Clean Harbors Employee Reviews

What is the best part of working at the company?It’s great pay and it’s not extremely hard labour What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Not know when you will be working again. Mine was seasonal work and I didn’t even come close to the hours I was told that would be available to me. What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Very friendly and professional What is a typical day like for you at the company?Wake up eat and off to work. 6 days on one off. 12 hour shifts does not leave a lot of time for getting personal stuff done.

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Productive and safety minded

Equipment Operator Truck Driver - Class 1 (Current Employee) - Calgary, AB - 27 November 2023

12 hours a day starting with a tool box talksSafety come first Good communication Team work Gears provided Accommodations provided Transportation to and from work placesHealth concerns Equipments in good condition

Pros

Great work culture

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Class 3 Driver/Operator

Fort McMurray, AB

30 days ago

Class 3 Driver/Operator

It not what they make it out to be.

Truck Driver - Class 3 (Former Employee) - Fort McMurray, AB - 23 November 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Poor management, and always looking for hours and money owed to you. What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Getting payed for hours you worked.What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Fellow workers are good, job in hard and dirty work.What is a typical day like for you at the company?Wishing your time away and looking forward to the end of the day and your rotation.

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Terrible place to work

Driver (Current Employee) - Manitoba - 3 November 2023

If you want to be lied to daily, and feel like you’re just filling a seat, then apply here. There’s no where to move up, never know if there’s going to be work. A class 1 driver here makes less money than a labourer with no license in other provinces. Your just a number here, you have no value to the company, they can replace you anytime.

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A demanding physical job

2nd Cook (Former Employee) - Edmonton, AB - 2 November 2023

prepping food for clientslearned quicker ways to preparemanagement was pretty goodworkplace culture okhardest part, when more is added to your list to get done on timeworking with people and getting to know your clients when serving them

Pros

working with people and clients

Cons

Not enough pay for the job

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Insights into Clean Harbors

Based on 156 survey responses

What people like

Fair pay for job
Clear sense of purpose
Ability to learn new things

Areas for improvement

Trust in colleagues
Sense of belonging
Support from manager

Great company with Terrible management

AZ Driver (Former Employee) - Mississauga, ON - 1 November 2023

Pay and benefits are good but the management is garbage. Hiring was fast and easy. A lot of training provided. Equipments are kept in good conditions.

Pros

Pay and benefits

Cons

Management

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Treat drivers badly

Operator (Former Employee) - Fort McMurray, AB - 18 October 2023

They constantly keep there drivers down by mass suspension while on shift and charging them to stay in a clean harbours camp when their flight happens to be the day after they are done work

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Stressful

Operator EO3 (Current Employee) - Regina, SK - 17 September 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Getting paid weekly when you have workWhat is the most stressful part about working at the company?Most stressful part is never known what you’re doing what time and never gonna dispatch properly. And half of the information never given to you.What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Very stressful everybody trying to get the work and be running after the supervisorWhat is a typical day like for you at the company?Disorganized no communication drives me mad nobody talks everybody’s secret secret, trying to keep the jobs. Needs to be a dispatch every day going out and not half the information.

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Very Toxic Place to Work

Operator/Driver (Former Employee) - Fort Hills, AB - 3 September 2023

You’re just a number and the only way to climb the ladder and/or work in management is to not care about the workers under you. Management only care about themselves.

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Promises, promises. Nothing fulfilling.

Shutdown worker (Former Employee) - Spruce Grove, AB - 26 August 2023

They'll get the excitement in you going by making everything seem really important. Get these training modules done so we can get you to Edmonton for the in class training. They'll pay for hotels and pay for LOA and oooh this is going to be happening really quick! What they don't tell you is that $40 a day loa is all you'll get for every day you sit in a hotel (can you pay your bills and eat three meals if you don't have a kitchen on $40/day?)Then maybe in a week or more they're going to send you to camp. You'll work a full week and see a big fat cheque! Then you'll work less and less until the real work starts for about 18 days. My avg cheque in 2-1/2 months was $900. My biggest was $2100. You might get laid off. You might not. You might go back to a hotel and sit around for $40/day. They have a turn over in dispatch and their tiny little office like nothing I've seen before. And some of the people who left were actually trying to do their best for the employees. That says something. Take your chances.

