Terminix reviews

3.0

40% would recommend to a friend

(2,018 total reviews)
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Alain Moffroid

27% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Terminix has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,018 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Terminix employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

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2K reviews
2.0
Nov 12, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Paid training. Decent training about bugs. Really try and paint a picture of success by putting you up in hotel for training and buy you food all the time.

Cons

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Outdated DOS computer system.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.....

1.0
Nov 11, 2013

Employees not welcome

Recommend
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Pros

Good salespeople can make good money.

Cons

Besides normal 401K, health and dental there are no other perks. Executive management unreachable, middle management is heartless and is only interested in the next promotion and lower management is groomed to be puppets. You will drive your own vehicle wherever the call center schedules you. Even is the branch is doing well a huge change is made every 3-6 months (no stability). In the almost 5 years I have worked here there has not been 1 salesperson or technician promoted to management (not sure if this is a bad thing).

2.0
Oct 28, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Job flexibility and ability to somewhat structure one's schedule

Cons

Income plan is geared to the company and not the worker. Draw system means that you are stuck on the gerbil wheel trying to get ahead. And you cant.

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