Cintas reviews

3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(6,559 total reviews)
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Todd M. Schneider

82% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Cintas has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 6,559 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cintas employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.5 stars).

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2.0
Jan 3, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

-They hire great front-line partners, management trainees, and Mid-level managers that were a pleasure to work with -Great medical benefits, especially for those who have families. -Overall, Cintas has a great Management Trainee program that has produced many great managers that were a pleasure to work for. -It's a good opportunity to work at Cintas for people who may not have many opportunities or much experience, great resume builder. -They obtain most of the market share in their industry, so its a very secure and stable company to work for.

Cons

-Absolutely no work/life back whatsoever. -Constantly understaffed with no urgency from management to fix their staffing issues. -Supervisors and in some cases MTs have to cover open routes 3-5 days a week on top off having their own work to do, resulting in a minimum 12 hour workday. - Front-line plant partners and Service Sales Reps (SSRs) do not get paid nearly enough for all they are asked to do on a daily basis. -Routes generally in my experience, were always overloaded with too many customer stops which would negatively affect how SSRs were paid due to commission structure of their "pay plan." -Overall, due to the lack of financial compensation for the front-line partners and the workload they're given on a weekly basis, the "Corporate Culture" that Cintas' claims it has is disingenuous.

2.0
Nov 16, 2018

Stay Away

Recommend
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Pros

-You quickly learn about how the company functions a whole -Large company with heavy growth and advancement. -Decent pay and great benefits

Cons

-Definition of drink the koolaid -Super cheesy office atmosphere -They tell you that you won't work more than 50 hours but once you're in they'll work you to 60-70 hours regularly with no overtime compensation. 80% of the work you do is mindless and involves physical labor. They have no concerns for when you start getting muscle pulls. -If you don't kiss the butt of the GM they will start micromanaging you and get in your head to the point where you're constantly paranoid that you are doing something wrong. -HR comes across as someone to help, but ends up taking everything you say and becoming a tattle-tail (to a point where it becomes childish). -Tiny mistakes equal discipline sessions where they make you feel like you're screwing everything up when the reality is that it's not a big deal (even after a 12 hour day of hard work). -THE LARGEST CON: You can see it in the long term employee's eyes that they've sold their souls. They all walk around smiling saying that they love their jobs. But when you get one-on-one with them all they do is talk about how they wish they could've had a better life. -Tell all their employees "this is the best job ever" when in reality they could make a lot more with the effort they put in somewhere else

2.0
Aug 20, 2018

Don’t do it.

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Pros

Experience on your resume

Cons

Unless you drink the coolaide you won’t survive. Slow week is 60 hours, be prepared to sacrifice Saturday for nothing but the “chance to get ahead”.

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