(Micro)management issues - Home Service Tech Orkin Employee Review

1.0
18 Jan 2017
Recommend
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Pros

If you work in a city with a lot of pest issues can make decent money

Cons

Micro managed, managers out sourced and have no clue how to do pest control. Techs are responsible for scheduling, call and set all appointments,servicing, have to onto office weekly to make bad debt calls and are not compensated for it.commision base pay avg 18% mgt puts money and stock holders first b4 customers. Have to move and service all stops just to go on vac yea!doubble work. Avg 18 -20 stops a day

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5.0
1 Jun 2026
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Pros

Wonderful place to work and meet chicks.

Cons

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1.0
16 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay, opportunities for sales depending on region

Cons

Orkin cares more about quantity over quality. If you care about doing a good job, don't work here. They will load your day up with tons of jobs and not enough time to do them (or do a good job anyways.) Management lives in their own bubble, and communicates poorly. I transfered to a new region and all services were a mess. Customers who have had Orkin for a year plus had homes still infested with pests. Prior techs hadn't cleaned any cobwebs, never cleaned webbing off siding or eaves. It was embarrassing. Commercial services weren't any better. I believe prior techs were just scanning stations and leaving. Orkin only cares if you punch through reports and collect money. If you also bring up customers that are being overcharged, management will never fix that either. Benefits also weren't great and quite expensive. Manager would also use slurs like the R-word despite knowing I had an autistic child. Just a gross place with gross values.

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