Orkin reviews

3.1

42% would recommend to a friend

(1,437 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 1,437 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
Aug 11, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

The training for sales and customer service agents is awesome. You are very prepared to do your job. The base pay and commissions are great if you can actually receive them.

Cons

The call center hires far too many people each spring and summer. There won't even be enough seats for the salespeople. They begin to fire randomly after school starts and will cut the staff by 3/4. The most logical process would be to hire seasonal workers but everyone hired believes that they are going to be permanent. The management in the call center is horrible. There are almost daily changes to the script and pricing. There are requirements to get autopay and have near perfect QA while using an antiquated computer system. If you don't meet the standards for either data or QA; you can lose quite a bit of money from your paycheck. There is no true documentation of your stats and even if requested the managers are unable to provide reinforcement for the stats that they post for you. Time off requests are refused frequently. There is constant yelling to take another call or that there are calls on hold. It is a very high pressure, high sales quota environment.

3.0
Jul 21, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Can make decent money as a branch account manager if you put the work in Good Benefits They will not babysit

Cons

Non-Competes with Sister Companies Minimum sales to get higher commissions (essentially a draw) It is a service business so you are essentially placing your life in others hands once the sale is made No residuals...one and done sale

1.0
Jun 16, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The training that the company provides is very good.

Cons

If you are considering a job at Orkin plan to work 6 days a week 10-13 hours a day. The company expects you to make more customer stops for pest control treatment than is possible. The health benefits are PITIFUL. If you become seriously ill you will go broke.

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