Run from them and hide! - Anonymous employee Stericycle Employee Review

1.0
Nov 18, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good healthcare benefits and clean bathrooms

Cons

Do you like to be micromanaged daily, then this company is for you. It is an office envirnoment filled with gossipers and backbiters alike in the ranks of management. I have witnessed at least one employee being fired due to the gossip and rumors. The team leads are dysfunctional in the area of communication. If you express any kind of a backbone or an opinion then you are written up and/or threatened with write ups. They are bullies. One or two of the employees have been there far too long to serve any benefit to the lower ranks. The company culture is not a fun and happy place to work. They nitpick the call advisors to the point of tears about call quality even if the caller is rude and disrespectful. They do not care if the call advisor is verbally assaulted. Some team leads do not even know how to take the callsbut are scoring the calls. At one time, they had gotten so hostile to the call advisors, they were not allowed to the restroom. They wanted them chained to their seats to increase their bottomline. The turnover is higer then they would like anyone outside of the company to think and know because they could NOT qualify for the "BEST WORKPLACE IN TEXAS". It is a marketing tool to promote their business to clients. Yes, the turnover in higher management is high as well. This typically resulted in bait and switch techniques. This new manager would enact new policies and procedures appear as if they had the golden ticket to increase of productivity but they did not have it. It again resulted in turnover and gripes/complains on the call center floor.

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Cons

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Stericycle Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share this! We’re so glad to hear that your experience here has been a good one. It’s feedback like yours that reminds us why creating a workplace where people feel respected, supported, and proud of what they do is so important. We're grateful to have you on the team.
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Pros

I worked alongside a team that was consistently supportive and always willing to make time to answer questions, which made a meaningful difference in my day-to-day experience. There was a real sense of collaboration, and having people who were approachable and dependable made it much easier to navigate a fast-paced, high-volume sales environment. It helped create a bit of stability and camaraderie even during more demanding or repetitive parts of the role. Overall, it was a company operating as a leader in the space, which added to the scale and pace of the experience

Cons

This was my experience working at Shred-it, which is a subsidiary of Stericycle.If you’ve ever wondered what zero autonomy feels like, this is your spot. The day was a nonstop loop of cold calls, cold walk-ins, and more cold calls, with a mandatory “smile and dial” every morning. On the Shred-it team selling waste bins, it often felt like creativity and independent thinking were… safely shredded. Management could be extremely hands-on to the point of micromanagement, with frequent check-ins and scripted role-play scenarios that rarely reflected real conversations in the field. Communication style could come across as condescending or patronizing at times, especially on team calls, which made for an uncomfortable environment when feedback felt more critical than constructive.

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Stericycle Response
1mo
We really appreciate you taking a moment to reflect and share your journey with us. I’m sorry things haven’t gone as smoothly as they should, but your feedback is valuable and helps us make the improvements needed to create a better, more supportive place for everyone.
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