Great opportunities but too many politics and management is terrible - Environmental Technician Clean Harbors Employee Review

3.0
Feb 10, 2023
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Pros

Plenty of opportunities to work in different parts of the country and even the world. Each different assignment can be hit or miss. You could go from manual labor in a plant somewhere in hot and humid Louisiana to cold Utah cleaning barges out of train carts. Expect the unexpected! Benefits are great. Starting pay is ok! Weekly pay plus perdiem $35 per day. Definitely gonna travel around that's a plus. Mostly by plane If it's in another state or drive with the crew you'll be with in vans or rental car.

Cons

Management racist, having to work with egomaniacal hot heads that are full of themselves because of a title and a $2 pay difference, no one wants to teach you anything so basically you'd have to get your leg cut off in the field to learn something, having to share rooms with other grown men, communication can be terrible to between management and workers , not enough work. Sometimes you'll work a two or three week assignment then come back home having to wait weeks or even almost a month to be sent back out.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jun 24, 2026
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Pros

Plenty of hours between 75 to 80 hours a week minimum. Good place to get experience as a stepping stone.

Cons

You're always on call it is mandatory that you work three weekends a month both Saturday and Sunday including the 5-day work weeks Monday through Friday Technician. As a coordinator you work 6 day work weeks Sunday through Friday you only get Saturdays off it's a salary based position so you get no compensation if you work over 8 hours a day as a coordinator and you will work more than 8 hours a day your minimum will be 12 to 14 hours a day up to a maximum of 18 hours a day regularly.

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