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

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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).

Reviews by job title

2K reviews

4.0

Jul 16, 2019

Perspective from long time Ops

Operations

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

One of the great things about Clean Harbors is that all levels within the company can have a voice at very high levels. Have personally had nearly immediate responses from Corp executives to help address problems we had in the field We like working with people that don't mind working hard. I started as a Field Tech and have many promotions

Cons

Tough job - you might go home tired. Slackers don't make it.

Clean Harbors Response

6y

Glad to hear. More communications and employee engagement are coming your way!

2.0

Jul 14, 2019

Hard job for the money

Equipment operator

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Doing something different everyday. Can make decent money but you'll be working 70+ hours per week.

Cons

Crappy equipment. Not enough money for what you're doing. No set schedule. Different start times everyday. Lies about raises. Out of town travel. On call frequently. Work so many hours that you dont have enough time for a life. They have no cares for dot hours of service.

Clean Harbors Response

6y

Thank you for taking the time to post a review. We will take this feedback into consideration as we create action plans based on the Employee Engagement Survey results. We are dedicated to bringing out positive change at Clean Harbors!

2.0

Jul 8, 2019

Great place to gain experience. I couldn't have scored a better job without my experience at CHES.

Cleanpack chemist

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

I had an amazing team of peers and management. Plenty of overtime, pace yourself or burnout.

Cons

No raises-it had been 3 years since my last raise (also, I'd won a CustomerNOW award on this time frame) Training-this is a very much a "good luck figuring out how to do your job" type job after the initial training. Benefits-sub par at best Advancement-why advance you when they can just add to your current workload? Old equipment- Always breaking down and not making it to customers during scheduled appointments Understaffed- for an office doing roughly $1M a month, there needs to be more than 3 people taking care of everything. Disconnect between corporate and locations-again...3 people running an office billing over $1M a month. Get them some help!

Clean Harbors Response

6y

Thank you for your feedback. We are glad to hear you praise your amazing team and management. As for the cons, we are in the process of reviewing our benefit programs and resource needs. It is too bad to hear you were snatched away. We are developing action plans to address our employees' main concerns. Please keep us in mind for the future and potentially become a "boomerang" employee.

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Great place to gain experience. I couldn't have scored a better job without my experience at CHES.

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