Enter with Eyes Open - Account Manager Clean Harbors Employee Review

2.0
Apr 29, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pay was OK. Benefits average.

Cons

Immediately after being hire, my supervisor left. No training and no supervisor for six months. It was sink or swim. Being rather resourceful, I swam. Went through 4 supervisors in two years who spent a total of perhaps 2 hours with me that entire time. Surpassed my sales budget by $2.5 million in 2024, received accolades from senior management and landed huge project which alone would have ensured a successful 2025. Nothing but great informal feedback from managers but never a formal written performance review. One week later, I and others were let go. No reason given. The bonus package is designed to minimize payouts. Those who are successful have their well established and key clients (and bonuses) taken away and given to new and inexperienced people. The saying is: "Bend over to receive your bonus". I was on the higher end of the pay scale, successful, and poised to receive a sizeable bonus. Not only was this taken away, but my accrued PTO was taken away as well. Do not expect any loyalty or any honest feedback from managers. In particular, do not expect a raise or bonus even if you are successful.

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5.0
Apr 28, 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
May 19, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

None that I can think of

Cons

Terrible compensation policies. On a national scale the pay is well below average. Worked there for 15 years and received just two 6 % raises. Received a ‘retainment raise’ of 6%. This rendered me not eligible for the across the board executive 6% raises 6 months later. Had an HR approved goal for a nice bonus. Met it. HR approves 50%. The goal they approved was ‘not a big enough goal.’ Terrible work environment. Horrible really. Your productivity is based on your ‘active’ computer stroke time. No care to what you accomplish. If you fall below their ‘expected’ 90 % productivity you are on the chopping block. Yes..,, 2 very competent employees were let go for that in my tenure. Never mind that their job responsibilities included visiting job sites and monitoring compliance. Another coworker was let go due to a survey HR conducted. This employee was a compliance monitor and the survey was done with employees who were the subjects of the tallying of their compliance. I could go on for pages and pages…bottom line clean harbors cares nothing about their employees nothing about the environment and will bend any rule for profit. And if you are in a compliance role and your work to keep the company in compliance costs the company money you’re fired.

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