Safetykleen Employee Reviews

The company is a mere shadow of its former self, used to have management who understood what was happening in the industry, made sensible decisions and respected it's staff.....now all the company cares about is making the most profit possible for it's next sale on the stock market and in the process treating it's staff like idiots and not respecting them as human beings.

Pros

Good holiday entitlement. Monday to Friday

Cons

Long hours. Not respected. No thanks for working longer hours. No overtime pay

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Worst place I’ve ever worked at!

Safetykleen rep (Former Employee) - Montrose - 8 September 2023

Upper management are terrible, they don’t care about their employees, services are all they think about. Employees welfare, conditions and rights are out the window. Seriously if you want to maintain your sanity do not work here! Most recent manager, is the worst manager I’ve ever worked under. The whole management style is bullying, passive aggressive and at complete odds with employee wellbeing. HR team are a complete waste of space. My 10 year old could do a better job of Human Resources. Seriously people, if you’re looking for employment, look elsewhere. These people are disgusting.

Pros

None

Cons

Everything.

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Worst company ever!

Sales/Service Engineer (Former Employee) - Stirling - 6 September 2023

I worked at the Stirling branch for over a year without any training provided at all! This was promised to me but never done! Then the management expect you to be able to do your job but haven’t provided the relevant training. I also had to use someone else’s old uniform that did not fit me, I asked for my own for 4 months and surprisingly this never happened either! I would stay away from this company for sure! Management don’t have a clue!

Pros

Hometime

Cons

Everything about the job!

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Stay clear

Support rep (Former Employee) - Montrose - 5 September 2023

Used to be great place to work but since greed of upper managment and usless branch managers specially for stirling and montrose branches run by a complete imbecile who hasnt got a clue how to manage people all they care about is getting big bonus and making sure MD loves them! Like title says STAY CLEAR at all costs!!!!!

Pros

Free tea and coffee

Cons

Run by power hungry and greedy management

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Used to be a great place to work.

Sales/Service Engineer (Former Employee) - South West London, Greater London - 21 May 2023

Safetykleen used to be a great place to work if you’re good at your job role. great work/home life balance. Pay is decent. However, times have changed and the whole structure has been turned upside down. Work/home life balance has been taken away by the MD who has demanded you will work more hours in certain job roles for the same amount of money. The company are constantly putting price increases onto customers accounts which resorts in you receiving abuse from the customers on a daily basis all because the company are being greedy and raising profit to sell on the company. There is not enough staff for the job roles in the depots, they have forced the hardworking staff out. they pile everyone’s workload on you to save on salaries. Until the company realise they are losing great customers and keeping hold of the terrible ones. Losing great members of staff and keeping hold of the ones that don’t pull their weight. Constantly stressing you out by being micromanaged. No work/home balance. Then I would avoid this job at all costs. It’s no good for your health.

Pros

None

Cons

Every part of the job.

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Horrendous

Dogs body (Former Employee) - Uk - 20 May 2023

Met some amazing people over the years working for safetykleen however that is probably the best thing I could say about this joke of a company at this minute in time, there way or no way is there attitude to destroying what was a good profitable business, That's all folks ,the end

Pros

Hometime

Cons

Start time

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New management are only interested in profits and targets

Service Representative (Former Employee) - England - 18 May 2023

The recent management team are only focused on the value of the company not the value of there employees or customers. Which is totally destroying the brand. Constant changes on a daily basis, micro managed. The job titles given are so misleading,I guarantee after the initial induction you will want to leave. As I have seen many 10s of new starters leave within the first month. If you have no social life and you are willing to have your personality and confidence destroyed then this is the place for you.

Pros

work colleague's and customers

Cons

Demoralising, character breaking, stressed, micro managed

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Overworked, not respected

Customer Service Representative (Current Employee) - Stirling - 21 March 2023

Job is decent but management expect you to constantly work unpaid overtime. No appreciation from management for working more than required and the more you do the more they expect.

Pros

Good job

Cons

Long hours, low pay for hours worked

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Poor equipment and terrible management

HGV Driver class 1 (Current Employee) - Sheffield - 25 February 2023

Penny pinching driven by upper management with a lack of understanding about the actual job.No out of office hours support when on the road.Constantly changing work schedule making it difficult to achieve a good work/life balance.Very disillusioned and demoralised workforce

Pros

Own vehicle Good holiday entitlement Monday to Friday

Cons

Long hours, Poor planning and scheduling, Difficult access to branches, Poor load and documentation preparation, Poor leadership, Non existent out of office hours support.Little concern for work/life balance

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Poor place to work

Service representative (Former Employee) - Sheffield - 14 January 2023

Mannagers don't have a clue and when good staff won't to progress they tell them not to apply for better rolls 2 meany people thincking they know best and not got a cule

Pros

None

Cons

Everything

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Field Service Engineer (Former Employee) - Wigan - 9 January 2023

messy work at times got filthy, get pushed quite abit to hit targets. Had some good in house training and was paid for some fuel which was good. Wages were good when the bonus scheme started otherwise not really worth it.

