WillScot reviews

2.6

32% would recommend to a friend

(946 total reviews)
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Tim Boswell

18% approve of CEO

26% positive business outlook

WillScot has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 946 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The WillScot employee rating is 28% below average for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.6 stars).

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946 reviews
2.0
Nov 23, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- The employees on my team are incredible; truly top-tier people. If teamwork were an Olympic sport, this group would be bringing home gold medals while simultaneously putting out fires nobody told them about. - There’s broad exposure to different teams, systems, and processes, which means you learn a lot very quickly. - There’s always plenty to do, so the days tend to move fast. - Unlimited PTO *for exempt employees only* is great in theory. Too bad everything is always at DEFCON 1, so taking time off feels like abandoning a sinking ship.

Cons

- The culture is chaos with a side of politics. Imagine someone put 15 different “urgent priorities” into a blender, hit purée, and then emailed it to your team at 4:59 PM with the subject line “Quick Fix.” - Nothing is ever fast enough. You could hand-deliver results from the future and someone would still ask “Can we get this sooner?” - In the latest town hall, the incoming CEO announced that corporate employees should see the new 5-day in-office mandate as “respect for employees working in the branches.” I didn’t realize respect was measured in commute miles, but apparently here it is. The justification of “branches go in every day, so corporate should too” oversimplifies the very real differences in job functions and workflows. - Decision-making at the higher levels moves at the speed of cold molasses. By the time a decision finally trickles down, priorities have already changed… again.

1.0
Nov 3, 2025

Highly political environment

Recommend
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Pros

Medical insurance is not bad

Cons

Highly political work environment. Very stressful corporate office. 5 weekdays in the office mandatory. No time off or compensation for frequent mandatory weekend work.

2.0
Oct 23, 2025

Changes, oh the Changes

Recommend
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Pros

-Great Pay Structure Salary and commission were very good. -Great Products/service Willscot does have the cream of the crop products and service. -Great Branch Teams/Operations All of the operations teams I worked with were polite and always willing to help.

Cons

-Overpriced Products/Market From day one It was clear Willscot was the most expensive option for storage and office solutions compared to competitors. Yes we had the nicer products, but not for 2-3x more per month. -Too Many Hands Involved (Sellers) Sales managers are graded off of how many units on rent we have in our markets, but established reps had contacts who only work with them. The commission for out/in dirt orders was more than fair, but when it comes down to keeping your job, the most important aspect is in-dirt orders for your assigned market. -Meetings Stacked on Meetings Tons of meetings. Sometimes 10-15 per week. -Constantly Changing Performance Metrics They expected us to have the time and motivation to make 40+ outbound calls per day and place 2 new orders as well. You are also expected to have a certain amount of furniture, add-ons, insurance, etc included in your quotes (upwards of 80-100% for certain categories of inclusions). You would find yourself adding items to quotes when the customer already made it clear they were looking for the cheapest option available. -Internal Help (Billing, credit, account specifics). It was almost impossible to get help when customers had problems that reps couldn’t fix. You ask someone, who asks someone, who needs someone else and eventually it would disappear and you’d have to start over from the first person. -Extreme Market Goals This company benefited greatly from Covid and goals were expected to be hit and growth shown following fluke years.

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