Orkin reviews

3.0

41% would recommend to a friend

(1,444 total reviews)
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Jerry Gahlhoff | Pat Chrzanowski

53% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Orkin has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,444 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Orkin employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.6 stars).

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1K reviews
3.0
Jan 23, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Everyone was very kind from division president to local branch managers

Cons

Not organized. Don't care about individual employees. Treated branch managers poorly. Didn't get things done they said they would.

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Orkin Response
7y
We agree - Orkin has great employees! We value our employees' opinions and feedback and hope that you made your concerns known while you were were on the team, especially if commitments were made but you didn’t hear back on the resolution. Best of luck to you!
3.0
Jan 21, 2019

Nice Company

Recommend
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Pros

Some scheduling flexible around serving homeowners and home life. Some flexibility in how going to find new business and winning new customers. Can expect a certain amount of income guaranteed due to base pay.

Cons

As typical with most companies with sales teams there is no value in being on a “Sales Team.” There is no shared monetary reward for the local sales team out of one office selling more than any other team in the state. The managers encourage competition against other team mates as a motivator which is really out dated lazy style of sales management. The typical reward is a fifty dollar gift card which is taxed at a high percentage. The card ends up netting $30 dollars. This only grows resentment and anger when sales people who are not having a good month sees the fellow “Team Mates” reaping all the rewards.

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Orkin Response
7y
We appreciate the 5 years of service to our company!!! Keep up the hard work! Since you are a tenured employee, you probably have some great ideas and insight that could help us improve. We encourage you to reach out to your Division HR Director Kevin Whitehead or your Regional / Division Sales Manager to share your perspective.
1.0
Jan 4, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Pay was ok but not worth it in the end

Cons

No established training for Admin, emotional management, stressful environment, severe micromanagement

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Orkin Response
6y
Your feedback is concerning. The environment you are describing should have been reported through Division leadership and Human Resources. Additionally, we have been actively implementing updated training for our Customer Service Specialists (Admin) but it may not have reached this location yet. Thank you for bringing the matter to our attention. Best regards!
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