Was decent now it’s terrible - Anonymous employee Ecolab Employee Review

1.0
Jun 3, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Before all the changes the job was decent. But still not in line with the industry. You used to make your own schedule, now they tell you where to go when. Don’t be fooled by all the good reviews. Those are fake and curated to even out all the bad ones

Cons

All the changes have made this company a joke. Now you have areas where tons of people have quit and the job is terrible. Tons of calls stacked up and you have no help to complete difficult tasks on commercial dish machines that you have no training on. The pay is terrible even though institutional is their most profitable division. District managers are a joke that micro manage you so they look good on paper. Completely out of touch with reality. If you speak with HR it will get back to your manager and retaliation will occur. Stay away from this place

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