Ingram Micro

The company has gotten progressively worse over time but has rocketed towards a terrible place with no pros at all since going public. They laid people off during Thanksgiving without telling them. Instead they allowed them to make their morning commute only to find that their badges didn't work. Then they packed that person's desk in front of all other associates and brought a box out to the former employee. The people that remain are the absolutely worst people you could work with and for. They are petty, mean spirited and are always looking for opportunities to make each other look bad. The Sr leadership drives this type of environment and praises it. Executive directors micro manage every facet of the role and cause problems, which they then blame their direct reports or lower level engineers for. Self accountability is heavily avoided and I have personally witnessed someone going to HR and then being fired in an act of retaliation. Working here has been the worst decision I have made. It has been a terrible 11 years and I pray I'm the next person to be laid off. At least I'll get severance.

I had a negative experience with my ex-manager at this company. They treated employees poorly, with an old-fashioned philosophy of work where the boss's opinion is always superior and not to be challenged. In my experience, my opinion was not respected, and my ex-manager made me feel psychologically tortured. I believe that this management style creates a toxic work environment and makes employees feel undervalued and unsupported. I hope that the company takes steps to improve their management practices and create a more inclusive and respectful work culture.

Very bad working hours to the point that you wan to leave

Constantly changing hands, always making cuts

Big company politics. Contradiction of business strategy.

I took a severe pay cut to move to Ingram. The benefits help make up for that, but I can't pay my student loans with dental insurance. Pay is low across the board (15/hr for a candidate who can write VBA programs when other local companies offer data entry positions at the same rate is frustrating) and if you accept a pay cut to enter the company, it will haunt you for your entire career there. When you apply for a higher grade position they add a certain percentage to your current pay and expect you to be happy. Always negotiate your entry pay and promotion pay (raises can't really be negotiated). There's also a lack of mobility. You're locked in to each new position for at least a year. In that time you're not eligible to apply for a different position. I've seen some truly great candidates be passed over for much needed promotions and someone else who isn't as qualified/experienced be selected. Some managers may also use write ups to lock you in for 6 months. Even if you trust your manager, don't discuss your plans to move to another team until you've been instructed to by your recruiter. Managers get nervous when they have a lot of people leaving, so they're under pressure to keep you in place.

Very hard to work in that company

- Not enough training - Siloed departments

Within a particular pay Grade, the movement up the quartile pay scale is very slow.

Pay could be higher or help on commission