Veolia reviews

3.8

75% would recommend to a friend

(3,213 total reviews)
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Estelle Brachlianoff

89% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Veolia has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 3,213 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Veolia employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, Mining & Utilities industry (3.7 stars).

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3K reviews
2.0
Feb 23, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Somewhat laidback at first, everyone seemed to be on the same page from CS, operations, management, billing and collections. It was very efficient at first.

Cons

Sales is looked down upon from the Senior management to the guys on back of the trucks. Sales people don't actually sell anything at Veolia. They do nothing but collect money, handle operational issues like damaged property, handle billing problems, and any other petty issues that arise in a given day which is everyday all the time. All the while salespeople are benchmarked at ridiculous sales goals and quotas, most sales people spend their time making up fake entries in Salesforce.com, so they won't get fired, instead of actually getting out and selling. Veolia is ran by ex BFI, Allied, and waste management managers and executives that still think they work at their old jobs. Completely dillusional, do not listen and do not care. Same thing with the billing department and operations. They push off as much responsibility as they can on sales. The turnover for this company will go throught the roof in the next year, and they know it, or don't care. This company does not promote sales people. They will put an operations person in before sales. Being that this company is for sale, things will only get worse, unless another trash company buys it and fires all of the management and executives. The worst part is the commission plan for sales reps. It changes from month to month, they do whatever they can to find a way to not pay you for what you sold. Waste management and allied reps make a considerable amount more than sales reps at Veolia. Don't plan on making big bucks here.

3.0
Sep 21, 2011

Could be a great place to work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Autonomy and innovation is encouraged and there is room to advance.

Cons

Silos still exist which can make making things happen difficult. Projects aren't always communicated effectively

2.0
Sep 16, 2011

Not good as expected

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Big company, many weeks of holidays, many benefits and big money extra. Good timetables, not very hard at the beginning

Cons

Not good, top direction joking on the face of people, decreasing benefits participation to salaries

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