Ecolab reviews

3.5

64% would recommend to a friend

(5,099 total reviews)
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Christophe Beck

72% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Ecolab has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 5,099 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 Industrie manufacturière industry (3.5 stars).

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2.0
Dec 21, 2009

Senior Management's obsession with bonuses!

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Pros

Ecolab hires good poeple in my situation I worked with some very good people. Company is very stable and will be there for the long haul.

Cons

- Senior Management is only concerned with their bonus amounts and decisions detrimental to employees are based on how the decision directly affects their year end bonus. - Benefits are average to below average with nothing special offered. - Work environment is old school business and is not very progressive.

4.0
Dec 19, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Decent pay for an internship Looks good on resumes - highly selective Free trip to St. Paul for internship kickoff Helps with developing sales techniques

Cons

Service work - you have to be "dressy" and yet are required to crawl under dishwashers and install things in foul-smelling kitchens and retirement homes... if you aren't good with hand-on things, this probably isn't the internship for you. Misleading - they call this a "sales" internship, yet most of your time is spent fixing dishwashers and soap dispensers. Car required - if you don't have a car, don't even think about being a territory sales manager intern with Ecolab. And, if you do have a car, be prepared to put a few thousand miles on it over the summer.

1.0
Dec 4, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

In spite of itself, the company makes incredible margins and has established itself as the clear market leader. They are in the sweet spot of the economy, providing cleaning and antibacterial products (among others) to the commercial marketplace. This has allowed them to navigate the economic downturn relatively unscathed.

Cons

I would rate the executive management as poor. Their actions are in complete contrast to the values they communicate to their workforce, The "good old boys" and their perky gal pals get the promotions and can do no wrong while the real performers are ignored if not even derided. They jump into new initiatives and promotions without establishing the processes/infrastructure to support them, then expect the workers to jump thru hoops and work ungodly hours to deliver. I consider the Ecolab culture to be dysfunctional, bordering on abusive.

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