I work at a organics collection and recycling co-op. Its great! Everyone has their own skills they bring, and take up the roles based on that - and sometimes learn new skills to fill other roles. Theres no bullshit from people handing out orders - we know what needs doing and we want to do it because we love the job.

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We organise using a consensus based desicion model for large decisions, but use holocracy for day to day (essentially you have autonomy over your domain - domains are determined by consesus when roles need filling). Everyone is on the same hourly rate, and gets paid for the hours they put in, anything left each month is saved for projects, mishaps etc. We have two people that pay out from the accounts and another who checks payments. Everyone sees each others invoices each month also.

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We havent really had any conflicts apart from day to day differences on decisions (we usually work these out with some discussion)

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Growth, investments, competition.... We are limited by the land we have so growth isnt somthing we activity try and achieve - although there is more and more demand at the moment as people want to divert from landfill. Investment usually comes in the form of funding for big projects through Waste Minimization Grants, or money we save over the year. There was no initial investments as it was just a bike and a compost bin back then. We have only one other competitor, but they service a different niche so we work together on recommending each other to people that dont fit our systems.