Midwest Reviews

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.

For too many years I have felt ashamed for making copious amounts of money while other staff struggle to make a living. Whay i have gathered by being a shareholder is its our job to protect our investment and claim as much revenue as humanly possible in the shortest amount of time possible with the least amount if work involved believe this needs to change. As an organization, we need to treat ALL staff on the playing field the same way. We need to understand that its not just ourselves making money but ALL of the staff make money for this company. The non shareholder are the biggest reason all of us are filthy rich. That says something. We need to share the wealth with everyone in this company equally to retain staff. Not everyone can afford to live on $23 an hour anymore. We need to do our best as owners to ensure that everyone employed with us is financially taken care of.