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      Orkin

      Part of Rollins

      Engaged Employer

      Orkin reviews

      3.1

      43% would recommend to a friend

      (1,440 total reviews)
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      Jerry Gahlhoff | Pat Chrzanowski

      60% approve of CEO

      45% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Orkin has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,440 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Orkin employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.6 stars).

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      1K reviews
      4.0
      Dec 10, 2019

      You come and you go

      Pest control technician
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Money was beautiful Meeting new faces was wonderful

      Cons

      office staff was not up to par. There is a lot of miscommunication and stress. You can work your butt off and it seems to never be enough.

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      Orkin Response
      6y
      We are disappointed that this was your experience with the company. Orkin has invested in technology to help the flow of services and communication to help with the demands of our service business. However, we always urge any employees that have concerns to address them with the location leaders timely (or region or division staff) so they can be addressed directly. Good luck to you in your future endeavors.
      1.0
      Oct 1, 2019

      A single mans job

      Route manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great coworkers Great money Getting to be outside of a building during the day.

      Cons

      Extraordinarily long hours, 12-15 hours a day. Little to no work/life balance. Don't dare take vacation time or you will be penalized for being unable to complete your work for the month. Harsh expectations come with this. Region only cares about numbers, not employees and this trickles down to the technician level. Near constant stress from this causes high employee turnover, leaving the branch perpetually short staffed leading to a dysfunctional and extremely demanding workplace.

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      Orkin Response
      6y
      Thank you for taking the time voice your concerns, we value your opinion as well as your loyalty. We want to assure you that a productive and collaborative work environment is a top priority. Staffing has been a challenge recently and with unemployment rates at an all time low, finding qualified candidates continues to be a daunting task for our management teams. We recognize the amount of stress and time necessary to do quality service during our peak season and would like to first say “thank you” for your hard work and dedication as well as assure you we will continue to look more closely at staffing as well as areas we can improve through our Employee Satisfaction survey process as well as with local management to determine the best place to begin.
      1.0
      Sep 21, 2019

      Company doesn’t value Technicians. This Review is all True

      Technician
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Co workers, some Branch Managers and Service Managers, Meeting new people and helping resolve their problem

      Cons

      Some Managers haveno Pest Control experience and do not respect veteran technicians and technician ideas and opinions, dictatorship and greed, management hate to see technicians make more money than them even though the CUSTOMER and TECHNICIANS are the reason everyone gets paid. Stop taking away from technicians and pay them they have Responsibilities TOO. Working 6 days a week and having one weekend of for years now. Ridiculous. Management get there 2 weekends off.

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      Orkin Response
      6y
      We appreciate your time and perspective as a current and tenured employee. Orkin values our technicians and does not condone the behaviors you describe and we want the chance to address them in the proper manner so we urge you to please reach out to your Region Manager, Division President or Division HR Director. Or, if you prefer, employeesupport@rollins.com
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