Terminix is, without a doubt, the worst company I have ever had to deal with. Our pest control company, Precise Pest Control got bought by Terminix and the service cannot be any poorer. We were in contract with Precise for a year and never had any trouble scheduling or re-scheduling appointments.
However, ever since Terminix took over, it has been a struggle to speak to someone to schedule an appointment. Our initial appointment with them was scheduled for April 18th in the afternoon. They were a no show and when I called them, they said we would be receiving a call the following week for someone to re-schedule, as they were running late. Strike one- they should have had the courtesy of informing me that they will not be coming over. Needless to say, I never received a call from them. Be wary, the local operators at the Smithville office are very polite and very skilled at making sure they make you feel that they are helping. But 4 calls down, nothing to show for their empty promises.
I called them on May 17th, when I spotted some bugs and a rat outside my house. A very polite lady said I am scheduled for them to come on May 29th, between 1-3 pm. This was brand new information to me, since no one had called to confirm this appointment with me since they were running late on the initial appointment scheduled for April 18th. I asked her if she could re-schedule for a sooner date. Her standard response was "I am unable to pull open the calendar for the local office, but someone will be reaching out to you on Monday". Never happened. They are never able to provide a phone number for this mysterious "local branch" nor are they able to pull up their calendar.
I called them again during the week and was told someone would reach out to me from the local office as a work request had been put in. I waited the obligatory 24-48 hours for a call, but no one ever contacted me.
I gave it one more shot May 22th, when I was informed that the previous work order request wasn't sent out to the local office and wasn't filled out completely either. This operator promised me that someone will definitely be reaching out to me in 24-48 hours. She said she had filled in the work request correctly. And now it was May 24th, but no call from Terminix. I call them yet again and a polite operator promises to escalate the issue with his supervisor and submit a work request. He says that on May 26th, someone will be reaching out to me by 10:00 am to confirm that someone will be stopping by on the same day between 5:00 to 7:00 pm. No surprise that it's 11:30 am and I have received no call.
At my wits end, I call one more time, and am informed that I am currently scheduled for an appointment for May 29th and there are no more appointments available. I go through the process of explaining my situation for what seems like the hundredth time again, in less than 2 weeks. Finally, I tell her to transfer my call to someone who will help me end my contract with them and the lady places me on hold for and then disconnects the call.
Save yourself the time, trouble and headache of contracting Terminix. My experience with them has been abysmal -I have never worked with a company that is so unorganized and fails to deliver on every promise. I will be calling again soon to end my contract with them. I would not recommend Terminix to anyone. It's not worth your time! read more