Ecolab reviews

3.5

64% would recommend to a friend

(5,098 total reviews)
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Christophe Beck

72% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Ecolab has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 5,098 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ecolab employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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5K reviews
2.0
Aug 16, 2017

Pest District Manager

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

fair benefits, great retirement/ 401 k plan

Cons

Before this review is taken with a grain of salt, let me say that for the first 5-6 years I was employed here, I bled Ecolab blue and I would tell everyone I came into contact with that this was the BEST company that I ever worked for and they would have to blast me out of here. However, since about 2012-2013, that all started to change and Ecolab is NOT the great ethical place that they would have you to believe. Upper management within the division is full of liars and backstabbers who would rob their grandmothers and sacrifice their children to cover their own rear ends. Work life balance is a MYTH. As a manager it is 24/ 7/ 365 on call period. Time off for vacation is nonexistent. Pay plan for field management is not commensurate with the job requirements. Ecolab has lost sight of what made the pest division great in the first place. They no longer hire and promote the best talent for positions. They hire and promote through the "good ole boy system". The field training for service specialists sucks at best as the training is not real world and new service specialist are immediately overwhelmed when they are assigned to their routes. The new service specialist pay plan is also a joke. Some of the districts are so large, the managers need to spend nights and in some cases, weeks away from their families if they have open routes in a remote part of the district.

3.0
Jun 13, 2015

Senior Account Manager

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexibility People to work with Technological advancements no one has Training

Cons

POOR work/life balance. Expectation is to work your regular hours which can average 50-60 hours and then more when you get home and on weekends. Impossible to manage if you have a family. Then management has nerve to facetiously thank your spouse for allowing you time to work. We all understand that there is no such thing as a 40 hour work week any more but 60-70 hours is not what makes a great job. Management not in tune with the reality of the situation when it comes to ability/time to complete tasks. Compensation not adequate based on the amount of time invested in work. ] High performers are getting burned out. Expected to make profitability goals (which impact your commission) while being told to take on extremely low profit accounts from corporate account managers. They reap the reward and you get screwed in your commission. Health benefits have become a joke since the Ecolab merger. Increased cost and extremely high deductibles. IT department is a joke. My teenager knows more about computer repair then they do. Hiring new employees at lower base and "incentivizing" them by explaining how much growth potential there is at Nalco if they keep fulfilling goals. Bait and switch. Management very obvious in the way they handle "favorites". Multi billion dollar (highly profitable) company that took away profit sharing from the field force. Volumes of administrative work keeps increasing to please management and THEIR goals. Minimal value to customer and even less to rep. Sales reps are being asked to do more service work than sales as of late because there is not enough support.

1.0
Oct 5, 2014

HR condones bullies

Anonymous employee
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Pros

No pros, the management in HR does not understand policy.

Cons

HR promotes bullies and promotes bad leadership

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