Is Clean Harbors a good company to work for?

Clean Harbors has an overall rating of 3.2 out of 5, based on over 2,154 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 (24) , 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 124 reviews)); "Good benefits and time off" ((in 119 reviews)); "great people and they have supervisor that care about there employers" ((in 112 reviews)); "Good training if you are new to the industry." ((in 45 reviews)); "Most coworkers are great people." ((in 32 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 63 reviews)); "Upper management does not appreciate nor understand the work that is done." ((in 59 reviews)); "Hard to get a raise" ((in 42 reviews)); "No work/life balance" ((in 39 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

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Clean Harbors reviews

3.2

52% would recommend to a friend

(2,041 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 2,041 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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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

3.0

Jun 22, 2017

Moronic Bullies and childish jerks

Sales representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Decent parent company with decent perks and benefits, they really seem to care about safety, but at the local branch, 27 employees quit in less than 2 1/2 years due to harassment

Cons

Managers jerk you around, waste your time, try to micro manage, play favorites limit commissions and create a hostile work environment, this is concerning because I'm not sure if some agitated employee will one day, have enough and have devastating results, like 6 o'clock news stuff, involving weapons , a horrible work place

2.0

Apr 6, 2017

Executives Don't Care about Employee

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great people, work life balance was superb!

Cons

EVERYTHING ELSE - benefits were awful to begin with and were cut every year. Wages were stagnant. All focus is on client relations while employees are treated like the stuff you find at the bottom of a shoe. Regular lay-offs. Providing constructive criticism is a career limiting activity. Poor morale has resulted in an apathetic work force who believes getting by is enough.

3.0

Mar 4, 2017

Decent pay but senior management out of touch

Class a driver

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Decent pay for the work with all the overtime you can handle. Middle management is not bad to work with and they know the problems you face.

Cons

Old equipment that needs to be replaced. Company tends to share facilities across the different divisions that were not designed for that much manpower and equipment. Facilities are too small to safely house the equipment that is parked there. The Transportation Compliance department has the tendency to want to punish people for every little thing. This department has no understanding of the culture they are creating by the approach used in dealing with employees. Benefits could be much better. Options for medical are all crappy.

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