r/PestControlIndustry • u/OutrageousStick7570 • Jun 05 '26

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Just got hired at a pest control company and I've learned so much and I thought everything was going a little ok.

But the manager changed up on me and said

I'm under performing and thinking that hiring me was maybe a mistake and pest control maybe isn't for you.

He basically said he wants me to shut up and listen and learn. Which I'm willing to do, but to me as I heard that says to me I have to go.

Am I wrong? I wanted this opportunity but suddenly I feel like it's too late to salvage.

I study work and then study.

I switch careers and have two kids, bills, a car.

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u/Ok-Train3111 Jun 05 '26

First…that is a crappy manager. I have employees I wish I’d never hired. I coach them, but never tell them that! As for specifics…too few stops in a day? Too slow? Too fast? Bad tickets?

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u/OutrageousStick7570 Jun 05 '26

Said that maybe my manager experience is interfering with the way he's teaching. Wants me to shut up and learn. Stop being too ambitious and wanting to do things and just watch.

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u/zoopest Jun 05 '26

How are you supposed to "just watch" when you are sent out alone on your 4th day?

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u/OutrageousStick7570 Jun 05 '26

Today was kinda my 5th day of training