No one likes going through the process of getting rid of junk. It's largely inconvenient, expensive, and oftentimes intrusive (picture muddy boots stomping across your freshly vacuumed beige carpet). That was then, this is now. Thanks to 1-800-GOT-JUNK, spring-cleaning just got a whole lot easier, not to mention entertaining. This fabulous trash-collecting company strives to be the "Fed Ex of junk removal," offering customers a fun and safe alternative to trips to the junkyard. 1-800-GOT-JUNK streamlines this headache inducing activity by offering on-time service; up front rates, and an energetic (and uniformed) staff ready to simplify your life, or at least your attic.

In 1989, university student Brian Scudamore encountered a tight summer job market in Vancouver, BC. It was that summer, while waiting at a MacDonald's drive-thru, that Brian discovered his future career in junk. Brian spotted a beat up junk truck with Mark's Hauling painted on the side, and was inspired to spend his last $700 on a used pickup and start his own junk removal service. After three increasingly successful summers, Brian knew it was time to take his business to the next level. He invested in more trucks, hired student drivers, and set out to make his company and its phone number a household name- 1-800-GOT-JUNK? The World's Largest Junk Removal Service. Since 1997, the company has enjoyed exponential growth and widespread recognition from the media and business world. 1-800-GOT-JUNK? has grown from one location in Vancouver, to over 200 Franchise locations internationally.

The company has been featured in on Oprah, USA Today, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and the Associated Press and has also won numerous business and humanitarian awards including, the Fortune Small Business: Best Boss Award, Entrepreneur Magazine's: Franchise 500, and The Best Company To Work for award by BC Business Magazine. Employees love 1-800-GOT-JUNK as much as their customers do. Employee Alex Read proclaims his happiness in his "Top 3 Things I Love About Working At 1-800-GOT-JUNK"
1) The Culture - An office dog (Grizzly) / Blue Wigs / Segways for fun / Daily Huddle / Too many other things to mention.
2) The Vision - 1-800-GOT-JUNK? is very passionate about its vision! Everyone in the company knows exactly where we are going and is extremely dedicated to achieving this vision - Very few companies can truly say that everyone in the company is rallied around a vision to this extent.
3) The Opportunity to Learn - The dedicated team of professionals assembled to achieve the company vision is a truly unique group of passionate and talented people. Not one person in the team is a "loose link" and each person brings a special skill set to the table which we can all "tap into" to further expand our own knowledge base. (1800gotjunk.com)

Companies like this, that truly put their customers and employees first are the kind of enterprises that succeed. 1-800-GOT-JUNK has elevated a service into an experience, giving customers a good reason to come back. Watch out junk collectors, your competition just got more fierce (and friendly, and entertaining, and fun).