TruGreen reviews

3.4

57% would recommend to a friend

(2,987 total reviews)
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Kurt Kane

68% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

TruGreen has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 2,987 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The TruGreen employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Personal Consumer Services industry (3.6 stars).

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3K reviews
1.0
Oct 5, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

From February-August is a good time for paychecks For young guys, you can make more money than the average job

Cons

Painfully micromanaged. Either your Marketing Manager or someone else is always jumping down your throat. Many things are hidden from you. For example, when I started I was told this was door to door with some calling. i was told I would get a gas card with such and such commission percentages. The money was made out to be a really important thing. However, they fail to let you know that when August and September hit, you will either be A. pulled in to call expanded services at 1/10 of your possible commission percentages which will then make you hourly and they will pay you chinese overtime and take away your gas card. B. Get laid off and told that they will hire you back in the spring when business picks up. or C. Stay at door to door (easily the best choice) and sell at a time of the year when business is way down. While I cant speak for all, and I have heard stories, I can say that many marketing managers in Trugreen are degrading and disrespectful to their employees. The "Do Right" model that Servicemaster employs is apparentally not involved here. The hrs are long and the compensation/praise you get for hard work is minimal. If you have a family, DO NOT I repeat...DO NOT take this job. You will never see your kids and will have very little time for your wife. You'll generally work six days a week 10 hrs a day (6 or so on saturdays).

2.0
Sep 30, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flexible schedule free lawn care medium size bonuses

Cons

overly micro managed with unrealistic goals poor product company only concerned with sales not product

1.0
Sep 22, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lay off- if you can afford it is nice. I didn't mind having off for the winter months. Being outside appealed to me.

Cons

This job is a revolving door. They play down the door to door part in the interview, and tell you nothing about phone sales. They bombard their customers with up to 15 sales calls per week. I am not another disgruntled former employee. I have seen the inside of this company and it is ugly. They overwork, underpay, and under appreciate you. They say you will be making 28k plus commisisons, but that 28k is broken up over 52 weeks, when in fact they put you on lay off for the winters, letting them off the hook for paying you for those months. The window to make commssions is tiny, and they leave the quota just out of reach. DO NOT TAKE THIS JOB UNLESS YOU REALLY NEED IT.

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