Being in the field is awful. Corporate is doing nothing to improve it. - Territory Representative Ecolab Employee Review

2.0
Jul 16, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Company Car with Gas and Insurance paid for. Work from home / car. Company laptop / cell phone. District Manager is very understanding of what goes on in the field and will stand up for you if you know what you are talking about. Meet a lot of people working in the field. The company isn't going anywhere the positions are very stable for the most part.

Cons

Incredible work load for field reps in all divisions. If you'r not in the office in Saint Pauls, MN your going to be working your butt off doing 10-15 hour days. Good luck taking any vacation they expect you to finish your entire territory before you even think of going anywhere. You'r also on call 24/7 Get done with your territory early? Have fun driving 2 hours to another territory to work someone else stores for the remainder of the month. Lots of Overtime. No Additional Pay for said overtime. No commission in Kay division. CAM (Corporate Account Managers) seem like they do nothing but complain and try to tell you how to do your job down to every task. Incredible amount of windshield time. 4000-6000 Miles a month. Furthest drive is 3 hours away. Some of the territories even overlap!? We are all trained for the same job! Company could easily remap territories and save thousands of dollars a month in fuel costs. Terrible Work-Home balance. This company expects you to be on call all the time. Work plenty of Overtime and not get any extra compensation from it. If you want to move up in this company you have to brag about yourself constantly. Your performance means very little when it comes to promotions. No Commission in certain divisions. High Turnover for Field Reps. Roll Outs = 60-70 hours a week with no overtime.

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