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 Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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2.0
Feb 20, 2009
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Pros

If you have never done route sales/service, it's a good way to learn a lot FAST. You will have to learn a lot and quick, or you wont' survive

Cons

You will never have a personal life again. You will spend a couple of years of "on the job" training not knowing what you are doing and your customers expecting you to. You will spend twice as much time fixing broken things than selling, yet selling is all the company wants you to do. The longer you stick around in the same position, the less money you will make. You will make collection calls; you will wear every hat imaginable and if you can't get all your work done in a reasonable amount of time your manager will tell you to work evenings and weekends to get caught up and try to frighten you about the economy. Upper management is totally out of touch with what the field personnel deal with, nor do they care. As long as the CEO get's his 7 figure bonus, he can let 1000 people go and not blink about it. This is not a company in any financial trouble, this company managed a modest growth in 08 and yet laid off 1000 people including all the installers who put the equipment into the customers' kitchen for you. Why? Greed, the only answer....

3.0
Feb 16, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Good entry level sales job, Learned a lot about Sales. Had a good manager and mentor was really good at selling. The company car and all the tools you got were cool. It was a big company and they sent you to St Paul for training 3 weeks in the first year. Great territory with a good mix of new and current coustomer list. Good way to start out in sales is having accounts your allready managing not to open up and start from scrach. The other guys that started with me were verry friendly and helpfull a real team atmosphere.

Cons

On Call 24-7 to do repairs when I was hired as a salesman.Can someone tell me, why they would want a salesman fixing there dishwasher. They tought us to sell in training and went on and on on how to run out territories but never once showed us how to fix minor things on a diswasher. You get into your trritory and the beeper is going off non stop your running around town trying to fix diswashers. It took away from the time selling and using my time better. Also there was a group of guys that were in and my boss wasent in the click so I was treated like scum.

2.0
Jan 28, 2009

Becoming like all the other big companies.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Financially stable company with long corporate history. Diverse international markets and product lines. Few significant competitors. Good benefits. Market average only pay for top professional types.

Cons

Company does not do as well financially when commodity and energy prices rise. Company has always been very frugal on spending, almost to a fault. Internal training and travel opportunities are limited even in good times. As it has grown larger, culture does not seem to care about its people anymore. Lot of experienced turnover in past five years. Newer people don't understand the business and don't seem to care to learn it. After a few years of below market raises, most top people move on.

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