Is Clean Harbors a good company to work for?

Clean Harbors has an overall rating of 3.2 out of 5, based on over 2,152 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months. 52% of employees would recommend working at Clean Harbors to a friend and 50% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Clean Harbors have been left by employees working as Branch Manager , Class A Truck Driver and Account Manager .

Does Clean Harbors pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Clean Harbors employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Clean Harbors. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Clean Harbors?

52% of Clean Harbors employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Clean Harbors 3.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.9 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Clean Harbors?

Chemist (40) , Project Manager (38) , Class A Truck Driver (33) , Technician (33) , Account Manager (31) , Truck Driver (29) , Driver (27) , Insite Chemist (27) , Environmental Technician (24) , Manager (23) , Supervisor (23) , Branch Manager (18) , Customer Service Representative (18) , Field Technician (17) , Program Manager (17)

What are the pros of working at Clean Harbors according to real employee reviews?

"The pay was good and not bad" ((in 125 reviews)); "Good benefits and safety measures" ((in 118 reviews)); "great people and they have supervisor that care about there employers" ((in 117 reviews)); "Good training and integration programs of their business model and paper flow for companies they have purchased." ((in 47 reviews)); "Plenty of work and good coworkers" ((in 31 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Clean Harbors according to real employee reviews?

"Some of the jobs are very demanding and require long hours and out of town work." ((in 61 reviews)); "Upper management does not appreciate nor understand the work that is done." ((in 58 reviews)); "Hard to get a raise" ((in 42 reviews)); "No work/life balance" ((in 41 reviews)); "manager, which ends up rolling down hill, so all the other managers are also micro" ((in 28 reviews))

What are employees saying about Clean Harbors layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Clean Harbors layoffs and their outlook for job security at Clean Harbors in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Clean Harbors locations?

Norwell , Richardson , Boston , Houston , Los Angeles , Deer Park , La Porte , Dallas , Cincinnati , Cleveland , San Jose , Kent , El Dorado , Denver , Braintree , Aragonite , Dolton , Phoenix , Salt Lake City , Chicago , San Diego , Benicia , Seattle , Baton Rouge , Weymouth , New York , Reidsville , Atlanta , Tooele , Chandler

Clean Harbors reviews

3.2

52% would recommend to a friend

(2,039 total reviews)

Michael L. Battles and Eric W. Gerstenberg

55% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.3

Diversity & inclusion

3.2

Compensation and benefits

3.2

Career opportunities

3.0

Work/Life balance

2.9

Culture & values

2.7

Senior management

Clean Harbors has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 2,039 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

Aug 5, 2014

Not sure how many more cuts this company can do... They are running out of throats.

Anonymous employee

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Pros

It's a paycheck that's about all I can say. I show up everyday, bust my butt for them and miss out on seeing my family and they still want more.

Cons

#1- Upper Management #2- If they could put a barcode label on our heads they would- employees below SVP's are trash. Tossed out to rot. #3- If SK employee- sooner or later you will be replaced with CH #4- Pencil pushers-come to the field for more then 15 minutes to UNDERSTAND the business #5-100- Upper Management's Boy Club you are the problem

1.0

Mar 17, 2013

Poor Pay, Overworked, and Under appreciated.

Fleet administrator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Some very good people to work with.

Cons

Upper management does not appreciate nor understand the work that is done. Always asking for more all while making cuts in employment.

1.0

Nov 29, 2021

Misogynistic, micromanaging, and full of nepotism

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

If you find one of the hundreds of white male directors or vice presidents with more than 15 years of tenure you will gain a significant amount of experience. Unfortunately, those men were promoted due to nepotism and have no idea how to run a business. They are eager to give their responsibility to anyone with half a brain and take credit for the work themselves. You will have the idea of promotions dangled like a carrot but will never get one. Take the experience for what it is and get out.

Cons

There are many cons to address but the blatant discrimination against women is a big one. The CEO doesn’t believe women are equal and that message is pervasive throughout the company. He said it himself in an open company forum, that women don’t want to do the hard jobs. Micromanagement is also a key core value of the Chairman. He installed a software and gave every manager access to a dashboard of their direct reports’ “productivity”. If you need a dashboard to tell you what your employees are doing, you are clearly an ineffective manager. This dashboard monitors sites that you are on, keystrokes, and has the ability to view the employee’s screen. Unfortunately, it incorrectly labels websites as unproductive, and if you want to surf the web while traveling for work or on your lunch break you are no longer considered productive.

Clean Harbors Response

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Thank you for your post. Clean Harbors is an inclusive and diverse environment. We are sorry for your experience. Good luck in your next endeavor.

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Not sure how many more cuts this company can do... They are running out of throats.

Poor Pay, Overworked, and Under appreciated.

Misogynistic, micromanaging, and full of nepotism

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