Terminix reviews

Once the training honeymoon ends, your world will turn upside down. Save your training pay, your car will need it. You will drive your own vehicle 1000 miles a week. You will make about $1800-2000 net a month, including gas pay. You will spend about $500 of that on gas, need an oil change at least once a month, and plan on spending $600 in tires a year. You will work 70 hours a week. When all said and done after paying for gas, you might make $10/hr. You will make money only between March-July. You will try and UPSELL all current customers and badger them to buy insulation. Annual reinspections are sales pitches for insulation. Depressing, soul destroying environment...Fellow OSP's are miserable. Only 1 OSP at my branch worked there longer than 2 years....Was told I would work 1 maybe 2 Saturdays a month....Always 3 Saturdays, no less. As one person said, if you need a job, do it for 3 months and get out fast....Outdated DOS computer system. It seems this companies income is from people over 60 years of age who have had Terminix for 20 + years...No customers under 50 I ever met....Once these people die off, Terminix value will plummet. Constant arguing internally between employees and managers....Easily the most hostile work environment I have ever seen. Micro management is an understatement. Don't believe me? Try it.....

The quality of service provided to customers has taken a drastic downturn the past several years, particularly since going public. Separating from Servicemaster has not improved this, at least at the field level. A large part of the pay is commission, so Sales Reps only get paid when jobs are completed and paid for. When service is bad, it hurts the Sales Rep’s paycheck and reputation. I worked at Terminix for almost a decade, navigating many changes over the years. I left this year, because I did not feel valued, and partnering with service became an uphill battle. I was selling more, but making less than some newly hired Sales Reps, because they started with higher salaries, and management refused to negotiate mine. Most salespeople make it less than 2 years at Terminix, so the unwillingness of management to retain an experienced, successful Sales Rep makes no sense to me.