liked my position. I wouldn’t say no if they asked me to come back to my position if they can sort out the reasoning. 

As with any job, there are bad days and good days. But there is a good work environment, job security, and benefits from Teamsters 174 union. Managment can be a little frustrating at times. But overall they are very understanding and accommodating. The health insurance provided is outstanding and there is a very good pension plan in place. This is a great place to work for someone looking for a company to retire with.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Great company to work for. Dispatch was great and other drivers are very helpful. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Idk if there was something stressful. It was very easy to get along. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Family owned. They really try and keep the family feeling there for employees 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Show up do your job go home. There wasn’t much else. You knew what your day was as soon as you grabbed your dispatch.

While not employed at cedar grove for very long I got the opportunity to meet some good people there that were patient in training me in and a pleasure to work with, the management at the locations I was sent to were good folks and I did enjoy showing up to work every morning. I would recommend this company to anyone interested in getting their feet wet running equipment. 

The bad thing about this company is a shift was at 6:00 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. they're only allowed you one day off and I was driving the front end loader and there were potholes everywhere good place for a back injury no lighting so if someone was standing in the yard you could hit him with the loader plus somebody got ran over there before. I wouldn't recommend this place to anyone at least not the cedar Grove in Renton / Maple valley

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Truck driver 12 salaries reported	$29.02 per hour
Equipment operator 7 salaries reported	$26.21 per hour
Diesel mechanic 4 salaries reported	$33.38 per hour
Front load driver 5 salaries reported	$32.41 per hour
Entry level customer service representative 5 salaries reported	$20.25 per hour

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