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Rip of merchants

Driver (Former Employee) - Bristol - 8 January 2023

I worked from Bristol depot for 15 years, left about 3 years ago, needed to get this said to warn future employees. Firstly your commission is paid 1 month behind which is to be expected, what I didn’t expect was to have it taken from me. I handed my notice in, gave 4 weeks as they requested, so on my last working day I got paid minus the previous months commission, approx £1000, when I queried this I was told this is just how it is, I was furious after being there 15 years. Not only did they take this from me but the commission I earned during my 4 weeks notice wasn’t paid either so lost approximately £2000. What annoyed me even more was the fact that if I hadn’t bothered giving notice they’d have paid my commission as they’d have been none the wiser, so by doing the right thing I lost out on at least £1000 commission, absolute parasites.

Pros

Good bunch of lads on shop floor

Cons

Inept management

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Terrible

Rep (Former Employee) - Scotland - 14 August 2022

Upper management are out of touch. Pay is bonus driven which changes year by year so you’ll ultimately make less money but do more work as time presses on. Equipment is from the Middle Ages. Truck and vans are all poverty spec. If you’re good at the job you’ll be expected to pick up the pace for the staff who clearly take advantage! Definitely watch you back as they’re all snakes

Pros

No experience needed

Cons

They’re all snakes

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Avoid

Warehouse Operative/FLT Driver (Former Employee) - Sheffield - 14 January 2022

Good bunch of lads including supervisors, but higher management are useless.the agency workers are earning more than safetykleen staff which is disgusting

Pros

Free drinks

Cons

Management

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Disorganised chaos

Sales and service engineer (Former Employee) - Montrose, Angus - 16 July 2021

Words fail me. No direction, no leadership simply firefighting on a daily basis. Low staff moral and zero support for the team from the regional manager, As the company is run from London the phones don’t ring the local branch should a customer need to get in touch with a question, query or Sales enquiry, instead they are directed there leaving Unhappy and disillusioned customers not responded to or ignored regularly, alien as someone that comes from the customer service background. Employees at a certain level are treated as 2nd class citizens and this is reflected in the way the company avoids paying you what they are due without sales commission. The OTE is a completely unrealistic figure as there is someone in this role, a sales executive and an account manager all looking for business often from the same companies and so the 35k figure is picked out of thin air and certainly not an achievable income with this structure. My advice, avoid unless you are completely desperate.

Pros

Early finish

Cons

Disorganised environment

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Great Working Environment

Contact Centre Manager (Current Employee) - Brentford, Greater London - 4 June 2021

Having begun here at SK 8 weeks ago, I have found the business to be a wonderfully engaging place to work. The staff are all knowledgeable and have helped me settle in quickly. I'm glad I made the choice to come and work for the business.

Pros

Inclusive team members and training

Cons

None

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Fantastic place to work

Account Manager (Current Employee) - Scotland - 2 June 2021

Safetykleen is a fantastic place to work, everyday is different and comes with it's own unique challenges. Management are very support of the staff and the culture is fun but with a competitive edge. The job differs from day to day and you need to be able to work at a pace to be successful. No two days are the same and the benefits are great!

Pros

Great working environment, commission structure and flexibility.

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Great Company

Telesales Executive (Current Employee) - Brentford, Greater London - 2 June 2021

I work in the telesales department for SafetyKleen. Cold calling businesses to see if they may require our services. Staff are friendly and will give advice if needed. They have a strong focus on being environmentally friendly. Great Company

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Productive workplace

HR Business Partner (Current Employee) - Brentford, Greater London - 2 June 2021

Love my job! I have learnt alot whilst working at Safetykleen and the workplace culture is really improving. The more enjoyable part of the job is the people i work with.

Pros

The team

Cons

Location

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Terrible

Service Representative (Current Employee) - Derby - 6 April 2021

The Place is a joke, theres way to many managers, your day is packed with services so you never have time to take a break, your constantly worked to the bone.

Pros

Free water

Cons

No breaks

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Hardest place to work in my 22years of working.

Regional Sales Manager (Former Employee) - Various Locations - 6 January 2021

Poor level of support, management weren’t there to help, I felt like a kid in a school playground with no one to turn to. I felt I did as well as I could under the circumstances.The company is run by the staff, the staff that have been there for years.It was a free for all and I felt I had no support and when attending managers meetings with directors present the hierarchy didn’t like to hear what is lower had to say or ideas we put to the table.

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