Orkin reviews

3.1

42% would recommend to a friend

(1,438 total reviews)
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Jerry Gahlhoff | Pat Chrzanowski

58% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Orkin has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,438 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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1.0
Oct 2, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Great training for route managers, sales & branch management!! They teach you everything you need to know to do PC work. Great trade to learn and great training facility in Atlanta top notch.

Cons

South East region has the worst Regional & Assistant regional managers (commercial) I have ever worked for, their motto " The beatings will stop when the morale goes up!" The Regional manager demands respect but has NEVER did anything to earn it – it’s just owed to him because of his position – and he’ll tell you that too. The Assistant Regional manager ALWAYS has a hidden agenda!

2.0
Oct 1, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

free pest control and like 1 time a yr they take ya to a braves game....

Cons

major micro managing 24/7 up to 6 months to get paid on commission sales long hours in heat for low pay upper management always letting there workers take the fall for there own mess ups

1.0
Sep 14, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Working by yourself most of the day. If you are a robot that is definitely a pro!

Cons

Management seems as though they are unwilling and do not care to connect with Technicians. Either they have been off the actual job for a long time, or they have hired a new manager that has zero pest control experience and/or just blatantly do not care. No real schedule, if you have a family you had better say your good byes, you will never see them again...ever. 7:30am to 7-9pm is an average daily schedule. They will work you to death and get mad when you call out sick though technically you are human and not a robot. If you are a robot then yes, Orkin is the perfect place to work!! I am hourly, making a few dollars over minimum wage, no health care and seemingly no benefits of any kind other then having managers taking an hour out of our paychecks for lunch even when they know that there is absolutely NO time for lunch with all the jobs they give us. It is truly unacceptable to text your employee at 5:40pm on friday to tell them that they are working Saturday morning. They treat you like dirt and pay you the same way.

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