Is Republic Services a good company to work for?

Republic Services has an overall rating of 3.4 out of 5, based on over 3,573 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months. 59% of employees would recommend working at Republic Services to a friend and 59% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Republic Services have been left by employees working as Customer Service Associate , CRC and Division Manager .

Does Republic Services pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Republic Services employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Republic Services. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Republic Services?

59% of Republic Services employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Republic Services 3.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Republic Services?

Operations Supervisor (214) , Customer Service Representative (109) , Truck Driver (91) , Driver (88) , Account Manager (87) , Operations Manager (61) , Residential Driver (53) , Sales Representative (47) , Account Executive (41) , Manager (39) , Associate Account Manager (36) , Dispatcher (35) , Heavy Equipment Operator (35) , Supervisor (34) , Inside Sales Representative (33)

What are the pros of working at Republic Services according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits are good and dispatch" ((in 379 reviews)); "Good pay for your first year with the company and they care about their employees" ((in 332 reviews)); "awesome place to work the people are great the company really cares about its workers whether your temp worker or not" ((in 202 reviews)); "Training was good and regularly updated/distributed." ((in 67 reviews)); "Great employee's to work with and for." ((in 61 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Republic Services according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management to work with" ((in 200 reviews)); "Very busy and long hours sometimes" ((in 95 reviews)); "No work life balance be prepared to work up to 12 hours a day + Saturdays." ((in 86 reviews)); "Horrible upper management." ((in 66 reviews)); "Lack of support from direct manager." ((in 55 reviews))

What are employees saying about Republic Services layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Republic Services layoffs and their outlook for job security at Republic Services in 2026.

What Republic Services locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Winder , Little Rock , Birmingham , Sun Valley , Richmond , Pittsburgh , Jacksonville , Huntsville , Jenison , Corpus Christi

Republic Services reviews

3.4

59% would recommend to a friend

(3,482 total reviews)

Jon Vander Ark

74% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

3.3

Culture & values

3.3

Career opportunities

3.1

Work/Life balance

3.0

Senior management

Republic Services has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 3,482 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Republic Services employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, Mining & Utilities industry (3.8 stars).

Ratings by demographic groups

Race / Ethnicity

Gender

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Reviews by job title

3K reviews

5.0

Feb 23, 2015

Outstanding

Mechanic

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great work community, awesome leadership skills, just awesome everything! This place ceases too amaze me everyday! I'm always learning something new to further me in this job.

Cons

I feel there are no "cons " to this job. It is a very awesome job and nothing can come close too explaining how happy I am here!

Republic Services Response

11y

Thank you for your kind words!

1.0

Oct 6, 2014

Ups and Downs, 7 years WASTEd!!!! Don't be fooled.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The longer you work there, the more time of you get.

Cons

Office culture - Stressed. Worked in the Corp office. They will promote who they want to, with no rhyme or reason, the middle management often takes 2 hours lunches, work their workers to death, and they will be petty at any given time, don't ever give them a single reason to not "like" you. They will make life a living hell. The best day of my life was when they laid me off. Oh yeah, they do annual "reductions in force." If you have a family, don't expect that you will have time to see them. I was "on-call" for 5.5 years, even during vacations.

Republic Services Response

11y

We are sorry to hear that your experience didn’t meet your expectations. We strive to create great experiences for our employees and we’re always seeking feedback. If you’d like to discuss this further please email us at recruiting@republicservices.com.

3.0

Aug 26, 2014

Will work you to the bone

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Big on safety and the benefits are great.

Cons

Cut throat management that will stop at nothing to throw each other under the bus. They like to target higher paid non union employees that have earned it from long time employment and force them out by lying and getting them in trouble for every little thing just so they can fill your position with someone at much lower pay.

Republic Services Response

11y

We are sorry to hear that your experience didn’t meet your expectations. We strive to create great experiences for our employees and we’re always seeking feedback. If you’d like to discuss this further please email us at recruiting@republicservices.com.

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