BFI CANADA

In my years working with a company so large I found that all the employee's are just a number. If things are not going well they do what ever it takes to make things better. In my case it was they come into our yard one day and told us that this division was being closed and that we were to pack our stuff and leave. This was effective ASAP. The two bosses that came and told my co-worker and I stayed there and waited for us to pack our things and leave. What a good feeling it was, I have put 5 yrs into this company to basically get slapped in the face. I would like to thank BFI for this though because I have become a better person over this and now that I am worth something.

I worked for this company for over a year. The wages were decent, but thin compared to other outfits, and according to working conditions. The company is not managed well, which leads to poor spending of company finances, long working days (which depending if you are a overtime keener or not is a good or a bad thing), sub-par safety policies, and often very tense working environments. Many of the workers are good people, as well as customers are for the most part grateful of the work done.

There are postings for the drivers in the back and you all know what your lineup will look like for the next day. You also know when the landfills open up.
You can plan your day. If you come to work early, you can go home early. I trained new drivers to always have a look at their next days' paperwork so they can plan and not get behind.
Typically, I'll arrive at work around 4 am, do a vehicle check and make sure that I have done enough calls for a full load and am arriving at the landfill when it opens at 8 am, making the best use of my time.

Do up the bank deposits for Kingston and Belleville/Napanee districts. address customer concerns about their accounts, call and address delinquent customers. Post all adjustments to the accounts,  answer phones, make sure all month end receivables are in. Invoicing all three districts. Processing all authorized payments, intercompany payments from other divisions, eft and on line banking payments. Enjoy my coworkers and management.

Training was terrible. Management new very little of what was actually happening around them. Constant staff turnover. Office staff has no patience for someone new. People were forced to leave due to office politics. Drivers were always miserable and constantly complaining. Customers were treated with little respect. Money was poor considering the amount of hours you had to work. People were hired for positions they had no business in. Over all, Do yourself a huge favour and stay away.

My job consisted of Driving a push truck, and a picker truck. I left BFI Canada becuse of the lenght of my work days. My last pay cheque had my regular 80 hours, toped withv 96 hours over time

It became a stuggle to have any after work hours for my family
On the average I would leave at 10 pm and arrive home the following day at 6-7 pm At that time I had 2 hours or less to sleep and see my family It became far to maney hours

Working at BFI was a great challenge dealing with customers and small business on a daily basis doing what you can to make sure pickups are all completed on time and the customers are happy.. it was not always the easiest job but at times i came into contact with such great individual that made doing my job easy..
our team manager was great he always put little incentives in place to keep us motivated and the job fun and interesting

While being employed with BFI Canada (Now Progressive Waste) I learned a lot of new sales and customer service techniques. I did enjoy my time with BFI. It was an in office and out of office position which allowed me the opportunity to build hands on customer relationships instead of building via phone and email. It was a pleasant experience. 
I would have stayed with BFI had I not ended up ill in the hospital. But it gives me the opportunity to take those skills and apply them elsewhere.

I had to multi-task on the job and meet dealines and prioritize daily job responsibilities. The management team was very easy going and professional. BFI Canada was a corporate environment and I enjoy working in that type of environment. My co-workers were all very friendly, resourceful, and always worked as a team. I never experienced any difficulties on the job and enjoyed working here very much.

A typical day involved washing trucks,garbage bins.I learned how to drive airbrake vehicles,and front -end loader.Management was well organized.All the drivers were easy to please,and got along well with the mechanics.The hardest part was cleaning sewer trap of all the sand that builds from washing vehicles,shoveled out by hand.The most enjoyable part was driveing the trucks.

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