Is Clean Harbors a good company to work for?

Clean Harbors has an overall rating of 3.2 out of 5, based on over 2,154 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months. 53% of employees would recommend working at Clean Harbors to a friend and 52% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Clean Harbors have been left by employees working as Branch Manager , Class A Truck Driver and Account Manager .

Does Clean Harbors pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Clean Harbors employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Clean Harbors. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Clean Harbors?

53% of Clean Harbors employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Clean Harbors 3.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.9 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Clean Harbors?

Chemist (40) , Project Manager (38) , Class A Truck Driver (33) , Technician (33) , Account Manager (31) , Truck Driver (29) , Driver (27) , Insite Chemist (27) , Environmental Technician (24) , Manager (24) , Supervisor (23) , Branch Manager (18) , Customer Service Representative (18) , Field Technician (17) , Program Manager (17)

What are the pros of working at Clean Harbors according to real employee reviews?

"The pay was good and not bad" ((in 128 reviews)); "Good Benefits and ability to advance" ((in 114 reviews)); "great people and they have supervisor that care about there employers" ((in 110 reviews)); "Good training if you are new to the industry." ((in 45 reviews)); "Most coworkers are great people." ((in 32 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Clean Harbors according to real employee reviews?

"Some of the jobs are very demanding and require long hours and out of town work." ((in 65 reviews)); "Upper management does not appreciate nor understand the work that is done." ((in 58 reviews)); "Hard to get a raise" ((in 45 reviews)); "manager, which ends up rolling down hill, so all the other managers are also micro" ((in 25 reviews)); "Poor capabilites and leadership in the field service and remediation sectors." ((in 22 reviews))

What are employees saying about Clean Harbors layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Clean Harbors layoffs and their outlook for job security at Clean Harbors in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Clean Harbors locations?

Norwell , Richardson , Boston , Houston , Los Angeles , Deer Park , La Porte , Dallas , Cincinnati , Cleveland , San Jose , Kent , El Dorado , Denver , Braintree , Aragonite , Dolton , Phoenix , Salt Lake City , Chicago , San Diego , Benicia , Seattle , Baton Rouge , Weymouth , New York , Reidsville , Atlanta , Tooele , Chandler

Clean Harbors reviews

3.2

53% would recommend to a friend

(2,041 total reviews)

Michael L. Battles and Eric W. Gerstenberg

57% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

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Clean Harbors has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 2,041 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Clean Harbors employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Transportation & Logistics industry (3.5 stars).

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2K reviews

1.0

Jul 9, 2014

Terrible Job

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

Co-workers were pleasant and helpful. Paid vacation and benefits.

Cons

No paid sick days, poor management, lack of communication, no training, negative work environment. Awful work experience, I would never recommend this company to anyone.

1.0

Jun 30, 2014

Lost in a cesspool of hazardous politics

Project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

There are some great people who work really hard for the Company. Great on the job learning and trial by fire situations.

Cons

Management is involved in office politics which translates to employees losing faith in their ability to lead. A "do anything it takes" attitude, which can be very dangerous at times.

2.0

Jun 29, 2014

High turn over rate

Rental equipment manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Average benefits and salary, matching RRSP program and stock purchase program. Good IT department and this company is a leader in integrating computer technology into all their work. Good training and integration programs of their business model and paper flow for companies they have purchased. Staff in Norwell are overall a pleasure to work with and loyal to Alan. Capital purchase money is readily available to any line of work with a good business plan and this company wants to grow

Cons

Company purchases and take overs are full of promises at offer time but after the purchase these deals are slowly phased out over a year or two. Management of the original companies are also phased out or quit and are replaced with people who don't have the management skills in that line of business. They have exceptionally high turn over rate of all employees from their purchases in a few years due to this style of management. American style salary and benefit plans which don't fit into the Canadian culture especially their impossible to reach bonus structure

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