It doesn't get much worse - Anonymous employee Orkin Employee Review

1.0
1 Mar 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Company benefits are quite good and not terribly expensive.

Cons

Orkin companywide is very concerns about their salary budget resulting in constant staffing issues. The workload both in the office and in the field is unreasonable. Other companies in the same industry by comparison we have two people to do what orkin expects one person to do. Staff becomes burnt out and leaves the turnover at every location is tremendous. Don't get attached to your coworkers they won't be there long and likely neither will you. Completely insufficient training technicians are sent out into the field, unlicensed and untrained customer think that they are paying for a higher end experience not knowing that the person that just applied chemical around their house probably didn't even mix it right there is no accountability for management to ensure that they are doing their jobs Which often cases there or not which leaves the staff to stumble through on their own but when mistakes are made, it's the lower level employee that takes the heat, not the management who didn't provide appropriate training or support. My time at Orkin wasn't very long, but it was long enough to see that it's absolute chaos. I've never seen anything so mismanaged.

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Orkin Response
2y
Thank you for your review. It is unfortunate to hear about your concerns with the company, and we are sorry this was your experience as this does not align with our company values. Good luck in your next role.

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Training is top notch, great company culture, I learned so much during my time here

Cons

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Orkin Response
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Thank you for your review. We are glad to know you had a positive experience with Orkin. Good luck in your next role.
1.0
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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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Orkin Response
6d
Thank you for your service to Orkin and leaving a review. It is unfortunate to hear about your concerns with the company, and we are sorry this was your experience as this does not align with our company values. We will be sure to pass this along to the leadership team. Good luck in your next role.
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