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
Jun 30, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

The pay was decent but not worth the stress. I'm pretty sure if you cry in the car before work then the money isn't worth it.

Cons

Company treated employees like children!!!! This company is stuck in the past!!! They don't care if you have a family emergency, flat tire or anything. They just care about a warm body being in a chair to take calls. When Atlanta was shut down for a week in 2011 because of all of the ice, we were told to report for work as usual. They threatened to give out occurrences if we didn't show up. After 3 you're fired. When they realized that they could not legally tell us to report for work, they ended up paying everyone for the days they missed because of the weather. The training process was long and ridiculous!!! If you didn't pass their test then you were let go IMEDIATELY!!!!!!! They would give us test, send us to lunch and then when we got back they would call out the names of the people who passed the test while everyone waited outside in the hall to hear their named called. If you're not a man then working at the call center will be challenging. The managers flirt with all the men and treat the women horrible. They layoffs would be horrible, they would use it as a scare tactic to get people to sell more. I remember going to lunch one day and then coming back and seeing two rows of empty stations due to layoffs. The company can afford to keep the employees but they laid people off in the Winter time because the demand for pest control services weren't in demand as much as the Spring and Summer time. They made all the women wear panty hose or socks and would actually walk around and check to see if you had them on. One manager would make money off the women who didn't have on panty hose by selling panty hose for a dollar.

5.0
Jan 30, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent training. 5 out of 6 managers were great. Most other techs were great too.

Cons

As with many companies. Sales didn't do the greatest job of working with service. They undersold accounts and left the mess for service to clean up with no accountability for bad sales and inspection practices. This lead to many disatisfied customers and poorly paid accounts.

2.0
Jan 18, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Job flexibility. They allow you to work from home part of the week. Leads are called in to the office & provided to you.

Cons

Poor management. Sales manager was not qualified to lead a sales staff. Provided little support or inspiration. Very poor pay.

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