Clean Harbors Reviews

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Long hours and hard to juggle work and life at the same time.

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Was working for Veolia Environmental Services until they got bought out by Clean Harbors earlier this year. When Clean Harbors took over, our benefits were cut. Health insurance premiums raised as well as deductibles. You can't add your spouse to your plan if they have access to health insurance through their employment. Life insurance was cut from 2x annual salary to 1x annual salary. It is hard to get the supplies that we need at the work site without jumping through hoops. You can work all hours of the day or night, up to 16 hrs.

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Equipment issues (old, beat up) are constant due to the aging of assets, and corporate is incentivized to retain old equipment instead of replacing it with new. Corporate is heading in the complete wrong direction, focused on acquisitions instead of retaining talent. The result is a talent drain company-wide. Job security is non-existent if you are a manager. Corporate HR has created an environment where employees run the show- managers are guilty until they prove their innocence in nearly every scenario. Also- the company has a nearly impossible to achieve bonus plan which they refuse to pay out nearly every year with one excuse or another if by the grace of God you can meet the goals-usually they make acquisitions in order to drive down EBITDA so they won’t have to pay them.

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No pay raises in three years. Significant decreases in benefits, 401K only recently reinstated.

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I consider my decision to switch jobs and come to Clean Harbors the biggest mistake of my career. This is truly a horrible culture that is a product of a CEO who is out of the Dark Ages. In my 20+ years in industry I have never (I mean never) experienced such an abusive culture. Executive management is best described as a puppet show with few exceptions who dance on the end of string for the CEO. The CEO often walks top people out the door on a whim and not a single member of executive staff will do anything about it. How sad. Compounding the issue is the fact that you can expect: (1) very few raises with a raise every 3 - 4 years at best; (2) very expensive medical benefits that get more and more expensive each year with the company's contribution going down and the employee cost going up; (3) the worst 401K imaginable (company match is nothing less than a complete joke); and, (4) no retirement benefits whatsoever. Before you consider taking on a job with this company ask around. I was hired through a recruiter who lied to me each and every step of the way. DO YOUR HOMEWORK.

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Better benefits would be great.

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Benefits can be tough (health insurance) and will run lean from time to time.

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401k match of up to only $750 annually. No raises in past 4 years. Management is too busy trying to stay on the CEO's good side to tell him what really needs to be done to make the company better (the emperor has no clothes syndrome).

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To much work for the pay

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There a limited amount of knowledge within the company. There is a lot of points the finger or I don't know who to call issues. Hard to have a good work life balance because the pay doesnt reflect how close you have to live to the home base. ( In Washington )