Ecolab reviews

3.5

64% would recommend to a friend

(5,100 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 5,100 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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1.0
Aug 8, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are actually pretty good. Salary seems reasonable, until you calculate it on an hourly scale. Coworkers mostly a great group. It's just the management that ruins everything.

Cons

Recent management is terrible. I started 9 years ago and was very happy until the last few years. I eventually quit to start my own business, mainly because the management had become so poor. Managers don't discuss anything with you. They don't want or appreciate any input from the people who are out there doing the actual work. Poor decisions are the result. Terrible work/life balance. Meager vacation. Always on call, 16 hours per day including weekends and holidays. New management strategy seems to be focused on replacing all the long time employees with new trainees. Employee morale is at an all time low and is getting worse by the day.

2.0
Jun 19, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Pay isn't terrible, but when the company loses your customer, you lose money. Pretty good benefits. Company car, and gas/phone allowance. Solid line of products to sell.

Cons

Compensation program is extremely complicated, and when trying to explain it to others, they get extremely confused. It gets confusing for TMs too. Flexible-ish schedule, but when it comes to getting time off, good luck. There isn't much paid vacation, and you still have to take calls while you're gone. Organizational structure is a disaster - salespeople are also repairmen. It might make sense to have sales division separate from the repair division. Management doesn't respect employees. They bark orders and rudely make demands, instead of trying to work with employees. No defined territories, so you'll be competing with your fellow TMs for sales, and three other levels of sales staff at Ecolab - as well as the outside competitor. Corporate sales initiatives aren't reasonable.

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