Externally Hired Mid-Level Managers Get Lost in Orkin Bureaucracy and Administrative Nightmare - Branch Manager Orkin Employee Review

3.0
18 Nov 2008
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Pros

If you are just getting into a management career it is a great place to start. Significant investment in training.

Cons

Long hours. No consideration for work/life balance. Processes and procedures are administratively burdensome. Contact between operations and corporate is not encouraged and is limited. Very controlled environment. Little to no autonomy in purchasing. Heavy administrative requirements at all levels. Benefit options are numerous, however the cost involved is higher than I would expect from a company of this size.

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5.0
1 June 2026
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Pros

Wonderful place to work and meet chicks.

Cons

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1.0
16 June 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay, opportunities for sales depending on region

Cons

Orkin cares more about quantity over quality. If you care about doing a good job, don't work here. They will load your day up with tons of jobs and not enough time to do them (or do a good job anyways.) Management lives in their own bubble, and communicates poorly. I transfered to a new region and all services were a mess. Customers who have had Orkin for a year plus had homes still infested with pests. Prior techs hadn't cleaned any cobwebs, never cleaned webbing off siding or eaves. It was embarrassing. Commercial services weren't any better. I believe prior techs were just scanning stations and leaving. Orkin only cares if you punch through reports and collect money. If you also bring up customers that are being overcharged, management will never fix that either. Benefits also weren't great and quite expensive. Manager would also use slurs like the R-word despite knowing I had an autistic child. Just a gross place with gross values.

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