Cooks Pest Control reviews

3.6

65% would recommend to a friend

(32 total reviews)
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Brian Cook

89% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

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1.0
Dec 5, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

The fact that you are guaranteed to fail, regardless of how much blood, sweat and tears you give this company.

Cons

Anyone who understands the definition of being in a constant toxic work environment will know I speak from experience. If you are not included in the “Good ol’ Boy’s Club”, you will suffer physical, mental and emotional anguish. It will eat you alive. It will end any preconceived notions you had before being hired . Most everyone understands this symbol “!”. When every message, whether it’s a text, an email, or call ends with multiple exclamation points, you should get out immediately. Constant voluntary turnover: Cook’s Birmingham North office is a perpetual revolving door of human beings saying “Enough it is ENOUGH.”

3.0
Nov 18, 2021

Decent

Recommend
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Pros

Independence, pay is nice, benefits

Cons

Management isn’t always the most knowledgeable

3.0
Jan 15, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

The autonomy is great. The freedom to plan your day and route is, and can be, very beneficial. It's definitely what I enjoy most.

Cons

Management expectations and "quotas" are unreasonable, at best, especially if you are on a route that is primarily lower income. The pay structure benefits the company more than the employees. It's set up like a commission, this benefits the company when the hourly "supervisors" are requiring you to stay late to call customers to schedule a service. You're not getting paid for that time spent calling customers. You are not only a Technician, but you're also a secretary, debt collector and salesman for Cooks. If your organization skills are great and you enjoy a job with some freedom then Cooks might be a good fit. Personally I think their expectations are a bit unreasonable, the pay doesn't match the workload, and the company itself is a bit too "old fashioned" for my liking. Cooks is stuck in the 1950's, the pay doesn't match the workload and there's definitely something nefarious going on with how the pay structure is set up, I don't quite trust it. I'm sticking it out for right now, but the moment a better opportunity presents itself I won't hesitate to abandon ship.

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