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3.7
Average Rating
(based on 77 Waste Management Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.6
Growth Opportunities
3.2
People You Work With
4.4
Person You Work For
3.8
Rewards You Receive
3.6
Support You Get
3.7
Way You Work
4.0
Work Setting
3.6
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"This is "the company" to work for in the waste and the environmental sector. Highly ethical, highly motivated to do right things and still make a profit for all stakeholders. They take good care of their employees and provide as stable and safe a work environment as possible."
Posted 9 years ago in Houston, TX
Driver

"Great place to work. Management not very good."

What do you like about working at Waste Management?

"Being on my own."

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

"Watch your back."

What don't you like about working at Waste Management?

"Management."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Care about workers."

Route Manager

"Has a great environment."

Maintenance Supervisor

What do you like about working at Waste Management?

"Job security."

What don't you like about working at Waste Management?

"My schedule."

Sorter

What don't you like about working at Waste Management?

"The smell."

Maintenance Foreman

"Not a bad place to work. The people are great and the management is competent."

What do you like about working at Waste Management?

"I like the environment and the people."

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

"Take a non management job."

What don't you like about working at Waste Management?

"The benefits and the low pay scale for managers."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None. It doesn't help to give suggestions to your superiors because they are not affected by their decisions."

Driver

"It was a great job until they sold the facility."

What do you like about working at Waste Management?

"I loved my location and customers. I also had a good assistant manager. He looked out for the employees."

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

"If you get on with them you will be happy."

What don't you like about working at Waste Management?

"I did not get along with the location supervisor. She shows serious favoritism."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Make that assistant manager a full manager. He was great and understanding, and worked with all employees with an outlook of what we dealt with and helped do problem solving."

Administrative Assistant

"Facility was closed down due to the decision of Corp. office in East Coast."

What do you like about working at Waste Management?

"Excellent management within this facility. Team worked hard and sales department worked well as a team."

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

"How does Corporate work and what is the chain of command in decisions."

What don't you like about working at Waste Management?

"We were controlled by Corporate."

Heavy Truck Mechanic

What do you like about working at Waste Management?

"It's a good place to work."

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

"Keep your head up, and don't let others enter fear with your success."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Always try to meet your goals."

Administrative Assistant

"Waste Management was a great place to work."

What do you like about working at Waste Management?

"The fast paced environment, the people and the industry."

Department Manager

What do you like about working at Waste Management?

"I liked working at waste management with the team. It takes a team to run that type of business. Everyone has to do their job."

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

"Just be professional just like any job you apply for."

What don't you like about working at Waste Management?

"Since it is corporate, I think they care more about numbers than the personnel that gets those numbers for them."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Make sure all management understands their boss. Get him/her to show you how to get you to that next level."

Cash Application Specialist

"Excellent place to work."

What do you like about working at Waste Management?

"I love the advancement opportunities."

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

"Bring your A game."

Service Dispatcher

What do you like about working at Waste Management?

"Work hours, work with a great team."

What don't you like about working at Waste Management?

"Structure of advancements."

Outside Sales Representative

"Trash."

What do you like about working at Waste Management?

"Hated it."

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

"Work in another market and maybe you would have some success."

What don't you like about working at Waste Management?

"No sales training. I was discriminated against because I had breast cancer. I should have sued the company. management was useless. the most unprofessional company I have ever worked for."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get new management in there. There is nothing but trash working there. if you want to succeed there, politics is everything no matter how good of an employee you are."

Consultant

What do you like about working at Waste Management?

"I believe in what they do."

What don't you like about working at Waste Management?

"I was disappointed they didn't didn't try to fit consultants into a full time job,even though management had promised such. They also cut the consultants loose without some sort of warning."

Operations Specialist

"Fun place to work, knowledgeable managers."

Waste Management Reviews FAQs

Is Waste Management a good company to work for?

Waste Management has an overall rating of 3.7 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 77 Waste Management Review Ratings left anonymously by Waste Management employees, which is 5% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 88% of employees would recommend working at Waste Management.

Does Waste Management pay their employees well?

Waste Management employees earn $45,500 annually on average, or $22 per hour, which is 31% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 24 Waste Management employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Waste Management Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Waste Management?

88% of employees would recommend working at Waste Management with the overall rating of 3.7 out of 5. Employees also rated Waste Management 3.6 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.6 for Rewards You Receive, 3.2 for Growth Opportunities and 3.7 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Waste Management?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Waste Management is a Director of Procurement at $176,000 annually. Browse Waste Management Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Waste Management?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Waste Management is a Forklift Operator at $16,000 annually. Browse Waste Management Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at Waste Management?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Waste Management to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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