Has gone from service and sales to sell, sell, sell and maybe service - District Manager- Equipment Care Ecolab Employee Review

1.0
Jun 25, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Company provides vehicle, cell phone and laptop.

Cons

Notice that if you separate the field from the corporate reviews, the field reviews are overwhelmingly negative. There is no work life balance. "Your voice matters" is nothing other than a slogan at the field level. You will have to work extra hours to meet your numbers. Everything is about how much revenue you can produce. If you have sketchy ethics you can succeed wildly by turning up the amount of chemical a customer uses or by replacing parts that aren't bad. Until there are too many customer complaints. I've seen a "Technician of the year" get fired because of that. Ecolab boasts of being a Fortune 500 company but doesn't pay like one. Instead the try to pay like their regional competitors.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

The actual coworkers and team members are great. Everyone is super supportive and just trying to help each other out.

Cons

Management: There’s a huge disconnect between upper leadership and the people doing the day-to-day work. Goals and priorities change constantly with very little communication, and it often feels like micromanagement takes the place of actual guidance. Work-Life Balance: The workload is completely unsustainable. You’re expected to handle an overwhelming amount of work, but you aren't given the resources or staffing to actually get it done without burning out. Expecting people to constantly work over their hours has become the norm. Lack of Growth: Career progression is pretty much non-existent. Promises of promotions or career development are thrown around, but they rarely actually happen. There’s no clear pathway to move up, so it’s easy to feel stuck and stagnant.

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