WM reviews

3.5

63% would recommend to a friend

(4,010 total reviews)
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James C. Fish, Jr

75% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

WM has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 4,010 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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1.0
Sep 28, 2011

Frustrating....Frustrating.....Frustrating

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Benefits and proximity to home.

Cons

Very poor communications between departments. Micro-management and lack of support from supervisors and managers make for a very unhealthy environment. Very frustrating to have experience and knowledge of your job but have to answer to management who have never handled a customer call and who do not have the knowledge of systems and procedures to do the right thing.... Lots of intra-department gotcha mentality....No consistent procedures in place....The bottom of the food chain (i.e., customer service, dispatch) suffer the most.

2.0
Sep 21, 2011

One of the worse jobs one could ever have

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Benefits - insurance, 401K, stock purchase plans were great. Some managers were really easy to work with. Liked the fact they promoted 'green'

Cons

Lord help you if you get sick and don't call in 24 hours in advance. Even with a doctor's note stating that you should not work, you were written up if you didn't have permission to be out beforehand. The center I was in was nothing but one person giving another their cold. Each day 2 - 3 people would be sick, but no one would call in for fear of being 'dinged'. I personally think that all "lead" positions are a waste of resources for this company. They sit and talk among themselves, but yell (scream is a better word) from the back of the room if someone goes off the in-bound phone to assist a customer who calls in on a direct number. I have seen these "leads" - who never once worked a day in customer service - chase someone down who was in the restroom to tell them they were in the 'wrong status' to be in the restroom. These same leads don't think twice about calling in, arriving late, etc, with no penalties, nor do they ever pick up a phone - even with calls waiting. This company allows districts to have different policies than the corporate ones. Make the policies uniform and get rid of all the human resources people that you have at each district. One center does not need 3 HR people.

3.0
Sep 8, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

The pay is very good, as a residential route manager you have allot of free time to conduct your daily task. the qrtly. bonus program can be very rewarding if you make your numbers.

Cons

the biggest issue is all managers are expected to work 10 plus hours a day even if there is not enough work to keep you there. They also took away company trucks that we were able to drive home daily, which saved on gas and your car wear and tear.

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