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

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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3.0
May 2, 2025

Scattered Implementation

Recommend
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Pros

Safety Culture Autonomy Work/Life Balance

Cons

Poor Communication Lack of training Pay Increases are very low and only come every 2-3 years.

2.0
May 1, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

All the overtime you could ever ask for in a decentbenefits package. There is a good camaraderie amongst the foreman and technicians in the field. OK place to stick it out and get experience but move on as quickly as possible. It’s almost impossible to get let go from this company unless you’re an whistleblower, especially if your upper management. Upper management has each other‘s backs as much as possible and not in a good way depending on a person‘s perspective you can take that as a pro or a con depending on what side you’re sitting on if your job is ever in jeopardy because people know if the office gets shut down they’re all losing there jobs so to a certain extent, they stick together as much as possible through thick and thin.

Cons

I guess I’ll start with once they had a I guess I’ll start with once they had an employee that passed away an upper management could care less. Their exact words on a weekly business meeting call we had a we had an employee pass away, but we have a business to run so I need to find a replacement. Remember, we’re all replaceable which I feel was a very cold and callous thing to say when a man just passed away. I don’t believe his family would’ve appreciated that. I do understand it is a business and they need to find somebody to fill the position, but to say it the way it was said and in the tone and that moment was probably one of the worst and harshest things I’ve ever heard in a place of business in my entire life You would probably have to be there to understand what I mean. The only thing that management in office cares about is the bottom dollar and does not care about any of the foreman or technicians in the field. The only people that work in the field that they care about the hazmat drivers and they’ll do anything to keep them happy cause I don’t want them to quit. As for safety, it’s so so but anytime something goes wrong. Somehow upper management has been able to pull the wool over HR and safety’s eye probably because they’re not on site at any time cause they’re back at the corporate office and believe whatever they’re told from the upper management and local offices and continue to get away with breaking multiple laws and violating company policy. And they will continue to do so until they plant somebody in that office that will actually make a majority of the upper management do their job correctly. Most of the foreman and technicians do not like to report safety issues or violations, unless they absolutely have to, it is very much what happens in the office stays in the office type of business culture. As long as this office is making a profit and is not caught in the act violating any company policies or laws then they’re happy to turn to blind eye as long as it’s not affecting their bottom line at the moment.

3.0
Apr 30, 2025

Meh Employeer

Recommend
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Pros

Flexible work schedule if you are higher up. Benefits are ok but compensation is subpar.

Cons

Lack of communication from leadership. A lot of change happens with little to no concern for their employees leaving them to wonder. Lack of employee recognition in the form of compensation for salaried employees.

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