Clean Harbors reviews

3.3

55% would recommend to a friend

(2,037 total reviews)

Michael L. Battles and Eric W. Gerstenberg

60% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Clean Harbors has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 2,037 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
Dec 9, 2011

At this point, it's only a job.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Its a place to work when there are no other jobs out there.

Cons

Communication between upper management and it's employee's including lower management SUCKS! It's a learn as you go process with Clean Harbors. Doesn't matter if you're out of pocket for expenses related to the job. THEY DON't CARE! Its coporate greed around here. The equipment is poor in condition. The programs we use are very user unfriendly. The trucks and trailers lack the ability to stay on the road, which in turns hurts the little guys paycheck. Getting them fixed is like having to jump through government red tape. A simple fix that would normally take an hour or 2 to fix, usually takes days due to them having to wait to get a purchase order from Clean Harbors. Service departments have caught on to the Clean Harbors way of paying their bills and won't attempt to fix anything without a purchase order number, and even then they are waiting enormous amounts of time to get paid. In turn, they are starting to refuse to work on equipment until other bills have been paid. Potential vendors are pulling out of the race to become an approved vendor with Clean Harbors. They're doing their homework and seeing that getting paid is an absolute nightmare.

2.0
Sep 28, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work is always there. Decent pay. Never a boring moment. Great work experience for future employers. Plenty of avenues for advancement if you are willing to relocate.

Cons

Poorly understaffed. Extremely unprofessional overall work environment. Company focuses on quantity and not quality. Company's mentality is basically centered around revenue, compliance (maintaining revenue legally), and H&S (not getting sued to lose revenue) and nothing else.

3.0
Aug 30, 2011

Hectic

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of travel, potential to make good money

Cons

Awful work enviroment, oil refineries and chemical plants

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