Pros

Paid to gain most of your Oil Field tickets

Cons

Everything else

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Used and abused with nothing to show from it.

Customer Service Representative (Current Employee) - Canada - 26 August 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Best part?? Is there a best part? What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Having no support and being extremely top heavy and toxic. What is the work environment and culture like at the company?If there was one, you are disposable at this place.

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Good management and excellent field technicians

Solids Control Technician (Current Employee) - Red Deer, AB - 10 August 2023

As a current employee, also as a new employee, I was pleasently suprised with how well management works with their field technicians. All the staff are easy to get along with and do their jobs well. The company tries to ensure tou are prepared for your job and gives you ample information to ensure you know everything required of you.Company has excellent benefits and helps you plan for retirement and your future.

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For me Amazing always learning happy for the opportunity

Equipment Operator (Current Employee) - CNRL Albian - 26 July 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Very diversified and there is always workWhat is the most stressful part about working at the company?Doing a job and being pulled to do something different. It comes with the jobWhat is the work environment and culture like at the company?Very diversified no boundaries every one mingle What is a typical day like for you at the company?Tool box at 6am job handed out withe the necessary to perform the work. Pre trip and pull out of the line up to go to the job site to get permit to work. Walk down the job know what to do and do it safely. Be in compliance throughout the work day. Everyone home safe at 6pm

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Not organised

Field Supervisor (Former Employee) - Fort McMurray, AB - 18 July 2023

Great pay but no job security or structure. Wouldn't recommend any long term plans here. You're just a number and nobody cares to answer any questions you may have.

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Toxic

not disclosed (Former Employee) - Burlington, ON - 17 July 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?For a woman this is NOT a good environment. Old boys club mentality. Management is behind the ball most of the time.What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Dealing with management demands and unrealistic deadlinesWhat is the work environment and culture like at the company?toxic environment untalented people employedWhat is a typical day like for you at the company?unorganized, being pulled in different directions by management, different instructions from same Manager, Confusing, underappreciated.

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HR Team is based on Favoritism

Senior HR Business Partner (Former Employee) - Edmonton, AB - 13 July 2023

Clean Harbors is a wonderful place and does wonderful work. Operations has great good leaders and dedicated workers. HR on the other hand was a nightmare - Directors were moved up because VP liked them not that they knew what they were doing - and if you tried to assist with your experience you were looked down upon - and if you went off for any medical reason be prepared to be terminated on your return

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Fair company

Wet /Dry trailer Operator/dispatch coordinator (Former Employee) - Fort McMurray, AB - 4 July 2023

I enjoyed my time there. good people, good work life balance, reasonable hours, decent equipment, safety was top priority if you had issues they did try to help if it was possible

Pros

Company rrsp plan, fair pay, friendly, coworkers

Cons

Long hours, leadership is questionable at different facilities

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great place to work

Operator (Current Employee) - Edmonton, AB - 23 June 2023

great people hard work and long hours equipment is is fair shape crews are great to work with 12 hours days are long but not overly hard there is a lot of tickets to be acquired but there is help

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Productive, safety first company

Field Supervisor IS (Former Employee) - Ft. McMurray, AB - 17 June 2023

Unlike most oilfield work this is guaranteed hours. For the most part our site had great crews to lead. Like most big companies the bureaucracy can be a bit much at times. They offer competitive wages, a comprehensive safety program and very good training. The hardest part was the ever changing standards/needs of the client. With the big S continuously cutting back while still demanding the same level of service and safety it made for a challenging work environment. I left on good terms and would definitely recommend CH as a decent company to work for.

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Decent.

Cook (Former Employee) - Fort McMurray, AB - 2 June 2023

Was not too bad. Got to do things and stuff. There were a lot of people who also did things and stuff. Sometimes the stuff was not quite thing and the thing not quite a stuff

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Productive, work with great people, great food and fun facility.

Camp Worker (Former Employee) - Fort McMurray, AB - 24 May 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?You make alot of new friends. Fantastic food. Your work day goes by quickly.What is the most stressful part about working at the company?for me it was about balance. I learned how to pace myself. I learned to talk to friends and family.What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Busy fast paced. Friendly environment.What is a typical day like for you at the company?Professional, fast paced, time management is necessary for successful day.

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