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Cervus Equipment Reviews

3.1

42% would recommend to a friend

(75 total reviews)

Angela Lekatsas

66% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Cervus Equipment has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 75 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cervus Equipment employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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75 reviews
1.0
27 Dec 2017

NO WAY, and what a shame

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Pros

Got warned about the culture prior to starting but I knew a few good people here so decided to give it a go....biggest mistake I made. Friendly enough and professional Company on first aquatinence but just be warned this is a superficial façade. The few good people remaining in the branch are great at what they do and their ethic is beyond reproach.....but sadly I know they are also looking elsewhere. If you are a noter and are a professional dodger in work and know how to talk the talk then you will love this place. If you however truly want to enjoy you work and make a difference then don't do this to yourself.

Cons

The phrase you are just a number does not apply here.....I don't think they even have that much respect for the staff. They lie and manipulate those who actually have a work ethic and are truly trying to do the right thing, but seem to reward those who spend the bulk of their efforts justifying why they have achieved nothing at the end of the day. Verbal abuse is amazing here and I witnessed it for 3.5 years around me. As soon as the first belt of this was aimed at me is when I throw it in. I finish up in a matter of days. This place will not self destruct purely because this area has high unemployment and there is a steady flow of new people who are desperate for work. We now have a record '0' customer satisfaction rating, and work in progress is the lowest it has been in 3 years in the busiest time of our season. 23 people have come and gone in my time here, 8 in the last 3 months, 3 this month alone including myself. Management seems to solely look for ways to make themselves look good and the customer is merely an inconvenience in their day. As long as the figures can be made to look flattering that's all that matters.

1.0
12 Dec 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent Lay-off Packages Benefits are standard

Cons

Welcome to the land of Free Mason misfits. Peterbilt is a top-heavy insane asylum of self-labeled elitists, run by an uneducated and outdated “ol boys club”. NOTHING makes sense… the 1960’s mentality management protect and worship failure and misery, play games with employees, promote based on poor work ethic, and the turn-over rate is worse than a fast food joint directly because of it. Sending wave after wave of workers running for the exit doors, managers managing managers, who are managed by area managers, who have other managers managing them, who all can’t manage a game of monopoly let alone a business, or have any sort of people/life skills what so ever. Management are so corrupt, it puts the TV show Madmen to shame. Would highly recommend that women don’t work here for their own safety. (I’d get into details but I don’t want to violate every term and condition on this website, exposing the truths both past and current) Not only is it unsafe for women, but everyone in general. I’m shocked that someone hasn’t died on the job yet… especially in their warehouse that’s cleverly renamed “XDS” to hide under the radar from the brand Peterbilt. (a few close calls and injuries that management fought tooth and nail not to pay out rightful disability) The Free Mason management hires their Free Mason buddies, year in – year out, and pays them almost double what everyone else who’s been working there 5-10 years longer makes. Said Free Mason friend does no work, as the unaffiliated employee picks up all the slack, as the friendship brigade hangs out in offices together. There is zero leadership, zero common sense, zero training, and lower than low morale. The Free Mason boys club are all out for themselves (even though they still stab each other in the back). They treat themselves and their buddies to a few dozen “training trips” per year on top of their unlimited vacation days off. That is of course, if they bother showing up day to day. The training trips are nothing short of booze fueled, tax write-offs as business expenses to Vegas, Texas, Seattle, St. Louis, Toronto, Orlando, Mexico etc. as the few unaffiliated employees run the dealerships without help or guidance. Which is the standard on-going joke even with Peterbilt’s quickly declining customer base. Last year they even laid off their employee of the year just to save their precious Free Mason friends job, and the next mass wave of lay-offs are on the horizon. The hemorrhage of money the childish managers are getting away with is destroying the company like cancer from the inside out. A meeting to set up a future meeting, to meet and accomplish nothing until the next meeting to repeat the same mistakes makes you wonder if it’s them who are insane, or you for staying with the company. Peterbilt of Ontario is on a serious downward spiral, and nothing has changed with Cervus Equipment buying out the company. Just look at the Cervus stocks and see the land-slide for yourself… If it wasn’t for the well-known brand name, this company wouldn’t have lasted the last big recession.

1.0
1 Jan 2016

cervus peterbilt

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

the benefit package is decent

Cons

the management have successfully lost most of the business that the original employees worked to build. the London building is completely stacked with talent and managed by a group of individuals that came from the Navistar dealer. None of the Navistar employees are qualified to hold their positions and have made complete fools out the very talented people that work there. most of the time the once busting dealership is completely empty. when people think of peterbilt they think of the first class of the industry. these people from the Navistar dealer have no class. no business skills and know nothing about trucks or running a dealership.it shows time after time. they are just pure lazy. Unfortunately they are in charge. there is a clear cut and defined line between the ex Navistar men and all of the original peterbilt staff. I doubt that cervus knows that any of this goes on. as the customer base and the profits continue to drop they will eventually catch on. its a real shame to stand and watch this. basically if you didn't come with the old boys club from carrier you are treated as a zero...like mentioned above. all of the ex carrier employees are from no skill..

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