Service Technician's Performance Expectation Dictated by Bean Counters - Anonymous employee Ecolab Employee Review

2.0
Sep 2, 2013
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great benefits (401k, medical/dental), company vehicle (for my job as a field service tech), autonomy, good pay.

Cons

I'm bias in that Ecolab had "acquired" our formerly successful service company (restaurant equipment repair). M-A-N-Y changes later and much business lost as a result. "Service" techs (the backbone of our business) forced to become "sales" techs - with management (ignorant of the trade) "brought" IN after prior managers (promoted from WITHIN) - got out. New management disparaged our purpose and value to the company - and even let go the ones who didn't meet their "proposed" (arbitrary) sales figures. After thirteen years there, I smartened up and got out myself.

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