Pros
Overall a good place to work Local management are really engaged with employees. Decent wages and benefits.
Cons
Republic seems to be in a monkey see, monkey do mode. Anything that Waste Management does, Republic is almost always sure to follow whether it makes any sense for the Company or not. Corporate management seem to be totally focused on what Wall Street wants than taking care of their employees. I have seen employees with 20 plus years just cast aside because Republic was following WM's lead in consolidating offices. At the local division level, it seems like Human Resources have the final decision on pretty much everything. You can't hire, fire, discipline, or counsel an employee without HR's involvement. And they (HR) are almost totally focused on appearances. I personally know of an employee with over 30 years in the industry who worked his way up from the back of the truck to division manager who was told by a Human Resources employee that he was "unqualified" and "over paid" because he did not have a collage degree. That seems to be the mindset of a lot of Republic these day.
