BrightView reviews

2.6

23% would recommend to a friend

(872 total reviews)

Dale Asplund

Not enough data to show CEO approval

22% positive business outlook

BrightView has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 872 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The BrightView employee rating is 30% below average for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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872 reviews
1.0
May 18, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great teammates, excellent staff. Knowledgeable and hard workers, focused on solving problems and making sure the company thrives.

Cons

Completely unstable C suite, focused on bottom line and profit to the exclusion of customers and staff. Once they cleaned house with the IT management, they implemented sycophants that just back the CEO, regardless of the effectiveness to support the long term prosperity of the business. Dale Asplund is a terrible CEO who does not understand the customers or the business of a profitable landscaping company. Since the departure of the Brickmans and the Sperbers this company has had no compass or leadership that puts customers and people first, it's all about making money for Private Equity.

1.0
May 14, 2026

Destroying a once decent company

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Manager dependent, but not much to state here.

Cons

They are destroying what used to be an amazing company and eroding the culture on a daily basis. They do not care about their employees, clients or contractual obligations… just their stock value and stake-holders. Funny thing, their stock is rapidly declining under current leadership, which is public information. CEO is way out of his league here and has no business running a landscape company - he has never known a hard days work in his life and now makes unilateral decisions for the company. They only care about growth, not service which is why retention, both employee and client, are immensely declining. You cannot grow without first retaining what you have hence why company Net New is often trending in decline not growth. Training used to be a big deal here. Now everything is just a digital catalog. Also, largest company (by far) in the industry but also pays the least and offers no technology, proprietary or otherwise. All of our systems are incredibly outdated and just create more work and longer turnaround times for clients. Yet, spent a fortune to install big brother in all management trucks - watch and listen to you 24/7. Yes, 24/7 (video AND audio) even in your personal time outside of business hours when you pay out of your own pocket to have the truck. Can’t communicate internally, left hand never knows what the right hand is doing… how do you think that reads to our clients. Not well.

1.0
May 11, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Absolutely zero. Local management is good. Everything on the corporate side is a disaster.

Cons

C suite anything and everybody. All very very clueless people.

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