Republic Services reviews

3.4

57% would recommend to a friend

(3,490 total reviews)
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Jon Vander Ark

72% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Republic Services has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 3,490 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
1.0
Mar 21, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Insurance is average to just below average, especially for Ill. Average pay, phone lines ring fairly often- stay busy with many issues, complaints, increase, etc. Customer service located in US, which is a plus. Pay is average, it's a pay check. Some areas are better to work in than other.

Cons

Very poor leadership within Illinois and Indiana management; embarrassing to work with such unprofessional, and disrespectful people. Extremely poor management skills throughout Illinois and Indiana. If they promote, they “promote” people whom have been here for a long time and would NOT get hired else where, unfortunately. In most all cases, their inexperience and lack of knowledge in customer service, and inability to think outside of the box are just a few characteristics that these "qualified" people usually have. In other words, a very unstable working atmosphere exists in these areas. It’s extremely embarrassing working for a company who continuously raises rates, even under contracts. “Upper-management” has such poor communication skills that an open door policy consists of favoritism, hiding behind emails, and pushing out the good people who can benefit the company. Read all the reviews and listen to your gut, b/c the grass is NOT always greener on the other side, especially with this place!

3.0
Oct 9, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent salary, better than average benefits, ability to relocate, free trash service, stable company, and occassionally get free garbage truck toys & coloring books for kids.

Cons

quite a few politics, takes long to move up in the company, and recent acquisition has been a difficult transition. Many employees were laid off as part of the recent acquisition without warning or ability to relocate. Many of the teammates that survived the lay offs were screwed by the lack of prep work & cross training before the lay off.

1.0
Jun 19, 2012

I QUIT Got tired of the bull crap !!

Recommend
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Pros

pay good , ins. ok its a job ....... L M A O

Cons

long working hours being over worked . hard to get time off , Its more than a job it no life out side your job

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