Connection treats their employees like a commodity. while it is true that sales reps have unlimited earning potential, everyone else is paid 3/4 of what the rest of the industry pays (at best). They keep moving goal posts in terms of bonuses (for those of us that had a monthly/quarterly bonus). I read a review that talks about lining shareholder pockets. that is 100% true. I was amazed to see as many positive reviews from anyone working in product marketing as they are always the first to be laid off. a couple of the site directors are absolute idiots (looking at you hiromura and conforti). I was promoted from being a sales rep to Business Devlopment and was told by a manager "when you fail, you can apply to come back to my team". That is Connection in a nutshell. just read some of these pre written marketing responses that the marketing team puts on here. if they truly cared what employees thought, they would give a real human response and not some pre-written press release garbage.
I also read a few reviews about the culture and how it is all about making the right friends. That is true for most corporate environments but it is extremely prevalent at Connection. There is a definitely a "boys club".
there are hardly any minorities and very few women in leadership roles.
Managers are actively encouraged to get their reps to never apply for promotions and to keep them as sales reps. Ambition (outside of phone dialing) is never rewarded or encouraged
you are given 5 sick days a year but you better not use them within a rolling 12month period. you will be spoken to or potentially fired
there is a pretty aggressive non-compete which they have put in place. makes sense to keep sales reps from moving with customers, but if you wanted to ever advance your career, Connection will do everything in their power to prevent it all while grossly underpaying you.
for what it is worth, I left the company on good terms and was not fired.
