Ingram Micro reviews

-First and foremost. This company's Buffalo office is a CALL CENTER. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Depending on the department you're in, this could be anything from a 5 call/day minimum, to your boss yelling at you for going to the bathroom, after being strapped to your chair for another 50 call day. -Company likes to conduct layoffs, which they're extremely good at hiding from the rest of the company, and obviously from the public (and DOL) -On the above, you'll notice an awful lot of things hinting they aren't doing as well as they'd like you to think. The place can't even install HEPA filters; there are huge black marks around all the air vents. -Phones are Avaya antiques from 1980. Spend a little on technology please. Vendors come in and laugh at the place. -If you don't drink, stay away. The place reeks of booze on Monday mornings. And Tuesday, and Wednesday... -Some departments are badly understaffed, between layoffs, and people leaving. I worked in one that couldn't pay people enough to stay. Literally. -If you're intelligent, and a smart worker, you may butt heads with a lot of the 'order monkeys' who work here. Be ready for a lot of frustration. -If you're a realist, and don't like meetings where people spend hours throwing around buzz words ("pillars" was a big one when I left), stay far away. You'll spend more time reading up on buzz words than actually doing work. -Some departments will give you a ridiculous amount of red tape. There are a few terrific bosses here, but a lot more who are solely interested in teaching you "how you should work at a job" and "things you do that you shouldn't do anymore." -If you are the rare breed of person who is assertive (not aggressive), and will argue a point in a fair manner, don't bother. Be ready to be taken to "the room" to be scolded by someone who was in your exact spot 2 years prior. Trying to explain your reasoning results in more yelling and punishment. -...and God forbid you ever get an item returned that you sold. You'll come home in tears.

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.