After leaving another local waste removal company who hires people on meth late last year in favor of Republic who my parents have been with for years, I was finally satisfied with reliable service despite the significant price increase. I was willing to pay more for dependable pickups.
My only complaint to date has been that the can is left in the middle of my driveway so when I pull in after work at night I have to literally drive into it to move it or stop my car on the busy street I live on to rush out and push it out of the way hoping someone doesn't come over the hill and rear-end me. Still, I considered this a minor inconvenience especially since if we didn't have our trash out at the very early 5:30-6:30 AM usual pickup time, we could still put it out as the driver always came back through in the afternoon. This has been very convenient.
Last Friday, our regularly scheduled pickup day, around 7:15 AM, the truck driver (I assume a different person than who we have had) barreled right past our can as my husband stood by it trying to wave and get his attention. Irritating, but our usual driver always doubles back later in the day so we figured it would be picked up later. My Mom who lives across the street and a door down set her trash out a little later as well. Nobody ever came back to get our trash.
My Mom called customer support who could only apologize and offered to send someone back the next available day which was four days later on Tuesday (today.) We had our trash out last night, ready to go. All day passed and finally I called Republic around 4 PM to ask if the pickup would be performed today as promised. The representative then told me that the pickup was scheduled for YESTERDAY. I was incensed. That is not what we were told. He apologized for the misinformation and said the soonest they could come back is Thursday. Almost an entire week later. I asked if they would pick up trash Friday as well since we pay for weekly Friday pickups and we are still owed for last week. I was promised yes, they would come back Friday as well. The results of this last attempt to get things worked out are yet to be seen but the disorganization, misinformation, and now unreliable service are enough to convince two customers to start looking elsewhere. Very disappointing, and it doesn't look like I'm alone from the slew of recent reviews. For the price, Republic should be doing MUCH better. read more