WM reviews

3.5

63% would recommend to a friend

(4,017 total reviews)
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74% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

WM has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 4,017 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The WM employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
Feb 27, 2013

Below average...

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Pros

-work with some really great people -opportunities for advancement -will pay for college/university courses

Cons

-pay is much lower than industry average -hard to make commission, unreasonable targets -hard to keep up with the constant changes, sometimes before a process is even in place, they completely change it again -employees are just numbers, management only cares about how much money they can make for the company and nothing else

2.0
Dec 12, 2012

Be weary of new leadership and year over year pay reductions for sales pros

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Pros

-Big brand name that is well recognised and will look good on your CV. -Car allowance and expense account for sales staff -Nice people to work with each day -Good if you are the kind of sales person that sits at a desk and handles customer complaints and billing issues all day. NOT a hunter sales role...more billing administration than selling.

Cons

-Declining marketshare creates a 'scamble' to report profits to Wall Street -Top heavy in terms of Management . Too many chiefs with self-focussed initiatives. -Constant changes in leadership which makes it hard to maintain focus. 'Change' is continous -All sales efforts driven by share holder value and manager's bonuses -Customer does NOT come before profits--although WM will try to make you believe otherwise -Continous efforts to increase customer billable rates, which results in endless complaints and billing adminstration for SALEs staff. ( little time left to be in front of your customer to actually sell new business) -New leadership is using poorly delivered micro management techniques to drive sales efforts. -Yearly reductions to earnings and compensation plan to show higher profits for share holder year over year as opposed to improving sales. -Annual raises were abolished in 2010. -Sadly, You will not get compensated for resigning new agreements with an existing customer after spending weeks or months selling to them. - # 1 reason to be weary : NEGATIVE COMISSIONS : if an account decides to use another hauler you have to make up 100% of your loss revenue before your get recognized for new business. You spend more time trying to save an account than going after new one's.

2.0
Oct 11, 2012

Not a great experience

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Pros

The let me make my own schedule.

Cons

All they want is yes men. Keep your mouth shut, do what they say, and don't think for yourself.

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