Does Clean Harbors pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Clean Harbors employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Clean Harbors. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Clean Harbors?

52% of Clean Harbors employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Clean Harbors 3.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.9 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Clean Harbors?

Chemist (40) , Project Manager (38) , Class A Truck Driver (33) , Technician (33) , Account Manager (31) , Truck Driver (29) , Driver (27) , Insite Chemist (27) , Environmental Technician (24) , Manager (23) , Supervisor (23) , Branch Manager (18) , Customer Service Representative (18) , Field Technician (17) , Program Manager (17)

What are the pros of working at Clean Harbors according to real employee reviews?

"The pay was good and not bad" ((in 125 reviews)); "Good benefits and safety measures" ((in 118 reviews)); "great people and they have supervisor that care about there employers" ((in 117 reviews)); "Good training and integration programs of their business model and paper flow for companies they have purchased." ((in 47 reviews)); "Plenty of work and good coworkers" ((in 31 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Clean Harbors according to real employee reviews?

"Some of the jobs are very demanding and require long hours and out of town work." ((in 61 reviews)); "Upper management does not appreciate nor understand the work that is done." ((in 58 reviews)); "Hard to get a raise" ((in 42 reviews)); "No work/life balance" ((in 41 reviews)); "manager, which ends up rolling down hill, so all the other managers are also micro" ((in 28 reviews))

What are employees saying about Clean Harbors redundancies in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Clean Harbors redundancy and their outlook for job security at Clean Harbors in 2026.

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Great place to gain experience. I couldn't have scored a better job without my experience at CHES. - CleanPack Chemist Clean Harbors Employee Review

2.0

8 Jul 2019

Cleanpack chemist

Recommend

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Pros

I had an amazing team of peers and management. Plenty of overtime, pace yourself or burnout.

Cons

No raises-it had been 3 years since my last raise (also, I'd won a CustomerNOW award on this time frame) Training-this is a very much a "good luck figuring out how to do your job" type job after the initial training. Benefits-sub par at best Advancement-why advance you when they can just add to your current workload? Old equipment- Always breaking down and not making it to customers during scheduled appointments Understaffed- for an office doing roughly $1M a month, there needs to be more than 3 people taking care of everything. Disconnect between corporate and locations-again...3 people running an office billing over $1M a month. Get them some help!

Clean Harbors Response

Thank you for your feedback. We are glad to hear you praise your amazing team and management. As for the cons, we are in the process of reviewing our benefit programs and resource needs. It is too bad to hear you were snatched away. We are developing action plans to address our employees' main concerns. Please keep us in mind for the future and potentially become a "boomerang" employee.

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5.0

28 Apr 2026

Shipping&recieving technician

Recommend

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Pros

Pay, pto, alot training work schedule have off 6 days in a row every month

Cons

Work with all kinds of chemicals

2.0

24 Jun 2026

Project cordinator

Recommend

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Business outlook

Pros

Plenty of hours between 75 to 80 hours a week minimum. Good place to get experience as a stepping stone.

Cons

You're always on call it is mandatory that you work three weekends a month both Saturday and Sunday including the 5-day work weeks Monday through Friday Technician. As a coordinator you work 6 day work weeks Sunday through Friday you only get Saturdays off it's a salary based position so you get no compensation if you work over 8 hours a day as a coordinator and you will work more than 8 hours a day your minimum will be 12 to 14 hours a day up to a maximum of 18 hours a day regularly.

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