Clean Harbors reviews

3.3

55% would recommend to a friend

(2,038 total reviews)

Michael L. Battles and Eric W. Gerstenberg

60% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Clean Harbors has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 2,038 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Clean Harbors employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Transportation & Logistics industry (3.5 stars).

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2K reviews
1.0
Jan 23, 2016

Beware be Leary. There's something better out there

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Individual performers are work well together.

Cons

If you glance at all the reviews for the last couple years to current nothing has changed. Poor upper management decisions. Will not let Employees perform to their expectation and talent. No growth, no education. It's heads down and do what your told. Overall just not a good healthy environment to be in.

2.0
Mar 14, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It's better than nothing You get paid regularly. Covered parking

Cons

Too heavy at the top - Don't need THAT many VP's Upper mgmt. can spend money unrestricted...the rest of us have to abide by strict budgets No raises in three years. Constant headcount reductions Management doesn't reward those that work hardest. Good ole boy mentality. If you aren't in upper management, you are not appreciated.

1.0
May 6, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Outdoors, not stuck in the office.

Cons

Micromanaged, mismanaged, lack of any sort of IT support, complete lack of turnaround time, horrendous feedback, too much middle management, and worst of all; arbitrarily changing commission plans on a whim when too many people achieve goals. Example: Quarterly payouts were changed 2 days before the payout. Instead of getting paid on a 170% scale gained by the office, paid on 100% scale and basically told "you should be happy you get a bonus at all." This was after Safety-Kleen was acquired by Clean Harbors in 2013 and given the kid brother treatment. Your stuff didn't go through? Too bad, gotta wait for the CH folks to finish first. Having troubles with the system? Stick with us, we'll get you back in 2014.

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