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. 53% of employees would recommend working at Clean Harbors to a friend and 52% 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 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Clean Harbors?

53% 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 126 reviews)); "Good Benefits and ability to advance" ((in 113 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 50 reviews)); "Most coworkers are great people." ((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 66 reviews)); "Upper management does not appreciate nor understand the work that is done." ((in 59 reviews)); "Hard to get a raise" ((in 46 reviews)); "No work/life balance" ((in 38 reviews)); "manager, which ends up rolling down hill, so all the other managers are also micro" ((in 25 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

53% would recommend to a friend

(2,041 total reviews)

Michael L. Battles and Eric W. Gerstenberg

57% approve of CEO

52% 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

1.0

Jan 26, 2016

Territory Account Manager

Territory account manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Solid experience gained from working within the manufacturing industry, but beyond that everything else is VERY poor.

Cons

In short, DO NOT take a job with this company unless you are desperate for employment or are trying to gain sales experience in order to move to a better organization. This company only has success because of the lack of competition in the space in which it competes. - Shortsighted Management - Under-Educated Management (Serious Absence of Business Acumen) - Questionable Ethics by Management At All Levels (Lying, Empty Promises, Lack of Integrity) - Culture of Micromanagement (GPS Tracking in Vehicles, Scorecard Metric Focus) - Ever Changing Compensation Plans (No Continuity in Compensation)

1.0

Jan 23, 2016

Beware be Leary. There's something better out there

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Individual performers are work well together.

Cons

If you glance at all the reviews for the last couple years to current nothing has changed. Poor upper management decisions. Will not let Employees perform to their expectation and talent. No growth, no education. It's heads down and do what your told. Overall just not a good healthy environment to be in.

1.0

Jan 23, 2016

Big corporate machine

Route driver

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

None! This company buys succesfull businesses and hamstrings them. They do not give raises and intimidate their hard working employess with graphic safety videos while not implementing any of the safety standards articulated in their endless videos.

Cons

Overwhelming idiocy. Management is entirely oblivious as to what goes on in the field/real world. Absolutely no loyalty to their customers. Profit, profit, profit. Rampant anonymous corporate greed.

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