Republic Services Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Manage a workforce of 30 employees, monitor productivity and monitor P&L."

What do you like about working at Republic Services?

"Employees work well together. There is a family environment unlike many other companies."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"The main recommendation is a strong resume that stands out."

What don't you like about working at Republic Services?

"Opportunity for growth is very limited. Relocation is a must if you want advancement."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"This job requires long hours for managers. Be prepared for 80 hour work weeks or more."

What do you like about working at Republic Services?

"The people were great to work with, great location and good benefits"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"ask about the hours and their belief about time with family"

What don't you like about working at Republic Services?

"long hours, lack of support from middle management in time of need"

"Republic Services is a national company specializing in keeping states, cities, and communities clean and safe. The focus on customer service and retention is key in sustaining relations with government entities on every level. I was provided opportunities to grow and expand in my time with this company."

"I've found Republic Services to be a great place to work with good growth potential and a place who definitely do not discriminate and it's a place that we all cannot do without. Thank you Republic Services for all we do"

"I worked for RSI, previously Allied Waste Industries, for 13 years. While I was always under the impression that my co-workers were very intelligent and highly skilled individuals, I felt that management was inconsistent and arbitrary. I personally went through 4 CEOs during my last six or so years there."

"It's a very good Training Facility no room to move up favoritism the equipment is always broke and always down because of maintenance I'm just ready for a new career to grow"

"Working at this company has been a new experience for me and I have learned a lot about the waste services industry."

"Basic position as a scale operator. Not very good communication throughout the company, if there was better communication then there may be less frustration."

"Republic Services has attempted to centralize Customer Service in 3 large regional Customer Resource Centers (CRC): Charlotte NC, Indianapolis IN, and Chandler AZ. So far this massive change in structure has been a disaster and the so-called managers running the Chandler CRC do not have a clue how to actually provide effective customer service; they are only focused on meeting some arbitrary 'production' number to beat the other 2 CRC's. The computer systems are still in early stages of development/use and the tools used by the representatives are cumbersome and often do not work or are wrong. The performance expectations of both the workers and the supervisors are unrealistic considering the total lack of support provided to the staff."

"Support desk relies primarily on contracts assigned to no-term contacts. There seems to be a revolving door of employment and leaves little room for advancement. Job is heavily 'numbers-based' and based on total number of interactions instead of actual performance. A good place to start out but not a long term career."

"I've worked for Republic for 4 years. This is not the place to work if you expect training or if you're looking to move up in the company. The culture is cold and collaboration is generally frowned upon."

"I'm not a proponent of the company at all. They do not encourage promotion from within, have limited interest in the employee goals and development. The hours are long with no written time frames for work/life balance. Additionally, the onboarding process is very vague with limited interaction with leadership. Overall, it's been a very bad experience."

"Corporate allocates 2-2.25% per department for performance reviews. No cost of living assessments. Therefore, every year you stay, you lose money as COLA in AZ is upwards of 2.5% a year. No promotion path No incentive bonuses"

"No work life balance, horrible management"

"If you do not value yourself at all, want to waste your time NOT learning any new skills that can be utilized at the next level or if you want to work for a company that does NOT value their employees or their customers, then sign yourself right up. Constant price increases on accounts, even if there are contracts in place with set pricing, not being paid on time, having to recite a foolish script every time you visit a customer while your ride along, a do nothing all day Supervisor, monitors you like a child, being told that your commission structure will completely change 9 months ago and are still in limbo on how you will be paid going forward, like non communication between departments, with local or area management and enjoy a company where you have no control over if you lose an account or not, then this place is for you. Being successful here is a joke and and the lack of opportunity is staggering. Just because you are a publicly traded company DOES NOT necessarily make you a good company. Wall Street, shareholders and sucking up to management is the culture bread here. While trash and recycling services are needed in our society, it is truly an unrewarding and thankless industry that virtually every customer you have hates you because the driver, helpers, customer service department do not have the the common sense to do the right thing in the time of uncertainty. Oh, wait, that is one of their mantras. Doing what is right by the customer in the time of indecision. I have been in the work force a long time and have been very successful. I have a family to take care of. This place, people, is not the answer to having a promising career in Sales. Good luck!"