Ecolab Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Good company with a lack of direction in the Watercare Division."

What do you like about working at Ecolab?

"Benefits. Working with and providing solutions for customers."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Think twice."

What don't you like about working at Ecolab?

"Company seems to be heading downhill fast. Management poor. Ecolab seems to be driven only by sales. No long term planning. Terrible employee morale over last year and going down the tubes daily. Management doesn't care about employees. Extremely poor work-life balance. Things have changed dramatically for the worse. I've been an employee for more than 9 years now, and have decided to look for another job, due to the way this company is being managed. It's too bad, since working at Ecolab was once fun and seemed like a good career. Unfortunately, not anymore."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Actually care about and ask for feedback from employees. Adversarial, leadership by fear attitude doesn't work. Get back to what made Ecolab a first rate company once - providing the best possible service to customers. Way too much focus on short term sales initiatives and cost cutting measures. If we actually went back to doing good work and caring about the customer, we would gain much more business long term."

What do you like about working at Ecolab?

"Good benefits. Strong customer base. Quality products. High growth potential."

What don't you like about working at Ecolab?

"1950's management style. 1950's business strategy based on service. Sales driven. Lack of structure. Too much middle management. Lack of focus."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Let employees use the new Flex-Work program for work/life balance. Stop letting Sales run the company. Boost marketing efforts and build a strategy to replace the dying service strategy. Boost HR efforts to keep good talent while supporting continuing education. Offer competitive salaries."

"This was not a good work environment for me but might be great for someone else."

What do you like about working at Ecolab?

"The initial training program was very effective. My first manager was good - the second manager benefit package was also good."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"No job security - not just from an economic decline - ask about the turnover in the job you are a candidate for."

What don't you like about working at Ecolab?

"Lack of management support for employees - trust level is very low - expectation to live and breathe Ecolab."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hold your managers accountable - listen to employees - I worked for a very incompetent manager who experienced large turnover."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Find a way to offer better compensation for working extra hours on weekend coverage. Also be honest about sales quotes."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"They have a monopoly at this time, as being the only nation wide company at what they do, having this power they have forgotten to take care of their own people and their customer service has fallen way down, due to they are only one who can offer their service nationally."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Take better care of the field personel, they are the frontline of the business and management is too big, like the federal goverment, too many cheifs, not enough braves."

What do you like about working at Ecolab?

"I believed in what I was selling. Great products."

What don't you like about working at Ecolab?

"The sales force was literally going up against one another for business, not working together as a team."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Manage the sales positions."

What do you like about working at Ecolab?

"Freedom of running my own business."

What don't you like about working at Ecolab?

"The cut back and layoff."