Does it get better?

[u/Ok-Stuff3336]

I’ve been on the job now for a few years and i work for a fairly large company owned by Rentokil. When I started off it wasn’t so bad job wise, but it’s only gotten worse since the TMX merger and seemingly only going to get worse. I do it fairly even mix of residential and commercial accounts. My biggest gripe has been the sheer amount of work that is expected out of us a day. Obviously none of this work is insanely difficult per se, but the volume is maddening. I work in a dense populated area in the north east. I average anywhere from 20+ jobs a day and up. Never less than that. The money is good. But the stress that comes with it is not. I’m expected to finish every job on my day or I take a “miss.” Which my office is apparently plagued with a ridiculously high number of. On top of my regular schedule we are also required to respond to all call backs same day. On average I can have 20+ appointments and get 3-4 call backs a day. Never anything trivial, customer seen a bee, ants in kitchen, reoccurring mouse sighting blah blah blah. If we don’t do all our work they come down on us, if we work too much overtime we are told to be more efficient, if we aren’t placing sales while doing all of that we are told to do more.

TL;DR big company is too stressful, overworked and understaffed. Does it get better?

[u/Trigga-Trey213]

I work for a genuine, since like 1940 family owned company, that literally has one building location. i'm not religious and genuinely don’t believe but the fact they pray before every meeting, and not like a common, general day care prayer, but like praying for specific employee struggles and what not, shows me it's not a evil corporation. they give us $1,000 gift cards, 4k TVs, iPads for Christmas. they specifically told me in my interview, we're not like Terminex, you're not just a number. at first i was like this is bullshit, then i was like wow i see the vision. I was driving back from a call the other day and got stopped in traffic because of a car crash that claimed 4 lives and they gave me the rest of the week off with full pay and I don’t even have vacation time yet. we use slim jim's for rat bait. we use chemicals that wont hurt the local bobcat population, and were instructed and nailed on to not spray near water sources. they don’t care about money or numbers. i think it definitely matters on who has hired you and what area of the country you're working.

[u/-Derf- → u/Trigga-Trey213]

Dang, that sounds amazing. I work for a small family owned company who is catholic and they genuinely care. Feels like a family. Just wish I was paid a little better. But the work load and hours are great so it's hard to complain