70 hour weeks - goodbye life outside of work - Heavy Equipment Operator Knife River Employee Review

1.0
May 5, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Experience and benefits. There is work year round, If you love to run equipment or shovel all day long this is the place to be at.

Cons

70 hour weeks, 6 days a week, day shift & night shift alternating. Little to no room for advancement. You will destroy your body here. Get the experience and get out. I don’t recommend working here unless there are no other options. People here will tell you there is nothing better out there.

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5.0
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Pros

great team and a great culture

Cons

Not the best paying internship

1.0
Jun 18, 2026
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Pros

Gall, dejong, most winkler are great at lying for work comp liberty mutual dont pay. Even the a i google says they lie together. to keep safty record. Sad but true. Was good till company went public. Management trest help like numbers. Met some nice co workers but most were smart and left.

Cons

Poor safty. Love to lie cheat injured workers. Jerk your hours around so they can cut you early or have come i. Late. 8 years i worked there got dollar raise each year but by end of year my hourz jacked around same pay. Was injured lied out of work comp along with liberty mutual.cause me finacial hard ship canceled my insurance. After research found they have history of doing this.

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