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Thinking out of the box and on your feet is vital, teamwork is crucial and management is readily available to assist and advise you, overall great company learn for young individuals. Well rounded global workplace culture.
Overall a good place to work and would recommend it to anyone looking to get a start in pet control and hygiene practices. My experience is of their operations in South Africa.
Ecolab is a great global company but so far behind in terms of technology. Workplace is great and the management is okay but nothing is much done to nature talent or help existing staff to grow in their careers
Official response from Ecolab
22 April 2020Thank you for your feedback. Your work is important to us and we appreciate your ongoing impact and willingness to take on meaningful challenges. We strive to provide technology that meets the needs of our associates and customers. We also value and support career development for all associates, and we provide a variety of programs and trainings to support associate development. Please consider reaching out to your manager or HR partner to discuss your concerns.
Some of the managers where very rough, and did not treat people fairly. They would not worry about what challenges you meet in the field and did not want us to get training on certain products and laundry machines. They would hide information from Technician.
Official response from Ecolab
18 February 2020Thank you for your feedback. Please know we are committed to encouraging a fulfilling and meaningful career for our employees. We understand the important role that managers play in the employee experience, and we’re actively working to expand our manager training.
Employees are provided with the right tools to carry out theri task/duties.
Eacn employee has full accountability with no micro-management from top managers.
Eacn employee has full accountability with no micro-management from top managers.
typical day at work,very complex structure, and one can only get along if you have experience.
what I have learned, perhaps the must have SOP set in place to simplify the working process to have better interdepartmental liaison
Management, expect you to come up with efficient processes
Culture, staff moral stagnant, and if you do not fit in the group, you will struggle to meet your set objectives. Support based on a groupie
Hard part of my job, contingency plans are not followed to mitigate service level deviations
enjoyable part, have skills that keeps me on top of the game, thus minimize being shun
what I have learned, perhaps the must have SOP set in place to simplify the working process to have better interdepartmental liaison
Management, expect you to come up with efficient processes
Culture, staff moral stagnant, and if you do not fit in the group, you will struggle to meet your set objectives. Support based on a groupie
Hard part of my job, contingency plans are not followed to mitigate service level deviations
enjoyable part, have skills that keeps me on top of the game, thus minimize being shun
Management is filters lots of pressure down to the sales team.
The salary and benefits and is ok.
A very stressful environment with huge pressure.
High staff turnover.
The salary and benefits and is ok.
A very stressful environment with huge pressure.
High staff turnover.
The management needs to work well with thier team, be honest to the people who leave thier family before sunrise and only after sunset. to spend all day don't take lunch break because of the work load that needs to done closing date and the short of staff. Workers needs to be compensated for the time they sacrifice to help the company. Thank you
Punctuality was a priority. That is a clear reflection of your character. Dealing with major companies was a challenge but I overcame them. Management was strict, which was acceptable. A very high benchmark was set. That was also good, because one had to reach for those goals. Excellent work culture. Team work was good.Weekend away at year end.
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There is no work but less benefits and less appreciation, there are limited career opportunities and no growth opportunities.The compensation compared the work does not match .
The problem with the organisation is management, where by most of the the critical issues raised by the employees are treated with less priority. Salary is not scaled well. you will find people with same experince and qualifications earning different incomes under the same management. the is a lot of racial tensions which the Hr fails to tackle.
Overall the organisation is fine if it happen you land in a good managers hands.
Overall the organisation is fine if it happen you land in a good managers hands.
Cons
Work over load
Not many companies can boast about it, nut Ecolab looks after their colleagues . I would recommend Ecolab everytime to anyone 24/7 365 100 percent......
Pros
Top benefit
Cons
None
They have a lack of leadership and rewarding towards their hard working staff on ground level. You work hard and smart but they show no interest in growing you as a foot soldier of the company.
Pros
None
Cons
Healthcare and pension benefits
Ecolob give employees equal rights,, fair salary and wages
I was amazed to find out I'll be even receiving transport allowance fee on top of my basic salary I was honored.
I was amazed to find out I'll be even receiving transport allowance fee on top of my basic salary I was honored.
Pros
Free tea, coffee and a lunch box with 1liter cold drink when we working overtime
Cons
Shorts breaks occur 10:00 and health care with safety tutorials are held
Education system is Well and gives you full description to understand your work and have more knowledge on Pest side,and also give you opportunity on knowing how to interact with Clients
Pros
1one a day
Cons
overtime
It is a good company to work with. I enjoyed my time there for 10 years. I worked as a Sales Executive . Initially I worked the North Coast area then the areas were open.
I am working for Nalco which was bought by ECOLAB however the companies exist independent of each other The cultures are very different.
Nalco motivates and encourages its employees to be at their best while Ecolab forces employees to be at their best by using certain methods that leaves an employee with no option but to do what is expected of them.
Nalco motivates and encourages its employees to be at their best while Ecolab forces employees to be at their best by using certain methods that leaves an employee with no option but to do what is expected of them.
Pros
None
Cons
Rigid
Ecolab is a safety conscious company for its employees and clients. It has multiple departments that work effectively together as one. The most enjoyable part of the job is the environment with the great support structure of coworkers. It provides different challenges everyday, thus there is never a dull moment.
Pros
Great Benefits and has different Charity projects
Ecolab is an international company the deals in for instance pest control. They work in teams to do the debt controlling as well as the logistics of getting the chemicals at the correct venues. The team work among the employees is of outstanding caliber and each one know exactly what is expected of one.
Pros
PAYE done by company
Cons
none
good company to work for, fun people, very goal and target driven enviroment. Plant safety a big priority. Management styles however very poor, not much support to accociates, no proper systems in place.
You are totally in control of your own route.
Enough time to finish your work and spend quality time time on
customer ‘s premisses.Work from home and only come to office
for meetings or to collect stock and required documents
Enough time to finish your work and spend quality time time on
customer ‘s premisses.Work from home and only come to office
for meetings or to collect stock and required documents
Pros
13th cheque
Cons
Dont get paid driving time