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Unnecessary levels of stress...
So this company could be SO much better and an awesome career if they would concentrate on quality of service rather then quantity of accounts... The number of accounts you are expected to service every day is the biggest problem and why turn over of employees is so high... The routes need to be condensed down and structured in such a way that keeps the tech from having more accounts then he has time for. Doing so would promote better quality of service, more customer/account focus, reduced worker turnover and just a more enjoyable work environment.
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Don’t work for orkin commercial
One of the worst places I could’ve worked for. Two years into the company they found a bs reason to terminate you. The branch I worked out of had the highest turnover rate it wasn’t funny. At one point we had 7 people hired and all 7 quit before the end of the year. Management isn’t any better either; they expect so much from you yet they aren’t willing to help you either if need be. Mandatory work on Saturday and sometimes has employees working 10 days in a row. They want you to work 24/7365.
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Productive and fun
Relaxed environment where employees can uniform to work. "They believe in and live their mission statement every hour of every day. The work culture is super fun! This company has great core values and plenty of room for promotions.".
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Customer service
Orkin will always teach new techniques and safety for pest management. There is always room for growth and improvement within the company. Customer engagement is top priority.
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Great customers
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Non linear hours
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Pest control tech
Running a route service 320 customers
Being to set my route and maintaining the customer base and when I was able
to make new clients I would sell a contract and service the property to the nest of my ability. Also satisfing the customer and going beyond there expations.
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ok job
do not work termite side they only care about money and will gire the next person willing to work very fast paced environment only good thing was the managers craig and joe
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Management makes or breaks the job
Preforming your route was generally easy going, sometimes because overbearing when office overloads your day. Management is hit or miss based on location. Coworkers usually get along and build strong bonds. It is manual labor so it does sometimes become hard physically. The money is what makes it enjoyable .
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Money, independence while at work
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Lackluster training
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Commercial Pest Control
I had a lot of accounts that were apartments so I often started my work at 830 and checked in with management at the account to see what apartments they had for me to treat or any other areas to inspect and treat if needed. I would go from one account to another. The management was great and had great respect for my managers because I learned a lot more about pest control from them. It was a very friendly environment and what I loved the most about the job is that my service manager took the time to teach me and help me do better at my job. The hardest part of the job was to get everything done in a timely manner.
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decent place to work
i had fun working at Orkin, business was good, customers were good, i had no real problem except that kept changing managers on me which effected my flow and they kept switching up on me. but overall it was fine
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Workin' at Orkin
Stressful job that pays well but difficult to find job/life balance especially during the season.

Upper management treats the technicians as a number and are very much highly expendable
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A solid company
I very much enjoyed my first 4 years at Orkin. Over the last 2 years there have been three Service and Branch Manager changes, our branch office moved 6 months ago and the regional manager has recently resigned. As a result there have been ongoing changes to policies and procedures resulting in a stressful and chaotic atmosphere. Morale among administrative and technical staff is low.
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Experience and training
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Inconsistent managment
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Good money
The job pays well at the expense of long hours and hard work. The training process is very extensive but with much to learn and take away from it. Overall not a bad place to work if you don't have a social life.
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Good money
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Long hours
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This was my first real job and I enjoyed it. This created a foundation for learning how to work in an office environment with many different personalities.
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Productive, fun environment,
Being productive, yet fun, A typical day 80% telephone , best management, enjoyed my coworkers, we where a team. I mostly enjoyed traveling out of town for Circle of Excellence meeting.
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excellent benefits and advancement.
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well managed
good training, always had what we needed to do the job good benefits
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good pay
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long hours
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Great work environment, marginal pay
I enjoy waking up to go to work and look forward to getting the job done. Management is well experienced and supportive.
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great management
Cons
low pay but opportunities for advancement
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Attempting to help each individual with their varied pest control problems.
Typical day at work:

-Plan route.
-Stock vehicle.
-Daily customer contact.
-Determining the best approach for solving individual pest control situations.
-Accurately complete new customer contracts and existing customer service tickets.

What I learned:

-Proper handling and application of various pest control insecticides in accordinace with all applicable laws.
-The utilization of various pesticide application tools and equipment.
-Determining and assessing various pest control situations and applying the appropriate method of control.

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Easy to approach with questions reguarding unfamiliar pests.
Training provided with respect to the application of various peticides and control methods was excellent overall.

Co-workers:

-Most often worked alone, however for training and specific complex pest control sitiuations would work together as a team. On the occasion when I did work with my co-workers, it was always a positive experience. I also helped with the training of new employee's who would accompany me during my daily routine.

Hardest part of job:

Eradicating bedbugs.

Most enjoyable:

Helping people with their pest control problems.
Pros
opportunity to help people. working with my co-workers.
Cons
production pay, and hours.
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