This is a privately-owned land surveying company. The attitude towards land surveyors is they own the company (and shareholders), which they do. The board of directors is almost 100% land surveyors, so for any bonuses and perks that is received, the majority of it goes to the surveyors and the shareholders.
They do not have a great benefits plan, they do not match RRSP but they do provide every ALS with either a nice new black fleet truck or provide them with a gas-stipend.
They promote that it is a employee-owned company. This is a lie and a terrible marketing scheme. It is a shareholder-owned company. No employee is even offered shares before they are deemed worthy, some employees may wait more than 5 years to be offered shares, but if you are not deemed worthy by the board of directors and your manager you will never be offered shares. Information about becoming a shareholder and any of the financial information about the company is kept behind closed doors, for obvious reason. They low-ball their clients and are considered to be one of the cheapest land surveying companies in Western Canada.
Because this is a relatively small company, the room for growth is extremely small. They would rather keep employees doing one thing until they burn out before even considering them for a raise or a promotion.
I've heard from shareholders, that the bonuses shareholders receive compared to what the low-level employees earn is drastically different.
Some land surveyors have a very "I am better than you attitude" and/or bullies other employees.
