Place run by dinosaurs / Useless meetings / Waste of time/ Don't work here!!!! - Analyst Republic Services Employee Review

1.0
May 23, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

You learn how horrible Senior Leaders (Manager, Directors, Supervisors) are and the closed mind mentality they have, that you can recognize it when you go work at another company.

Cons

1. Run by Dinosaurs Many of the Senior level managers, directors, supervisors are stuck in their old ways. They started to promote younger managers with no Management experience to enforce these Dinosaur way of doing things. So the cycle of old ways stays and keeps going for future employees to come. 2. Closed minded and not open to new ideas There are many times when you try to show them new better efficient ways to do things and they don't want to change. They don't want to have remote employees. people are required to work in the office but still attend online meetings from their desk on their laptop. Doesn't make sense. 3. Huge Turnover In one year I have seen many employees leave because the company is run by dinosaurs 4. Need to be a Fake Person to survive here and move up You need to present yourself as a fake person and not go against the Dinosaur management, even if means things get done the wrong way, the old way, so the company grows in a slow slow way 5. Your job is not secure here. I have seen some of the BEST employees who worked countless overtime to get the job done, I have seen them get fired for one little mistake. I mean tiny mistake. You think, this person does an amazing job, their never going to get fired. But they do. and if you are not a fake person who is friends with the dinosaur management (Directors, Managers, Supervisors) I have seen senior management make a mistake and they look for someone to take the fall. or if you are doing such great job but you make other people look bad, then they will talk bad about you in order to get you fired 6. Useless Meetings/waste of time They are many times when a simple email is enough to cover a topic. But they prefer to waste your time and still expect you to work overtime without extra pay to get the job done. You are expected to attend many meeting even if it has nothing to do with your work. Many times, the Senior Managers, Directors, Supervisors, are feeling bored or lonely so they create mandatory meetings to attend. 7. No Training in place. You need to figure out how to do your job. there are no training guides. You reach out to people for help or guidance but they give you a GENERALISED answer that doesn't explain anything, so you waste a lot of time trying to figure out how to do your job. All they say is you will figure it out as you go. COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME 8. Not an organized company. A company that has been around this long should know how to streamline work to be more efficient, better training, stop having useless meetings.

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Thank you for your feedback! Republic Services continually strives to maintain a high-performing workforce that is diverse, engaged and well-prepared to meet the needs of our customers and communities. We're happy that you are a Republic Services team member.
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