Not What it Used to Be - District Representative Ecolab Employee Review

3.0
3 Jan 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Autonomy to handle your business and control your work life balance. Unrivaled SME technical support. Great perks in addition to the base salary (Car, insurance, gas, company card).

Cons

Not the company I hired in to. Nalco’s culture was much stronger and there was a greater sense of camaraderie amongst colleagues. Ecolab is very hierarchical and there is a diminishing focus on the importance of its employees. Doug Baker is and forever will be a great leader but I don’t have confidence that senior leadership will follow though with his vision.

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