Terrible Work Life Balance - Customer Service Representative Ecolab Employee Review

1.0
Apr 20, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

It's a job, but not a very good one.

Cons

Really strict point system. Don't work here if you have kids who get sick and cause you to miss work. I am a single parent and only have one option for childcare, so if my children get sick, I have to take time off and get "a point" for missing work unplanned. If my 3 kids are sick or if I am sick and this causes me to miss work 10 times in a year, I will get fired.

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