Waste Management Reviews

I have been working at Waste Management full-time for more than a year

Pros – The pay is decent considering the job requirements. You're not micro managed

Cons – You are not valued as an employee, ideas and contributions to help make things run more efficiently are taken and put into place, but there is no recognition given to the person that provided those ideas. Revolving door, most people leave the company within less than 2 years of being there. As of late it's been a couple of months. A lot of the companies practices seems unethical. Example: Trying to raise customer's rates even though WM knows that they are in a rate restricted contract.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Waste Management full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – work hard and get paid for it

Cons – not upfront about the truth

Advice to Senior Management – go back to basic

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Waste Management full-time for more than a year

Pros – Autonomy, work ethic, dedicated employees who deliver strong results, work and life balance is pretty good

Cons – Senior leadership has no connection to the field. They have greater than thou attitude with the customer facing employees. More focus on cutting the workforce to meet Wall Street expectations versus a strategy of selling your way out of a problem. Wall Street manages the company versus the company managing Wall Street.

Advice to Senior Management – Get out in the field and talk with front line employees and managers, Require the BOD to do the same. This is a service business that requires engaged employees and informed customers.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Waste Management full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Great coworkers, great customers, awesome local office

Cons – poor upper management, decisions made based on stock holder numbers

Advice to Senior Management – listen to your field reps

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Waste Management full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Huge company, many divisions, financially strong, lots of opportunities (especially if one's open to relocation) across the country. Has traditionally been very generous to it's employees, and formerly enjoyed a great reputation as a great place to work.

Cons – Many company functions are becoming centralized, which causes significant loss of "local" talents and relationships. This is do to cost-cutting, even though all the information put out by the company always seems to be rolling in dough.

Advice to Senior Management – Why keep dumping the people who do the real work?

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Waste Management full-time for less than a year

Pros – The pay was decent for an entry level position, you stay busy most of the day & is a relaxed environment.

Cons – Scalehouse can get really congested, customers get irritated with the wait, poor communication between shifts, scheduling was a constant battle.

Advice to Senior Management – Better training.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Waste Management full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Strong learning potential, committed to environmental excellence,

Cons – Sales direction based purely on increasing the average price per customer, leadership lacks direction

Advice to Senior Management – Learn to appreciate the veterans on staff for their experience.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Waste Management full-time

Pros – Overall, the leadership at WM is truly committed to the safety of their employees. There are some managers that don't quite get it, but that is not because of lack of support from Sr. Leadership.

Cons – They may have cut too far in trying to reduce management structure costs. All the same work must be done (if not more) and resources are limited.

Advice to Senior Management – The few safety resources left in the field must be more highly valued and compensated. They are key to continued success. The size of the group has been greatly diminished, so the folks left have tremendous responsibility.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Waste Management full-time for more than a year

Pros – Some of the people I worked were great.

Cons – The promises they make are worthless. They kept jerking me around on my hours. The management never takes the time to say 'good job'. I specifically heard my supervisor say 'everyone's replaceable.' They tell you to do A and write you up when you fail to think on your own to do B. I've seen a revolving door here with new employees since I started a year ago. If you wanna take up drinking on a daily basis, go ahead and work here. If not, stay away from the Nashville landfill 'Southern Services."

Advice to Senior Management – Treat the people on the ground floor like they actually matter to the company and stop being so concerned with the bottom line. Oh and hire some management personnel that actually know how to treat and motivate their employees and maybe you'll hang on to some for more than 3mos.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Waste Management full-time for more than a year

Pros – great place to start for experience

Cons – possible movement in the company