Arrow Electronics reviews

3.6

68% would recommend to a friend

(2,548 total reviews)
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Bill Austen

59% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Arrow Electronics has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 2,548 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Arrow Electronics employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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3K reviews
1.0
Feb 20, 2018

Don't work here!

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Pros

The people I work with is the only reason I am still here but yet this has nothing to do with the company itself.

Cons

HR? Who are they? This department is the worst I have seen. They set rules for the company but allow certain departments to do their own thing. The internal recruitment is a very shady area indeed, a lot goes down behind closed doors and no process is followed even though HR sets the processes. Managers can offer people jobs without any formal advertisement or interview which means other people miss out and guess what, HR advise you are supposed to advertise jobs and interview all candidates but certain departments/managers can do whatever they like. And they think all of this goes unnoticed, how stupid must they think we are! Management could not care less about it's employees. There are no staff functions throughout the year yet other entities of Arrow are always out together and creating a bond within their teams - I find it very funny, a multi billion dollar company and they can't afford to treat their staff for their hard work and contributions throughout the year, how pathetic! The communication between departments is virtually non existent. There is no morale here and the atmosphere is awful. I hate everything about this company. Do yourself a favor...work somewhere else, you will be making a big mistake if you join this company.

2.0
Jan 31, 2017
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Pros

Ok place to start your career in IT Security/Networking before moving onto something better. The industry is a good one to be in currently. Fast progression is possible due to the current "brain drain" in the NetSec BU. You may go far if you are a brown noser / lickspittle.

Cons

Currently cost cutting / consolidating so trying to cover vendors / accounts with less resource. Do not pay the market rate - lots of good people lost to other parts of the channel and competitors over the last few years = short sighted! Weak management – lots of office politics, cronyism and a "school playground" mentality. Current Calibre of staff is so poor on the whole- Ex-Computerlinks quality is long gone even though ex Computerlinks management largely intact. The running joke when I was there was that the cleaner will be out visiting partners next week. Off-shoring more functions to eastern Europe will alienate even more customers.

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