Great as tech, bad for sales - Sales Development Representative (SDR) Orkin Employee Review

2.0
Dec 16, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

As a tech its great for a young person who needs the experience of hard work, and learning to communicate with customers. You build a great network for yourself if you are in the right area of town.

Cons

As sales they will tell you leads are fed to you. They aren't...maybe the techs will toss a few your way if you are assigned to the right techs. Most of the time the techs will send you on a wild goose chase IF they send anything for you. If that happens, you are expected to sell prevention which is unbelievably expensive. Off season is awful pay with little salary. Natural leads come once in a blue moon in the off season, and most of the products outside of the wheelhouse of treating for pests are astronomically more expensive than competitors in the actual market such as gutter companies, insulation companies, etc.

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Orkin Response
6mo
Thank you for your feedback. It is unfortunate to hear about your management concerns with the company. We will share this feedback with leadership as we are always striving to improve the employee experience. Good luck in the future.

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1.0
Jun 16, 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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