CRS CONTRACTORS RENTAL SUPPLY

I have been at CRS for just about 7 months. I work with the sales reps within the east region of Ontario while working closely with management. My job is to make the sales process and all of the things included in selling at CRS, as seamless as possible along with many other daily duties.

I very much enjoy working for this company. Everyone works together all of the time and understands how important is to be a team. Every single one of the employees within the branches are kind, helpful and hard working. A majority of the employees have been at the company for many many years. This shows a lot about the company and how much they respect their employees. There is no high turn around in any of the departments, which again, shows a lot.

I strongly disagree with some of the reviews on here. The management team within CRS are very respectable, understanding, strong leaders and hard workers. They get involved with the every day work included in the company. 

There are many aspects of my job that I enjoy, but the team work would be at the top of my list.

I can honestly say that there are no "hard" parts to my job. I very much enjoy my position and the company I work for.

We were the new kid on the block sort of speak. We spent almost three months getting the warehouse and offices in shape and bringing in inventory before I even went on the road for business. Two and a half months on the road to get an evaluation on you as a sales rep is not long enough in the best conditions but that winter was one of the coldest  and harshest winters we'd seen in a long time. I had never heard the term, "POLAR VORTEX" but I guess that's what it was and the frost-line was 6 to 8 ft. Every site I went to was bare and nobody was working them. To top it off, I was given a territory of Burlington and Waterdown and the jobs that were going for a while were being equipped by our company but out of a different location and territory which I fought with my boss to have turned over to me because they were now in my territory but I lost out so I ended up with job sites that didn't start doing any work until the latter part of March which is when we parted ways.

Worked for this company for over 2 years. Was a hard and productive worker that truly cared about my job and quality of work. The branch was not doing well, so when it came time to lay off instead of going by time served they went by highest paid. The place is in shambles now but no longer my problem. Corporate management does not care about anyone but themselves. I was sad to go because with the exception of one person, I worked with a bunch of great guys at the branch where I was. I do not see this company succeeding in the long run the way it is managed, so I would not recommend working for them. When I was hired with the company, the speech that I was given was about how they don't lay off and the workers are number one. I quickly learned otherwise. You really have to watch yourself when upper management from the Kitchener office comes to your branch. If you do decide on working for them have a back up plan, that is all I can say.

I applied to be a driver with this company in the summer of 2014 and seen it as nothing other than a job for the time being. I have now worked for CRS for just over 2 years and couldn't be happier. I was told when I was hired that the company preferred to hire from within and from my experience they are true to that. I started with the company as a driver, was moved into an inside sales position 8 months later and have just begun an outside sales position. This company is tight knit and takes care of their own in every regard. Hard work and dedication are certainly rewarded over time and this job is now a career for me and can't imagine ever working anywhere else. There is nothing negative in my experience with this company that I can say. The hours are sometimes long, yes, but you know what you're signing up for when you apply.

I rented construction equipment in the Burlington and Waterdown area. Management is adamant that you have your cell phone on for customers 24/7. Co-workers mainly did their own job in their own territory. The toughest part of my job was that nearly nobody was renting equipment due to the fact that we were a new company branch in town and prospective customers didn't know who we were or had only heard of the name. It was very tough renting this winter due to the harsh winter because nobody was starting any work because it was too cold and the ground was too hard. I also had to gain a working knowledge of the rental equipment that I wasn't familiar with and didn't have much time to learn some of it.

A rewarding day would include much paperwork (entry of contracts, processing thier return, and billing out customers) as well as processing Account applications, and much more. 
I learned a great deal of information regarding construction equipment and rental / sales of that equipment under fair management.
I also made friends with many of the friendly employees.
The most ejoyable part of the position I had at CRS was working with staff and management to come to the best solutions for our valued customers.

Worked for this company for nearly 10 years. Out of the blue terminated. Management is buddy buddy with each other like a hidden agenda. Higher ups are very ignorant and don't care about their employees. Great pay but make you feel inadequate in the position. Only care about the profits in their pockets. Good luck to the person or persons that work for this company. Was much better before it was franchise owners. Be very aware of persons in management in the Barrie office and the management in Kitchener real treats.

Ya it will pad your bank account but do not expect that hard work will get you any advancements unless you are buddy-buddy with the bosses. You will work without lunch breaks and have to do O/T whether you want to or not.
Management is an "old boys club" and unless you drink or hang out with them you will not be a part of it..
Coworkers are cliques - new hires never have a shot to advance - there is a reason people don't last here.

The job itself was fine enough. Trucking for beginners, essentially. 

The culture behind some of the people though, left much to be desired. Frequently, the drivers were blamed for mistakes the office staff made, in particular the documentation of returning goods.

If you can handle EVERYTHING being your fault, then go for it. Not for me, but it could be for some.

Managers were the problem here. Very negative and belittling. It was a negative environment that started with the mangers. No one respected anyone and everyone could do everyone else's job better.  The hours were good money ok.  
Lots of yelling people are treated very poorly. 
If your a professional and like a professional environment this is not a place for you they lack at that big time.

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