Ingram Micro reviews

3.5

63% would recommend to a friend

(3,656 total reviews)
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Alain Monie and Paul Bay

64% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Ingram Micro has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,656 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ingram Micro employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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3.0
Jun 8, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

There are many skills to be attained while working there if your career is SALES driven. Many, if not most, IT products/services vendors have a relationship with Ingram and one has the ability to develop relationships with those vendors and eventually work for them. That is where the payoff is and the big money. If you work in sales for Ingram your career is a golden path. Easiest sales gig out there.

Cons

Super corporate in that there are constantly meetings about nothing and everything. Most of them a complete waste of time and productivity even though they will have you believe they are absolutely necessary. Typically about 4 hours a week which is 10% of your time and not supposed to affect your productivity. For one of the time wasting big meetings for the entire building, North American VP (or President, don't remember which one it was) started the meeting by showing off his boat (it was a small yacht) and family saying how he likes to play hard because he works hard. EXTREMELY inappropriate and unprofessional.

2.0
May 4, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Working at Ingram you can develop a network of beneficial contacts. More people "used" to work at Ingram than actually work there. Exposure to global corporate structure provides valuable experience for your next job. Severance packages are 1 week per year plus 2 weeks. They also include paid COBRA during severance period. Some employees will receive a working notice which will extend the amount of time to find a new job.

Cons

High turnover. People often leave and people are often let go seemingly without discretion. Very thin profits create a lot of opportunity for strategic changes usually leading to a reduction in head count. Change in strategy typically occurs before projects are complete. Sr management will stop projects mid-stream in reaction to executive leadership. As people are let go, their work is absorbed by the remaining employees increasing everyone's work. Don't get old. Once you reach 50 you should begin to look elsewhere. If you are applying at Ingram and you are close to 60 -- don't bother. Age, health, and major life events play a role in their decision whom to keep or let go. Fortunately, severance packages and the positive reputation of working for Ingram help with the transition to a new job. Parking in Irvine is chaotic.

1.0
Apr 25, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I didn't waste my life there. This place was inept. The whole place. Inept. It's like a C listed company.

Cons

This place was like a breeding ground for morons and perverts. Seriously. If anybody actually cared to tell, that place would have mountains of law suits against it for employing the most creepy managers they could find. The work was terrible because you work with barely anyone who speaks English. Bunch of tax break employees. Who's idea of work is standing around pretending to know whats going on, not unlike the managers. The workplace is brutally uncomfortable. Oh and don't be surprised if you smell someone who reeks of sewage. A lot of people there do. Anyway long story short..please skip that job. It's blatantly overly strict, inept, boring, and creepy.

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