Great overall, but culture is changing - Shred It - Sales Executive Stericycle Employee Review

2.0
Feb 11, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Work/Life balance is great as long as you are performing. Company seems to care about you and your growth and will help invest. Everyone is willing to help if you reach out and ask.

Cons

Culture is no longer where you feel like you're being built up, its more fear based selling now, depending on the manager and their agenda. Sales Managers are now being pressed from higher up the chain to micro manage the reps so they can report a scorecard to the VP/C level suite, which does not drive results, it drives fear which in return drives turnover and less bought in reps who want to grow. You feel more like a number now than an actual person due to a scorecard for dials and appointments. We sold more and were more focused when we saw that our leadership cared for us as individuals and not just the $$ in their pockets and for their shareholders. You're compared to reps who sell 100% hot leads/call in's, so you're not being graded accurately.

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Stericycle Response
5y
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and feedback. This information is greatly appreciated, and I'm sorry to hear your experience at Stericycle has not been the most positive one. Our team members are very important to us, and we would never want them to feel they are not heard or valued. This feedback will help us make improvements.

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Pros

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Cons

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Stericycle Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share this! We’re so glad to hear that your experience here has been a good one. It’s feedback like yours that reminds us why creating a workplace where people feel respected, supported, and proud of what they do is so important. We're grateful to have you on the team.
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Pros

I worked alongside a team that was consistently supportive and always willing to make time to answer questions, which made a meaningful difference in my day-to-day experience. There was a real sense of collaboration, and having people who were approachable and dependable made it much easier to navigate a fast-paced, high-volume sales environment. It helped create a bit of stability and camaraderie even during more demanding or repetitive parts of the role. Overall, it was a company operating as a leader in the space, which added to the scale and pace of the experience

Cons

This was my experience working at Shred-it, which is a subsidiary of Stericycle.If you’ve ever wondered what zero autonomy feels like, this is your spot. The day was a nonstop loop of cold calls, cold walk-ins, and more cold calls, with a mandatory “smile and dial” every morning. On the Shred-it team selling waste bins, it often felt like creativity and independent thinking were… safely shredded. Management could be extremely hands-on to the point of micromanagement, with frequent check-ins and scripted role-play scenarios that rarely reflected real conversations in the field. Communication style could come across as condescending or patronizing at times, especially on team calls, which made for an uncomfortable environment when feedback felt more critical than constructive.

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Stericycle Response
1mo
We really appreciate you taking a moment to reflect and share your journey with us. I’m sorry things haven’t gone as smoothly as they should, but your feedback is valuable and helps us make the improvements needed to create a better, more supportive place for everyone.
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