tree climber

grounds maintenance worker

tree trimmer

Monster Tree Service

Learn your business and know what to don't know. Stop acting like you know everything because you had a corporate job. Understand what you can and cannot charge for your work. Nice equipment and a huge debt load does  not mean you can charge a premium for your work when the work is similar to other companies charging much less. The egos of the owners will be their downfall. 

Trust your experienced sales staff and learn from them and stop acting like you know everything.  Stop acting like you know everything because you had a cushy corporate job. Understand what you can and cannot charge for your work. Nice equipment and a huge debt load does  not mean you can charge a premium for your work when the work is similar to other companies charging much less. The egos of the owners will be their downfall. Often times, I would lose sales when the owner would be onsite. They need to understand that someone that worked a corporate job selling a highly recognizable product with little competition cannot use those same sales tactics to sell tree work at a premium with average work when others are charging much less. That seemed to be a hard concept to grasp by the owner and the franchise support team. 

The owners will not trust you, they will micromanage, they will act like they are better than you, the other employees, and the customers when you hold all the certifications possible for this field and have experience managing much larger operations in tree work. 

The business model for Monster is not sustainable in my opinion. They talk you into taking on massive loans with little to no tree work experience and then you have to set rates that your competition can easily beat. The only way for anyone to make money is to charge way more than the work you will get is worth. 

If you want to build a company from the ground and run it for the owner for almost two years while getting little recognition, plus continuous addition to workload without appropriate pay increase, then these are the franchises for you. Wealthy folk who buy into these company franchises to brag with their associates at the country club as they chortle over those who make them their money. These folks are delusional in every sense when it comes to this trade and have no idea how dangerous or back breaking it really is. Over time you will lose your desire to even give full effort and for reasons I've mentioned. This will be seen as a character flaw even though you are the person trying to keep it altogether while others have opinions about you based in foolery and delusions. Any wrong doing by some will be deflected onto others or denied downright. Easy meal tickets for those who don't have to get off the ground, getting paid the same as those pulling real production and putting their life on the line.

Job times and pay off base. Huge disconnect between "corporate" and how they say it should work vs reality. Obviously trying to protect the owners investment and keep the facade of easy money.

Very little positives. The pay was decently higher than other companies but still not enough to survive in this day and age for the type of work and hours done a week. Some feel of freedom from suit and tie jargon but it had its influence.

Be wary of the snakes who flee to these companies and talk a big game while running these companies into the ground which almost seems like the whole business model.

Work-life balance
Work-life balance at Monster Tree Service is  great.

Pay & benefits
My pay and benefits at Monster Tree Service are great, but not enought to put up with management personality.

Job security and advancement
In terms of job security at Monster Tree Service, I think that at this specific location/franchise. No matter how much of a perfectionist you are and how much you strive to be the best, it still was not good enough woth the owner.

Management
In general, managers at Monster Tree Service, need more manager training to learn how to coach and build a better team.

Culture
Collaboration with my colleagues at Monster Tree Service was wonderful!!! I built a relashionship with all and was able to communicate with my co-workers on a daily basis.

Overall
My experience working at Monster Tree Service was stressful. Owner needs more experience on management skills and communication.

I worked at a branch for a little over a year. I was experienced entering this role and showed consistent improvement in addition. I was fairly compensated for the title, however as time went on there was little in the way of new challenges or advancement to leadership roles. I contributed more as my time went on, yet in discussions for when compensation or new responsibilities would arise, I was told there was simply not openings and I would need to wait for someone else to move on, rather than recognize the contribution to output and experience brought to the table. Even a small pay bump was unnattainable after a year with proven growth and contributions including leading the completion of jobs. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Leaving. Poor management, poor use of funds, and no funds to pay employees supposedly 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Dealing with an ungrateful owner

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
All work no appreciation. Owner uses profits for who knows what but there's never any money to purchase tools or even consumables 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Hard work and no thank you from the salesman or owners.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Steady year round work if you are willing to help out in other ways like hang Xmas lights 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
They will put an enormous amount of work load on you. A lot of pressure to perform and you won’t get promoted if you don’t perform. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Not great- promise you everything and then make sure you don’t get there or only promote people that fit their mold. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Fill up truck with product and do routes for pest service.

What is the best part of working at the company?
I was given the respect and value you would expect from a small family business, with the added benefits of a large corporation.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Working in Arboriculture is stressful work anywhere

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Good work/life balance.  Opportunities for advancement

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Very labor intensive and lots of customer interaction

this is a shady company to work for, at least north atlanta location. money is taken out of your paycheck if the job isn't finished in time according to the work order  money is taken out of your paycheck if you accidentally damage something. the work environment is terrible because mgmt treat employees like liars and liabilities with no reason. alot of drama due to manager/supervisor. this just scrapes the surface of issues at this company. I found another tree company I'm very happy with that treats employees fairly 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Pays alot so you have no option but to stay

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Youll almost loose your life a handfull of times. Laid off in winter. Work about 20 hours a week and employees fight on a day to day bassis

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Dangerous, unsafe, using drugs on jobsites

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Wait for the forman to wake up and show up to jobsite late everyday

What is the best part of working at the company?
leaving for the day. schedule is set for you. must make an imaginary quota for prospecting

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Having enough appointments for a full day of calls

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
no culture for sales arborist. Alone all the time, no office to check into

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
easy, laid back. Not much stress except for keeping the crew busy with work

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Tree climber 1 salary reported	$25.00 per hour
Grounds maintenance worker 3 salaries reported	$16.83 per hour
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