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 467 reviews)); "People are great and helpful for the most part." ((in 264 reviews)); "The pay was good but could use more insenitives to better help the employees and the Company as a whole." ((in 251 reviews)); "Great culture and not overly corporate" ((in 202 reviews)); "Growth Opportunities and Skill Development" ((in 81 reviews))

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

"No work life balance and over work" ((in 248 reviews)); "If you start without experience and a low salary you will never realy achieve a substantial income." ((in 99 reviews)); "Long hours and weekends." ((in 99 reviews)); "Entitled kids in apprenticeship program lead to them becoming bad managers" ((in 97 reviews)); "get thrown into certain things with no training making it hard to help the customer." ((in 83 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

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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

2.0

Mar 31, 2012

Influx of new Management from Nalco is hurting

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Strong financial performance Desire to do the right thing Company mission and purpose Community involvement Corporate responsibility Associate networks Downtown St. Pau location

Cons

Prior Culture and Inclusion efforts to drive up employee engagement has all but died. In a shared services area, the competition inside the company is creating divisivness and/or apathy. After years of liking the job, then, when a true look and push towards inclusion took hold, loving to come to work - all to be destroyed by concentrating more on the technical aspects of integration versus the people side of integration. I expect productivity, quality, and many other things to suffer.

5.0

Mar 26, 2012

Here we grow naturally and work in a friendly and supportive environment.

Technical specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Space for your individuality even working in teams, smooth work flow, competence.

Cons

inadequate feed back, compensation, crossed flow of information especially in HR matters.

3.0

Mar 25, 2012

Overall good, but this is on a downward trend

Street sales development manager

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Great benefits, it is fun, good friendships are built within the organization, micro-management is to a bare minimum. Fully expensed with company car, gas card and corporate card. Pension, but I don't think they offer that anymore. Big company so stability seems to be there and growing!

Cons

Compensation of the SSDM position sucks, growth opportunity for promotions gets pretty stagnant and when promotions are administered there is no real protocol to how those are given. Sometimes people are brought in for interviews and sometimes people are just "given" the promotion. The attitude is always, "what have you done for me today?" Constant realignments and changes to commission structures throughout the company that inevitably just limits your commission potential. Hate the way promotions and "raises" are given as they all are dependent on what you made the previous year; there should be some sort of floor salary for each promotion.

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