Republic Services reviews

3.4

59% would recommend to a friend

(3,482 total reviews)
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Jon Vander Ark

74% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

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).

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1.0
Jan 19, 2018

Bamboozled

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Pros

There are none, literally

Cons

This is the worst company I've ever come into contact with. To begin, your first day of training they require you to review the company on Glass door. Seriously, it's a requirement. Next the training is terrible and you are not to ask questions for you will be harrased by the trainers. Ongoing training goes like this, hey btw you're handling a new account today, here is our 15 minute training and once again they tell you not to ask questions. Onto the job itself. There is 1500 calls in que nonstop because WFM is too busy walking around the building and telling on employees for being on their phone then properly managing calls. Management gets hired the same time you do, and are present in your training class and typically no nothing more than you. Therefore if you need something, good luck because they have no clue what they're doing. Now on to HR. Awww, good old HR. We had several meetings while in training with HR to go over benefits and attendance. Now, the attendance policy we signed as a group, with HR turned out to not be their policy... Did they tell the employees you ask? No, they did not. Not until you used their policy. Then the very unprofessional HR staff would sit you down and say, you are now on a warning because our policy has changed during the 5 days you were in the hospital . No notification was sent out, no new policy was signed. Also, to add to it, our class was in July, after the AZ sick time law took effect. However, we were told by HR that "It does not apply to out company because we already have an extensive policy." And, you probably guessed that was also a lie. I say do not apply here, this company is a lie and they do not care about their employees which is why their turn around rate is outrageous. They are also losing all of their large contracts, go figure!

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Republic Services Response
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Thanks for your feedback. We are sorry that you did not have a good experience with us.
1.0
Oct 12, 2017

The Saying goes "A Bad Manager/Supervisor, can ruin a great crew"

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Pros

Pay is good, benefits are good.

Cons

Managers/Supervisors have no clue in what they are doing.   I do not understand how they give managers positions that they have no experience in. The management gossips to no end, but you will get written up if you do. The management also talks, and belittles their employees to other employees. If you are not a "KA" person you will get no where in Republic, high turn over rate, treat employees disrespectfully, managers will lie and make up false complaints to get rid of employee to cover up their own behinds. Republic works you long and hard, and they do not care if you have a family or not. Managers, do not have their employees back, when things go wrong, and the employees are the first to be blamed when the managers "Messed Up", managers do not take ownership of anything. When you work there you are afraid if you will be term, weekly. Employees hate to come to work. When you go to HR to complain, they do not do anything, they do not listen to the employee, they just tell you to get your thoughts together and come back in a few days.... which never happens. They do not pay the drivers right, they under pay drivers, and the calculations of overtime is so illegal it is not even funny. This was only a few things.... I have a whole list. Don Slager thinks he to good to talk to you, when you see him in the halls, he just another "High Price CEO that doesn't do a DARN thing"

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Republic Services Response
8y
We are sorry that you did not enjoy your experience with us. We strive to be a best place to work and will continue to work on that goal.
1.0
Oct 11, 2017

ACCOUNT MANAGERS —- RUN AWAY!!!!

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Pros

Weekly pay, decent benefits and Paid Time Off for salaried employees, and that is it. There are no other Pros except that the drivers that you’ll get to know are some of the best people out there.

Cons

TERRIBLE pay, EVEN MORE TERRIBLE management, other account managers & sales reps stealing sales & commissions, from your accounts & managers allowing their favorites to do so, no training in actual job expectations - just “RLTP’s” (online training) for corporate expectations - not actual job, high turn over rate, treat employees disrespectfully, managers will lie and make up false complaints to get rid of people or to cover for their own mistakes, managers and GMs allowing employees to make racist and sexual jokes in the work place. Managers talk inappropriately of current & former employees. HR covers for them. Even when employees resign they walk the employee out like they’re a criminal, and send out emails to remaining staff making it sound like they were fired.

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Republic Services Response
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