Absolutely the most dismal place to work EVER! They do not call it Furgatory for nothing! - Controller Ferguson Employee Review

1.0
Oct 1, 2013
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Pros

Excellent products! We sold the very best products money could buy! For that reason we could make fantastic margins, often 100% or more on products! We were extremely profitable, had a captive audience and could dictate market conditions as our competitors were often slower, less equiped and unable to match our service and quality! Buy from them get it in 3 weeks, buy from us get it tomorrow! The parties, the flirting!!

Cons

Very oppressive workplace! Management out of Nazi Germany! Management would try to hire uneducated, blissful hotties to work the showrooms and ran the place like a brothel! Anything, absolutely anything went at the place! Most people only work for FEI 1-2 years max then they move on to a real job. Employees were a means to an end, not a value added asset. One department at the company had multiple senior level professionals that had been on average with the company 3-7 years and at least 15 years industry experience. They fired them all and replaced them with 24 year olds that they could push around, tell them how stupid they were, but pay them crap because in this economy who can find a job where you can get paid like crap but have a chance with that hot showroom associate!

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

None, I would say remote work but it’s very toxic.

Cons

Poor leadership (manager and director), poor communication, poor training, unrealistic m expectations, micromanagement, no SOPs, lack of structure, FLSA violations, no upfront disclosure of what role is, stingy management. People outside of HR are great. In HR? They’re happy to lay people off and talk about it so casually during meetings. Think “it’s our yearly layoffs” and joking about catching people “slipping”. No opportunities for growth despite saying there was during interviews. Interview and reality are worlds apart. No diversity. Severe control issues. No new people have been hired in over 3 years yet multiple people have left so people are burnout. One person handles all of one process alone and management thinks that’s ok. For reference the same process takes 10-11 associates in the same sized org. I can go on. Stay away!!!

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