Ecolab reviews

My experience was in a rural territory in the United States so anything else i cant speak too. In my mind, this job just isn't worth it. in a rural territory you have 100's of customers, many of them very small, and your furthest customer may be 5 hrs away. There is always something breaking down and someone else needing your attention. You will ALWAYS feel behind. Anytime someone leaves the company from a neigboring territory you are pretty much forced to cover that territory until they get a new employee hired and trained..which in my experience can take anywhere from 5-12 months Your District manager may like you and you may like him. It doens't matter. His boss (the area manager) is the one you need to impress. this means when you do favors for your boss (like working other territories) at the expense of your own territory, you may be making your boss happy but the area manager will look at your numbers and assume your a slacker. In the core division, you will have to become an expert on Pools and spas, Commercial laundries, Dishmachines and automatic dish detergent dispensers, floor chemicalls, and housekeeping chemicals. As soon as you put that nice white coat on your customers will talk to you like your an expert but you won't be...in fact it will take at least a year to feel comfortable wth everything...and thats if your a motivated hard worker.

The company is sales focused and driven, manufacturing facilities and infrastructure are an afterthought. There is a huge disconnect between "the ivory tower" in St. Paul and the rest of the company. Compensation packages for professionals are typically below average. There is absolutely no HR function. There is a severe lack of organization, structure and control of the process. The manufacturing facilities are antiquated, filthy and run like Chinese sweat-shops. Morale is generally piss-poor, across multiple sites and several levels of responsibility. There are far too few people to accomplish the workload that exists, and new tasks and procedures keep cropping up with no additional resources given to complete them. Senior management is full of micro-managers that will not allow people to grow professionally.