pest control technician

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Mosquito Joe

The workplace culture started off positive and friendly. Coworkers celebrated birthdays, supported each other, and over time it felt like a family environment. The job itself could be hectic but also rewarding because I enjoyed helping customers, supporting technicians, and solving problems throughout the day.
However, management and training were often inconsistent, and responsibilities continued to increase without additional compensation or recognition. Employees were expected to handle multiple roles, especially during busy seasons and company transitions, while pay remained the same regardless of workload or education level. Sales expectations were heavily emphasized, but there was little incentive or commission structure in place.
One of the biggest challenges was favoritism and inconsistent treatment among employees. Strong performance, reliability, and customer service efforts did not always feel acknowledged equally. Communication and leadership could improve significantly, especially when it comes to employee support, fairness, and recognizing contributions.
Overall, the experience helped me grow professionally and strengthen my customer service and multitasking skills, but I believe the company would benefit from more consistent management, better compensation, and a more balanced workplace culture.

The job itself isn't difficult. You are spraying homeowners properties for mosquitos. That means working with chemicals and wearing a large backpack with a tank. That can be heavy but you get used to it. You are spraying a chemical so you need to cover up and wear a respirator- no exposed skin either. The pay they start yout with isnt bad, but isnt the best either. But to work with chemicals in long sleeves in the heat can be terrible. They offer hazard pay when its over 90 degrees outside, but its not much, like 20 dollars a day or something. The pay is ultimately could be better. But the work isn't hard. The worst part is the burn from getting the chemical on you. Always wear a respirator and goggles and cover up.

This company is great if you're just looking for easy work and money but not if you're looking for OT and career advancement. But I just finished my notice and I'm going elsewhere with a quickness, I wasn't even here a month but I couldn't take it!

 The CEO did my onboarding meeting on zoom with his young son present in the room making noise, distracting and unprofessional, they don't have paid holidays, they make you use your own phone to do the pest app and navigate your route (don't worry you get 3$ a week for it), the equipment is subpar and raggedy. They micromanage and rush you through the day (they'll promise you OT but they'll pull work off you during the day so you have to end your day right when they want it) I was even told I was being "to thorough" on yards with treatment because I wasn't flying through thirteen stops in six hours. This is not the place for experienced pest technicians or people looking for a career. This is for people just looking for easy money. It's a fly by night style company. Don't recommend. 

Upon being interviewed, we were told our working time was one time, but then upon being hired we were informed that time wasn't true, but still expected to be there 30 minutes early unpaid.

We're told in the interview that the chemicals are completely natural and harmless to humans and animals, upon being hired, i discovered that the chemicals being breathed in all day, and going on/in our skin, was actually carcinogenic.

We were not supplied proper PPE for this either, and we're told to purchase it with our own salary.

In the interview we were told you would make "commission" after a certain number of sales, however the actual number of sales we had to reach, was 3x the originally informed amount. (So we'd be making a lot less money than originally told)

The pay (hourly) was very fair.  However the advertised amount was also incorrect. Given how much was lied about in the interview, I don't believe this is somewhere I could recommend staying long term, due to the uncertainty of having reliable employment.

Adding in the fact of the carcinogenic chemicals, I would say the pay and job is not worth it. 

The management is run my two owners who know NOTHING about owning a business let alone a franchise. The owners mean well but the practices are beyond what a good owner should do. The hours are long and hot especially in the summer. The spray burns your face after even 3 hours of spraying. The sprayers the owner uses are not kept in good condition and leak which creates a pool of product in the back of the van. I was also told when I was hired that my schedule would be flexible around my college schedule and when it came time to start classes, I was forced to work and miss my evening class twice before changes were made. The owners need to disclose that this job is not made for college students or students in general. The owners are very nice, but small things like fixing sprayers and maintaining the equipment do not seem important enough to them even after they were notified multiple times about the issue. Again the owners are good people and are great to be around, they just aren't the best people for the franchise.

Was given the opportunity to be an Office Sales Manager. The work was very straight forward, the company is extremely caring, they’ll give you the resources to succeed and if you ever have any questions on how procedures are done, they will be very straight forward to help get you back on the right path. I loved the team I worked with, the management and owners always treated me with respect and never made me feel like I don’t belong there.  

Cons: 
The only suggestions I would have would be to increase the pay for whoever is running the sales department. A 8am-7pm shift creates for a poor work/life balance, and I felt the position’s salary is very underestimated, even if the position is lowered from Manager to Supervisor. I feel the company is comparing the position to the other salaries across the franchise (where the cost of living is lower) instead of comparing it to a sales supervisor/manager’s national or NY State average. It seems like either they’re limiting their budget on a position that they’re underestimating how much needs to be put into it.

Your day would start at 8am. You would be given customer locations and routing information to make getting to customers in a more efficient way. Typically, you would do 16-20 treatments a day.
Once at the customers, you must knock at the door to let them know your there. After that the fun begins! You now need to survey the home owners property for hot spots on the perimeter to do treatments for mosquitoes, ticks, fleas and other insects.
Once, that is done, you open the back doors of your Ford Transit Van and pull your 2 racking systems out. One rack for 2 commercial back pack blowers and the other for your chemicals. You then fill your back blowers with the appropriate chemical mixture with water from a 100 gallon tank. the back pack blower hold 4 gallons of product. Total weight of the blower is 60-65 lbs. You then start the blower and strap it on your back. You now in the most efficentially way do a barrier spray on the yard for mosquitoes, ticks, fleas and other insects

This is a fun job, but can be physically demanding.

Been working as the lead tech for the last  two years. Office organization is horrible, no paid days off due to rain or any benefits what’s so ever. Hours are rediculous so you end up working saturdays and sundays if there’s rain or they overbook sprays. Techs are left to confront angry customers when they weren’t receiving prior notice to spray or already cancelled and still left on the schedule. Chemicals irritate your skin/ lungs while company provides paper dust masks instead of proper half face masks. Office uses fear mingering to keep customers and communication with techs is non existsnt. Mostly hire college kids with no experience to spray potentially toxic chemicals (to fish, birds, and other wild life)  to customers properties with no training from management. Overall this company is built on deceit and I’m tired of sacrificing my integrity to make it work. Otherwise, it’s easy money if you know what your doing..only reason for 2 stars

My particular franchisee owner is amazing! He understands the importance of work/family life balance.
Offers opportunity to earn a higher hourly wage.  
Constantly available to his Technicians.
He is prompt to keep equipment working.
Offers every opportunity to learn the job and to consume as much knowledge as wanted to be a successful employee.
Though, above all this the simple thing is why I respect and enjoy having my franchisee owner as my boss. That is, he always is asking about the family. Even during the off-season, checks in to see how we are doing. A mix of personal and professional relationship balance. That to me means as much as having good equipment, good pay etc.

Upon interviewing for the position i was told i would be in pest control tech position, but ultimately only performed mosquito sprays. Did 1 “tag-along” ride for “pest control” and 1 “tag-along” ride for “rodent exclusion” both of which i did no work, just observed. 
“Manager” in office had no issue with my work for first few weeks i was there, then when the virus hit and things got bad, all of a sudden my work was an issue, the time i was finished was an issue and he began to knit-pick everything i did. 
They fired a tech on a Tuesday, failed to check the equipment and truck when he dropped it off, gave me the truck and equipment. I had to make it work during my route the next day. When i finished, i was scolded for the condition of the truck and equipment. Management always talked about communication and integrity but showed little when it came to responsibility.

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