Branch Employee - Anonymous BrightView Employee Review

1.0
Jul 12, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Decent benefits, job security as company has challenges filling open branch positions

Cons

Poor management both at the branch and region level, a lot of confusion, poor communication and unclear direction as company changed name to BrightView and prepares to go public in next couple of years. It's all about the numbers and profits, customer has dropped down the priority list and employees are at the bottom. Everyone works a lot of hours, morale is very low and as a result, there has been a lot of turnover in the Chicago market

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Pros

Good employees. Standard benefits package. No cap on commissions. Occasional catered meals.

Cons

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