Hated it ! - Commercial Pest Technician Orkin Employee Review

2.0
8 Aug 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good pay and generally friendly management and coworkers .

Cons

No work /life balance you are required to work 6 days a week and pretty much have to beg and bargain for an extra day off , management provides and orders equipment but don't ask for anything you want because if the manager doesn't like the product you won't get it (My service manager didn't believe in ant baits , really !) , branch level is given too much power so every branch is different (Its like having two McDonalds across the street from each other and one makes Big Mac's one way but the other makes them completely different ) Hours are long and miserable especially if you're a termite or commercial tech , worked at a branch that had one guy that was their go to guy and they abused him giving 19 or more commercial stops to do and working him late into the night at times . I have worked for other companies in the past and this one seemed to be the most strangest one as far as philosophy and training and as far as pest knowledge . They still use an outdated system with their Whitmire System 3 that most other major companies have abandoned (B & G 's were forbidden in my branch but other branches had them , this goes back to the branch thing .) The last company I worked for referred to them as OrKan't and I know know why ! I've since left the pest industry and I thank God every day .

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5.0
20 May 2026
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Pros

Wonderful team, works with life situations, gas card, company vehicle, you get out what you put in

Cons

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1.0
16 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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