Good starting company but get out fast. - Territory Manager Ecolab Employee Review

3.0
Mar 1, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

6 years ago Ecolab was a GREAT company. Best products, dispensers and training in the industry. Still some good people around. Organizationally sound easy to get answers about pricing, tech info, sales materials and support. Great starting sales company. If you make two years as a TM you will have a great resume and I can guarantee you can handle almost any other sales job.

Cons

Middle managers are yes men, non of whom really operate with common sense but what is thrown down from area managers and if you area manager is operating with no common sense...believe me the chain isn't broken. You will have a manager from jerkwater usa promoted because he did good at the pizza hut in is territory soon to be running metro markets where his lack of knowledge will eventually cripple everyone underneath them. It's almost the model for promotion. Unfortunately the pay structure has changed drastically for the TM...so if you are considering working for ecolab do a few years and move on.....you will be capped at a 60-70K a year even if you are the best TM in the company...if you complain about being screwed out of money..which you will be then prepared to be labeled "just about the money".

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Cons

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