Clean Harbors reviews

3.2

52% would recommend to a friend

(2,038 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 2,038 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
Oct 2, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Above average pay, average benefits

Cons

No work-life balance, long work hours, tedious processes, no support from others or no where to turn to for support. Job does not match job description when hired. Little positive feedback from anyone - just negative or none at all and by that time you are on your way out.

2.0
Oct 1, 2013

Under staffed

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pays not to bad. Not micro managed if you know your job.

Cons

Management is lazy. Under staffed at a lot of locations. one plant I won't Mention is being jammed up with vans and they have one man doing the job.its way to much for one person to handle.

2.0
Sep 30, 2013

It is a paycheck

Recommend
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Pros

You can get hired in to Safety Kleen in entry level positions (warehouse, service rep, sales) with a high school diploma and a clean driving record. For that level of education, the wages are respectable. Constantly changing environment. You are on the clock 6 to 6 Monday to Friday, but when you leave for the day, you leave work behind. No weekend work except on rare occasions (short handed branch, training). Home every night.

Cons

You will be overloaded with training in your first weeks. You will not remember any of it, but will be expected to know all of it and more. OJT is virtually non-existent, you learn by trial and error. If you have a good Branch Admin you can ask questions of, or make friends with another person in your job, you might make it long enough to learn your job. There are two types of people at Safety-Kleen: Those who have been with them less than 2 years, and lifers. All management positions are outside hires, this is a major change from 10 years ago. Safety-Kleen has always been top heavy with management (4 or 5 layers of middle managers). Since being bought by Clean Harbors we have picked up another set of management that is just as top heavy and even less responsive... it is their way or the highway. Whatever job you are hired in as, and at whatever pay level, is more than likely going to be the job and wages you have 5 years later.

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