Does Orkin pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Orkin employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Orkin. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Orkin?

41% of Orkin employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Orkin 2.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.9 for culture and values and 3.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Orkin?

Pest Control Technician (162) , Route Manager (93) , Technician (79) , Account Manager (73) , Branch Manager (59) , Service Manager (53) , Commercial Account Manager (41) , Sales Representative (39) , Sales Inspector (38) , Termite Technician (28) , Sales (23) , Customer Service Representative (19) , Pest Technician (18) , Sales Associate (17) , Inspector (16)

What are the pros of working at Orkin according to real employee reviews?

"Good pay and no experience needed." ((in 146 reviews)); "Company vehicle Pretty good benefits" ((in 80 reviews)); "training was great and the overall business is great" ((in 78 reviews)); "You get a company vehicle that you take home you make your own sq and you can make good money" ((in 38 reviews)); "Good people to work with" ((in 35 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Orkin according to real employee reviews?

"Can be long hours and the people dealt with can be tiresome." ((in 73 reviews)); "No work life balance and micromanaged." ((in 51 reviews)); "Because of the lack of staffing there is a constant pressure for you to work weekends and long hours." ((in 33 reviews)); "Middle management is awful, upper management is oblivious" ((in 28 reviews)); "Disconnected corporate leadership that only cares about themselves." ((in 13 reviews))

What are employees saying about Orkin layoffs in 2026?

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What are the top reviewed Orkin locations?

Atlanta , Los Angeles , Houston , Chicago , Baltimore , Orlando , Austin , New York , Dallas , Riverside , Indianapolis , Denver , Charlotte , San Diego , Jacksonville , Lansing , Washington , Cincinnati , Miami , Tampa , Virginia Beach , Saint Louis , Milwaukee , Oklahoma City , Colorado Springs , Covington , San Antonio , Eden Prairie , Chattanooga , Memphis

Orkin reviews

3.0

41% would recommend to a friend

(1,443 total reviews)

Jerry Gahlhoff | Pat Chrzanowski

53% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

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Orkin has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,443 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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2.0

Mar 8, 2018

Very well established compnay

Termite inspector

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Technical training is great, sales training was ok but not great since you don't learn how to fill out correct agreements which can hinder your sales.

Cons

Constant pressure to schedule appointments with these list that are not updated. Use to work for a competitor and they had schedulers who made regular appointments and reinspections all we had to do is go run the appointments. Here at Orkin so much focus is on calling these customers I don't feel we get enough selling time because we end up on the phone all day calling hustling for appointments. I feel they need to update the sales process and not rely so much to the inspector.

1.0

Mar 2, 2018

Micro-management at it’s finest

Sales inspector

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Company car, gas card, phone and iPad are given to you. They’re used and in bad shape, but you can use them.

Cons

You feel like someone is always watching you. Every step of the process is questioned, if not from management, then from the CSS’s. Questions come even if the person has been on the job for several years. Your GPS is monitored and brought up during check-ins. There have been times where management has looked the other way when work has been done poorly on a sold job in the field, but question why you were only at a house for 15 minutes. Management wonders why you have no appointments scheduled even though you make a serious effort to call and set up reinspections. They don’t want to hear reality for why there are no appointments and seem to encourage us to do inspections to make their numbers. There’s a lot more examples I can describe but don’t have the time. I would not recommend this company to my worst enemy.

3.0

Feb 28, 2018

The grind

Route manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Freedom. Your your own boss in a way. You make your hours as long as you get your stops done on your route. Pay is great. You have a base salary pay with commissions and bonuses.

Cons

Your day can be super smooth one second and very difficult the next with one phone call or the change of the weather.

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