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MANAGER - Branch Manager WESCO International Employee Review

1.0
Jun 14, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

WESCO is a large company with locations all of the US and many abroad. There are opportunities for jobs most anywhere that you relocate. There are the normal benefits of large corporations in respect to medical, dental, retirement, etc. WESCO is involved in multiple verticals with buying power that includes an incredible supplier base.

Cons

Employee morale is at the all time low. Executive management has executed change in far to many areas at once and there is no overall management of these changes to ensure they work in unison. There is mimimal communitcation to the "field" of the vision and any communication comes with very open ended statements and no concrete direction or commitments. Rumors dominate every day. It is very hard to be optimistic. Short sighted decisions are made based on stock numbers and local and midlevel management are no longer valued. Incentive plans for Branch and Sales Managers have been slashed. The company is managed by Human Resources and Operational groups. HR that has set the standard that hard working, over acheiving individuals that were brought into entry level positions or placed in the wrong position initially before their talents were found can not be promoted and awarded the financially the same as a candidate off the street. The Procurement, Pricing, and Financial Services groups make dangerous decisions on a daily basis that result in service interruptions and unhappy customers. The organic sales declines that have occured as these groups have been allowed to make structural decisions are not a coincidence. Thinking otherwise is like thinking the planet is not heating up.

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Pros

Great working environment and relaxed work conditions.

Cons

Less competitive pay and bonus opportunities.

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Pros

Strategic partnerships across internal departments; access to leverage multiple partners, SME, tools, resources to win opportunities; education/training opportunities are expansive and accessible. Great work culture!

Cons

So big, we get in our own way; escalating to problem-solve is extremely laborious and tedious to get standardized unified KPIs for consistency/expectations. Terrible onboarding for new hires; lowers morale from the beginning-on your own to figure it out if you do not have an organized, attention-to-detail manager-too long to help have experienced talent be turn-key since the applications/CRMs are extremely outdated; finding who you need to get an answer is cumbersome; if you do not know people, you will take that much longer to find the right internal partner to assist with basic tasks.

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