Republic Services reviews

3.4

56% would recommend to a friend

(3,492 total reviews)
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Jon Vander Ark

70% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Republic Services has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 3,492 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Republic Services employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, Mining & Utilities industry (3.8 stars).

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3K reviews
2.0
Aug 2, 2013

It's a big company with all of the attendant benefits and faults.

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Pros

Lots of opportunity to move within the company due to its wide geographic footprint.

Cons

The company has shortchanged its IT spend for years, Republic is throwing a lot of money at trying to bring its systems up to the industry standard.

1.0
Jul 30, 2013

Does not practice what they preach

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Pros

Medical insurance and matching 401K are the only positives for this company.

Cons

Management is constantly changing/reorganizing creating low morale which is ignored. With new management come new policies and procedures creating uncertainty and stress. Invariably the new policies and procedures implemented by new managers is a rehash of what they did before at a previous job which didn’t work then and doesn’t work now. The review system is terrible with the vast majority of employees getting a ‘Meets Expectations’ when about 25% of the employees probably exceed expectations and 25% are most likely performing below expectation. It is the opinion that performance ratings are manipulated to bypass having to explain to the exceptional employees why they are not going to get a merit rate increase or having to create performance improvement plans for underperforming employees. HR does nothing to insure the integrity of the review process. There is a disconnect between the five R’s and the reality of how company management conducts business. Instead of integrity, honesty and doing the right thing, the focus is on doing as little as possible to get by.

1.0
Jul 28, 2013

Dead end road to nowhere

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Pros

The job is easy. It's the same thing everyday, not challenging at all.

Cons

Racism/sexism is rampant. Incentives are not equitable or non existent. Constant "restructuring" means people come and go regularly.

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