Is Ecolab a good company to work for?

Ecolab has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 6,758 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months. 64% of employees would recommend working at Ecolab to a friend and 60% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Ecolab have been left by employees working as Technical Sales Intern , Intern - Hourly and Intern .

Does Ecolab pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Ecolab employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Ecolab. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Ecolab?

64% of Ecolab employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Ecolab 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Ecolab?

Territory Manager (298) , Territory Representative (147) , Account Manager (123) , Service Specialist (86) , District Manager (81) , Pest Control Technician (81) , Financial Analyst (64) , District Representative (53) , Route Sales Manager (53) , Customer Service Representative (48) , Sales Representative (48) , Territory Sales Manager (48) , Corporate Account Manager (45) , Intern (44) , Territory Sales Representative (44)

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

"The benefits are good and the work schedule is fairly flexible." ((in 455 reviews)); "People are great and helpful for the most part." ((in 272 reviews)); "The pay was good but could use more insenitives to better help the employees and the Company as a whole." ((in 256 reviews)); "Great culture and not overly corporate" ((in 205 reviews)); "Great opportunities to move up and stay within the company." ((in 82 reviews))

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

"No work life balance and over work" ((in 251 reviews)); "If you start without experience and a low salary you will never realy achieve a substantial income." ((in 103 reviews)); "long hours and some late weekend work" ((in 95 reviews)); "Entitled kids in apprenticeship program lead to them becoming bad managers" ((in 94 reviews)); "get thrown into certain things with no training making it hard to help the customer." ((in 91 reviews))

What are employees saying about Ecolab layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Ecolab locations?

Saint Paul , Naperville , Eagan , Chicago , Houston , New York , Minneapolis , Los Angeles , Greensboro , Dallas , Atlanta , Joliet , Boston , Sugar Land , Seattle , Philadelphia , Tampa , Denver , Miami , Austin , Phoenix , San Diego , McDonough , Washington , San Antonio , San Francisco , Detroit , Indianapolis , Cincinnati , Orlando

Ecolab reviews

3.5

64% would recommend to a friend

(5,101 total reviews)

Christophe Beck

72% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Culture & values

3.3

Work/Life balance

3.3

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

Ecolab has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 5,101 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

4.0

May 27, 2012

Overall a good company to work for!

Corporate quality manager

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

If you admire Ecolab being a corporate citizen and was involved with lots of community events, Ecolab would be a company that you want to work for.

Cons

Notice work culture is slight different across business units, need to unite all the business units and promote same kind of culture atmosphere.

5.0

May 23, 2012

Controller

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

A relatively flat organization under the old regime. A very focused company on the operational side of the business. In the western half of the country, there was excellent mentoring of the managers who worked hard and bought in to the cluster's operational vision. The mentoring environment allowed employees to develop beyond their own expectations and prepare themselves for the next level.

Cons

Previously had an ERP systems, however, kudos are in order for the innovative ways that they used the systems which they had. They are currently moving to up data their ERP system.

4.0

May 9, 2012

I learned a lot working for this entry level companyin a entry level position.

Tm- institutional

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great culture very aggresive, work hard, get rewarded, play hard. I quickly became the number 1 TM in a 10 state region!! Company car, insurance, great out of college benifits.

Cons

No real advancement opportunities... No real professional development opportunities. Lets face it... we sell soap! Many of my customers are missing their teeth. I really feel I have had to turn down my intellect to sell in the institution division.

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