Bad company culture, heavy bureaucracy, treat employees as consumables - Senior Staff Scientist Ecolab Employee Review

1.0
Feb 7, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Big company, OK pay, stable business model

Cons

The company culture is toxic and encourages hostile working environment. Workplace bully is a common thing within the company. The current strategic downsizing in Naperville Campus is at the cost of removing employees at will, because they are at-will employees, especially for old employees who stayed over 10+ years. Company can get rid of you anytime for any reason, even it is not your fault, which the company does not care. The only thing the company cares is cost reduction, and management runs like machines, making decisions only good to themselves. Bureaucracy is impregnated within the company and management is arrogant and horrible. Currently, management are just preying on employees who make accidental mistakes so that firing or layoff could get justified. Evil company! If you are current employees, good luck, do not make any mistakes, otherwise you will be booted. For future employees, remember, you will get your work terminated even if you do not make any mistake for something you did not do nor get trained, because, too bad, you do not have a second chance to help yourself. Those greed-hound like managers plan to get rid of you even they do not train you properly

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Ecolab Response
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Thanks for your feedback. 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. Fostering a positive culture and employee experience is also important to us. Please know we welcome your feedback, as we are always looking for ways to improve the employee experience.

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