Pros
There are many senior level, seasoned employees who know the distribution business backward and forward and are extremely well respected by Avnet's customers. The folks in the trenches (inside and outside sales, product management, finance) go above and beyond expectations set by very demanding customers. If there is a way to make it happen, the people at Avnet will find a way to do it. Most people at Avnet work very hard and enjoy the people they work with daily.
Cons
The distribution business has suffered in some of Avnet's main product lines and due to that fact, the pressure has increased to drive the business to somewhat unattainable levels. Morale is down somewhat and many good people are either leaving or getting laid off. That is probably not very much different than a lot of tech companies in this economy but many of Avnet's customer are seeing other distributors step up and Avnet fall down.