Never Expect To Be Doing the Same Thing - Systems Administrator Ferguson Employee Review

4.0
Oct 14, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Leadership gives clear vision. 2. Leadership cares for personal health and safety. 3. Currently investing into a hybrid cloud solution, so you will get to develop understanding and skills needed for Azure and Oracle cloud. 4. You will commonly hear the term "Ferguson Family" and that applies to everyone who wears the blue polo. From branch associates, to HQ associates, and even IT, everyone is working together to keep the business going and the customer happy. You will meet some amazing and talented people within Ferguson.

Cons

1. Ferguson clearly has trimmed back the fat and is working as lean as possible. 2. Increased workload over recent years. Some days you will feel you are constantly having your nose to the grindstone without any sort of reprieve. 3. As Ferguson is moving to a cloud environment, there are clear missed opportunities in the creation of processes are to be handled by various teams.

Explore other reviews about Ferguson

5.0
Jun 23, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Huge office space and freedom to work independently in break rooms instead of being stuck at a desk. They have many opportunities for growth but the high paying roles are salaried and are paid once a month instead of biweekly. Overall a great company with good benefits

Cons

Lower pay than normal for the work

1.0
Jun 9, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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!!!

See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All