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
Oct 1, 2022

Avoid at all costs

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Pros

You make money for your work (but it doesn't match competition despite the company charging top-dollar to customers) Benefits programs (but benefits like PTO and healthcare coverage get trimmed more and more each year) Company match 401k

Cons

As so many others have written here, C-suite management and managers of individual contributors have no clue what they are doing. Prioritization is given to $'s being posted each month/quarter, meanwhile processes are thrown to the wayside. Benefits have gotten cut and trimmed each year. PTO does not carry over. Salary is non-negotiable for all individual contributors. Nepotism and office politics are huge factors here. Droves of good employees have left the company in the past 3 years, meanwhile some of the worst employees have gotten promoted into director positions (and higher). Hybrid-work-model is non-negotiable regardless of how well you/your team function remotely. The company loves shouting how inclusive they are of diverse workers, but the talent they push forward with this thought process is always under qualified.

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Ecolab Response
3y
Thank you for sharing your experience. An inclusive culture is really important to us, and we work hard to provide a variety of programs and trainings to support associate advancement. We take your feedback seriously as we are always looking for ways to improve the employee experience.
2.0
Aug 21, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Good coworkers. Company car. They pay for your commute (clock in when you leave home, clock out when you get home).

Cons

Hired to be a "Sales and Service Territory Representative" and get trained in sales and service? Get ready to spend most of your time as the billing department, order management, collections agent, repo man, and your own human resources department. None of which is included or mentioned in the training. Training which is very rushed and tries to cram learning a legitimate trade into a few short months. They also use too many apps, most of which are awful, very clunky and hard to navigate. The sale incentives aren't good. The most you can hope for is an extra $500 per month. You are also technically "on-call" 24/7 and can receive calls, texts, or emails from customers late at night wanting service. Management is simply terrible and the company has reached a point where they are so obsessed with sales and have so many accounts, they don't have enough people to properly caretake those accounts. Hence, the pushing of so many roles and so much work on TRs.

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Ecolab Response
3y
Thank you for your feedback. Your work is important to us and we appreciate your ongoing impact and willingness to take on meaningful challenges. We encourage you to share your concerns with your manager or HR business partner.
2.0
Mar 24, 2022

Not worth it

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Pros

Bosses are generally overwhelmed so they only bother you if a customer complains about you or you miss an invoice

Cons

Pay, leadership, hours, environment, culture Division wide pay cuts multiple times over the past 15 years, no raises. They pay holidays and sick time below minimum wage

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Ecolab Response
4y
Thank you for your feedback. Please reach out to your manager or HR business partner, if you would like to discuss the issue in more detail.
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