I thought slavery days were over - Route Manager Orkin Employee Review

1.0
Jul 24, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Get to meet wonderful people in the field

Cons

Micromanaged to the Extreme, Hurry up and take your time, unreachable sale goals they make you do or should I say threaten you with, then go behind your back meet with your customer and tell them you over charged them, pushing hard for on time service then have morning meets then ask later why you didn’t do the customers that were scheduled that morning, truly don’t care how many hours you work

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5.0
Jun 1, 2026
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Pros

Wonderful place to work and meet chicks.

Cons

chicks sometimes smelled like pest control liquid

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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