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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5.0
Jun 10, 2018
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Pros

Orkin is a friendly workplace where you get to meet all kinds of people. You never experience monotony and there is always more to learn. You can increase your pay check by simply bringing up the other services we offer to your customers and generate sales. You have the option to take the truck home with you so you don’t have to put miles on your own vehicle and you get a company cell phone. Advancement opportunities are available if you work hard to pursue them. Orkin is a place you can make a carreer out of. They match 100% for the first 3% of contributions to 401k and 50% for the next 3%. Vacation time is plentiful and quickly given out. Sign up for insurance as soon as day one.

Cons

Expensive insurance. Unpredictable hours. Odd payment system. Not a job for the lazy or the non-motivated. Only 5 paid holidays. Only 3 (personal time off) days. Calling in greatly inconvenience everyone so you really have to determine what is an emergency.

3.0
Nov 21, 2016

PC Tech I

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Pros

The best thing about this company is that the management is very helpful and understanding about the needs of their employees. The training was top-tier in my opinion and I came out of it with a wide range of knowledge in the pest business. A lot of companies that require face to face interactions with customers do not give new people many tips on how to communicate with customers and what key words can be make or breaks when bidding out exclusion work or odd ball jobs. I think Orkin did a great job and their corporate structure is professionalism by definition.

Cons

The cons on this job are the hours, the training process, and the payment process. I will be a former employee here soon and when everything is said and done, I will have lost close to $2,000 bucks and have barely acquired any of that money back. You start work at 7am and you get done usually between 7-9pm. I had days during the summer where I didn't get done till almost 10pm. Considering that my route was about an hour from my house, getting home late only to wake up at 5am in the morning was not something that I was very interested in doing. Especially considering the money for the effort and long hours was extremely sub-par. When everything was said and done after putting in 60-70 hours every single week, the pay would be about 10 bucks an hour, no overtime. You can find a $12.00 an hour job around town, work the same hours, and come out ahead. In conclusion, I think this process may work in other parts of the country, but not around here. The market is much different in my opinion, and other companies are happy to foot the extra work that Orkin's Integrated Pest Management system simply doesn't cover.

2.0
Sep 15, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Company car and gas card is nice and coworkers are very friendly. The hours typically are very doable.

Cons

They tell you before you come on how the average salesman is making 60k when in actuality it's closer to 35k. There are too many chiefs and not enough indians.

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