Disappointing Experience - Sr Mgr IT SW Eng Applications Tractor Supply Employee Review

1.0
Jan 20, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Office has nice amenities and good employee discount.

Cons

Note: This is from the corporate office perspective - the in-store employment experience may vary. TSC culture is overrated to the point where leadership does not want to hear any negative feedback. Senior leadership berates teams in front of third-party vendors in order to drive unrealistic deadlines. The worst experience I have ever had in a 30-year career and, by far the most unprofessional senior leadership team. This is a company that got extremely lucky during the pandemic because they were declared "essential" and they have been taking credit for that good luck ever since. The corporate culture and vaunted "mission and values" are overhyped. Most of the leadership does not live these values and are not held accountable for their poor behavior. I went through 16 interviews and then was offered a different job than the one to which I applied. This should have been a major red flag.

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1.0
Jul 13, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You can count on getting biweekly paychecks.

Cons

Words do not exist to adequately describe just how dysfunctional the FAST organization has become. The problem isn’t the people—it’s the structure. Every level of FAST is treated as second-class by Operations, but the hourly FTMs bear the brunt of it. They’re expected to execute impossible workloads while navigating resistance, conflicting priorities, and a complete lack of operational ownership. FAST leadership regularly talks about holding stores and Operations accountable. Yet the moment accountability creates friction or invites criticism, they retreat instead of standing behind their teams. The result is predictable: the people doing the work lose confidence that anyone above them will support them when it matters most. A department cannot succeed when it has responsibility without authority, accountability without support, and expectations without organizational commitment. That’s the reality of FAST today. It’s not just disappointing—it’s unsustainable.

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