Clean Harbors reviews

3.2

52% would recommend to a friend

(2,038 total reviews)

Michael L. Battles and Eric W. Gerstenberg

55% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Clean Harbors has an employee rating of 3.2 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
4.0
Dec 3, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- consistent work load - realistic repair times - support from peers/management - good work life balance

Cons

- none that i can think of.

4.0
Dec 3, 2025

Good company to work for

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great teams to work with. Decent Work life balance as long as your manager has a family focused mindset. By yearly raises

Cons

Starting pay isn’t competitive with other environmental companies. By yearly raises are a positive thing but it prevents management to give raises to high performers. Organization lacks simple communication at times

1.0
Nov 14, 2025

Stay away.

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Working with great customers learing the environmental services career to leave the company for a better place.

Cons

Management is a joke. They don't care about employees or their work life balance. They won't give raises out more than $0.25 at a time. They say you are topped out in the pay but really your not. They hire managers that are family members of high up corporate. The equipment is a joke a falling apart. The amout of duct tape they use just patch holes and hold together stuff is unreal. Equipment that should not even be on the road. They don't even proved with proper ppe for the jobs or enforce it but preach safety. We had a dozen people quit in a 6 month span. All gave 2 week but clean harbors fired them after less then a week. Just total POS people. Benefits are expensive. 1400 a month for a family of 4

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