Not half bad - Route Manager Orkin Employee Review

4.0
Aug 28, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The pay schedule is called production, and I was in a pretty busy area. Therefore I was paid a pretty penny while employed here. I broke my back making sure I could move through my day efficiently so I rarely ever worked passed 5pm. Co-workers were cool people. You're alone all day but I never had an issue communicating with coworkers or asking questions. Management was cool to me. Upper management would cause the problems, but your service managers did an excellent job helping and fighting for you.

Cons

Upper management. They're all numbers. They may be fine to talk to as people but they very much just care about bottom lines, and reporting back to the suits that we were making profits. Picking up other peoples slack. Hyde Park seemed to almost always be on the ball, even when they had people who would fall behind. That translated to having to send RMs to other areas and pick up their slack. Neutral to me, but not everyone wants to take 4 hour drives unpaid to work a half day in Utica. Call backs. Call backs occurred via communication or application error. I busted my chops avoiding these, but sometimes you have a slacker on the team and you pick up their callbacks. These are unpaid services. This created brief points of hostility against coworkers, but they would eventually get weeded out for poor performance/incompetency anyway.

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5.0
Jul 4, 2025
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Pros

Teamwork, Off-Holidays, Caring for others, Pay, and room for growth.

Cons

Literally none so far .

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Orkin Response
1y
Thank you for taking time to leave a review. We are pleased to know that compensation and professional development have been top benefits for you. We hope you continue to have a positive experience.
1.0
Jun 16, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay, opportunities for sales depending on region

Cons

Orkin cares more about quantity over quality. If you care about doing a good job, don't work here. They will load your day up with tons of jobs and not enough time to do them (or do a good job anyways.) Management lives in their own bubble, and communicates poorly. I transfered to a new region and all services were a mess. Customers who have had Orkin for a year plus had homes still infested with pests. Prior techs hadn't cleaned any cobwebs, never cleaned webbing off siding or eaves. It was embarrassing. Commercial services weren't any better. I believe prior techs were just scanning stations and leaving. Orkin only cares if you punch through reports and collect money. If you also bring up customers that are being overcharged, management will never fix that either. Benefits also weren't great and quite expensive. Manager would also use slurs like the R-word despite knowing I had an autistic child. Just a gross place with gross values.

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Orkin Response
1w
Thank you for your service to Orkin and leaving a review. It is unfortunate to hear about your concerns with the company, and we are sorry this was your experience as this does not align with our company values. We will be sure to pass this along to the leadership team. Good luck in your next role.
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