WM is North America's leading provider of integrated environmental solutions. We partner with our customers and communities to manage and reduce waste from collection to disposal while recovering valuable resources and creating clean, renewable energy. We are on a quest for environmental performance, a mission to maximize resource value, while minimizing – and even eliminating – environmental impact so that both our economy and our environment can thrive. WM tailors its services to meet the needs of each customer group and to ensure consistent, superior service at the local level. Headquartered in Houston, the company serves nearly 20 million municipal, commercial, industrial, and residential customers through a network of 367 collection operations, 355 transfer stations, 273 active landfill disposal sites, 16 waste-to-energy plants, 104 recycling plants, and 111 beneficial-use landfill gas projects. read more

EMPLOYEE PARTICIPANTS: 916

TOTAL RATINGS: 6492

CEO: James Fish Jr.

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James Fish Jr. Waste Management CEO Rating

Waste Management's CEO, James Fish Jr., has 639 employee ratings and a score of 71/100, placing them in the Top 35% of similar size companies on Comparably with 10,000+ Employees and Top 40% of other companies in Houston. When breaking the CEO score down by factors such as department, gender, and ethnicity, we see that females at Waste Management rate James Fish Jr. higher than males, giving the CEO a score of 68/100.

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Where This Score Ranks Waste Management's CEO Rating

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In the Top 35% of 1339 Similar Sized Companies on Comparably
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In the Top 40% of 65 Nearby Companies in Houston
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2nd place versus 4 competitors rated on Comparably

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Waste Management CEO James Fish Jr. Bio

James (Jim) Fish, Jr. is Chief Executive Officer for WM. He is also a member of the Board of Directors. Jim joined WM in 2001 and was named CEO in November 2016. Prior to becoming CEO, Jim was the Company's CFO from 2012-2016 and was named President in July 2016. Over the last 20 years, he has held several key positions with the Company, including Senior Vice President for the Company’s Eastern Group, Area Vice President for Pennsylvania and West Virginia, Market Area General Manager for Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Vice President of Price Management and Director of Financial Planning and Analysis. Before joining WM, Fish held finance and revenue management positions at Westex, a Yellow-Roadway subsidiary; Trans World Airlines; and America West Airlines. He began his professional career at KPMG Peat Marwick. Fish earned a Bachelor of Science in accounting from Arizona State University and an MBA in finance from the University of Chicago.

Who Ranks Waste Management's CEO Rating the Highest?

Department - HR 96/100

Ethnicity - Hispanic or Latino 91/100

Tenure - 2 to 5 Years 87/100

Who Ranks Waste Management's CEO Rating the Lowest?

Ethnicity - Other 38/100

Department - Product 50/100

Department - Engineering 55/100

Waste Management CEO James Fish Jr. At a Glance

The CEO score provides an understanding of how employees feel about the CEO’s leadership style and effectiveness at Waste Management.

Based on 639 ratings, James Fish Jr. ranks right below Waste Connections' CEO, Ron Mittelstaedt.

Waste Management's CEO is highly regarded by the HR department, Hispanic or Latino employees, and employees who have been at the company 2 to 5 Years. However, the Product department and the Engineering department have a less favorable view of the CEO and believe there is room for improvement. Overall, the CEO score has remained stable over the last 90 days.