Don't Waste your TIME!! - Pest Control Technician Orkin Employee Review

1.0
1 Aug 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Meeting Co-Workers and making friends with employees

Cons

This company has a Good Ole Boy mentality. If you stand around and joke with the boss and become friends with the other managers then you will have a job for life - even if your are horrible at it. The flip side, if you bust your butt and work hard, give excellent customer service and you are not liked then you will suffer a long and painful career. Good luck getting raises from this billion dollar company. Most managers are too fat to lead by example and show you how to perform your duties but they don't miss a lunch.

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5.0
1 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Wonderful place to work and meet chicks.

Cons

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1.0
16 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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