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I run a regular route as a General Household Pest Control Tech, servicing both commercial and residential accounts. In the time I have worked here, I have learned to become a problem-solver, a self-starter, and developed a natural desire to go above and beyond normal expectations as a professional. My management is fantastic, and always has been. They are very supportive and not demanding. My co-workers have always been like family and my relationship with them has always been a highlight of my job. The most difficult part of my job tends to be the simple fact that we service a high volume of customers, and the days can tend to run long. The most enjoyable part of the job are the relationships I've made with customers, co-workers and the leadership. It's satisfying to know that I have made a positive impact on so many lives, even as a mere Pest Control Tech.

Worked for company and was happy at first. Pay was alright not as good as advertised. You get payed a percentage of each call. Plan to work 10 to 12 hours a day with little time for a lunch break. Also if you get sick management will treat you like you are garbage. End of the month they are only worried about there sales numbers, and if you work 12 hours to complete your route oh well. To get full pay they promise you have to sale or help sale services while trying to complete your route. I would say if you are young and do not have a life outside of work this is a good job. If you have a family then you will hardly see them. Also you are too work every other Saturday, but by the end of the month you'll be forced to work even if it is your weekend off due to them being behind. Management sucks, will talk about you and down to you via emails. Overall if you like working in the heat and wearing long-sleeved shirts, and barely getting a lunch and one day off a week this is the job for you. 

I came in to the company right after it was purchased by EPS. The benefits were good and so was the pay. Management does very little to work with you if you are uncomfortable with certain  things that occur on the field. I was given a raise after the company purchased Kelly Pest control and was promoted to pest/termite technician. the raise was 5% in commissions. I was making roughly four thousand a month after taxes. which was great. but at the end of the quarter my management took some heat for providing us the raise. so they reduced every ones pay to lower than It was prior. I would have been ok with this if they wouldn't have tried to take back the over compensated amount of pay. they wanted me to pay $4,000 back to them. I was not ok with this ethic so I left the company.

On a typical day in the busy part of the season things could get hectic with scheduling and phone calls etc. and resulted in staying late on a daily basis to finish daily work. If another person was hired to split the amount of duties the job required I think that the operations would have ran a lot smoother and resulted in a better working environment.
I did learn how to multi-task very well and loved my co-workers. Although I did learn how to stand up for myself better when it came to needing help and being over worked. The most enjoyable part was working with my awesome branch manager and mentor.

I did inside sales in the call center and loved my job for the most part. The pay was good and I enjoyed interacting with my customers. But the manager in my department was the worst. She would pit us against each other, have favorite that changed based on who fed her gossip and that particular week and would give these favorites sales leads. She micro managed every aspect of the job. Her behavior made it a very hostile environment that made good customer service hard. Overall Bug Out is a great company and every department is great except the call center.

The hours and work-life balance is fantastic here. M-F 8a-4p-ish and every other Saturday morning (or all day if you'd like). Take-home branded car (currently Nissan Sentra). The downside is working through an acquisition and merger with Terminix, the technology and process to sell can be frustrating. Second downside, and biggest for sales, is the pay. Commission is currently 10%, which is lower than it used to be. You get a salary on top of that but you really have to sell to make a living, and pest control is NOT an expensive product. Overall it's a decent place to work, and I'd softly recommend it, but there are much higher paying sells jobs out there. 

The job is not for everyone it's definitely very time consuming especially when it comes to completing your route. A lot of work is outside routine maintenance but there's a lot of extra earning potential like working late or getting leads. I definitely wouldn't consider it if you're just looking for a job but if you want to be outside around nature and learn something new everyday this can be a very promising career. In my opinion it definitely beats sitting at an office all day.

There is nothing about this job that I liked.  They micro manage all aspects of the business and unless you are part of the group that they love then you are treated like a red headed step child.  My female manager was the worst.  She couldn't make up her mind what to be upset about from one day to the next.  I had previous experience and a way more modern way of seeing things.  I felt as if they were still running as if computers were never invited.  Do not waste your time here they will probably go out of business real soon.

No work and personal life balance, expected to work long hours due to high turn over of employees. Expected to cover workload outside of job description with no incentive or pay and reprimanded when you cant complete actual assigned duties due to field work. You can do very good and never get acknowledgement but will hear about any little mistake heavily. Felt unappreciated and unrecognized by company, you get lost in the shadows.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Getting off work

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Stupid videos you have to watch, strict regulations since it got bought out by rentokil. They pressure you to make sales when most customers don't want what your selling. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Use to be good but now being run by a big corporation 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Spray lawns all day, hear rich people gripe.

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