Ecolab reviews

3.5

66% would recommend to a friend

(5,079 total reviews)
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Christophe Beck

74% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Ecolab has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 5,079 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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5.0
May 13, 2019

District manager

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible schedule, management that is focused on team development and they listen to what you have to say no matter what position you hold. They understand the “little guy” is the front line and face of the company and structure pay in a way that refeclts that message. Flexible schedule.

Cons

Long hours, some weeks where 70-80 hours. They do average about 50, overtime is paid so that’s a bonus

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1.0
Oct 9, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Company van, benefits, company stock plan, RRSP match plan, experience looks great on the resume.

Cons

Don't be fooled by the long list of benefits that this company offers. Joining this company as a TR amounts to what is essentially indentured servitude. If there was a way to give this company an even lower score then I have I would. I seriously wish that I had taken heed of the other negative reviews that I have seen before jumping on to this ship. This job will ruin your life. You will quickly find yourself working 12-15 hour days just to keep your head above water, this translates to $10.76-$13.46/hr. If you somehow manage to accomplish the insurmountable amount of work you will be rewarded by being up rooted and sent to another territory. The amount of customers that we are expected to deal with coupled with the massive territories we are responsible for is completely ridiculous . Its ok though you can stay in a hotel and the company will pick up the tab. Of course you will have to apply the charges to your personal credit card and Accounts Payable will make every effort possible to drag their feet in cutting you a check all of this after you have had to hound your manager to approve your expenses in the first place. A point which brings me to the management, I'm truly baffled at the level of incompetence that has been displayed on the management level. My DM is nearly unreachable, if you ever need help you would have better luck just sending emails and voice messages straight into a black hole because the result you will get is the same, no response. Don't worry you will hear from the DM from time to time but usually only once there is a major issue and it will simply be a ham-fisted attempt to cover his own back side, if it happens to help you in the process then great. Corporate Accounts only function seems to be to torment everyone that does not work in corporate accounts. Spite driven interdepartmental politics will result in you getting tossed under the bus because it is guaranteed that you will get in the middle of of some high level posturing and it seems to be accepted practice for everyone to us the TR's as human shields. Finally this job is advertised as a sales job with some service. This is false advertising in every sense of the term. You had better get accustomed to getting your hands dirty because you will be a service person dressed like a sale person. I suggest that you don't wear anything that you don't want ruined.

1.0
Aug 7, 2016

Territory Manager

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

they give you a car with gas card.

Cons

Working 50+ hours weeks with NO overtime. Working Weekends (13 days in a row every few weeks) with NO overtime Being on call literally 24/7 (have to answer all calls within 1 hour, and drive to customers location) with NO overtime.

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