Ecolab reviews

3.5

65% would recommend to a friend

(5,093 total reviews)
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Christophe Beck

73% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Ecolab has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 5,093 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 Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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1.0
Jun 21, 2013

Good experience, not a good career choice

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Company vehicle Benefits Lots of experience working on dishwashers You get to sell lots of soap

Cons

Treat this company as a job, don't get all hyped about a career here. Quite a few empty promises No work/life balance I lost a lot of friends at Ecolab one year because I didn't make budget. I made budget the following year and we were friends again.

1.0
May 27, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Free vehicle 40-50K starting wage Great 401 K Great stock purchasing program

Cons

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.

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