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Tech Data

Now known as TD SYNNEX

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Tech Data reviews

3.6

58% would recommend to a friend

(1,661 total reviews)
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Rich Hume

82% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Tech Data has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,661 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Tech Data employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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2K reviews
3.0
Dec 25, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

*solid company who has navigated beautifully through tough times * most of the people are nice, professional * work is interesting

Cons

* very political, and the better looking you are, the farther you're going to go * some members of executive management have no people skills whatsoever, and that trickles down to the individual contributors

3.0
Sep 28, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Involvement in cutting edge technology via vendors. Involvement in a global organisation. Working in a very competitive commercial operation encourages you to be imaginative in solutions.

Cons

Cost is always an issue when looking at solutions. Constant reinventing the wheel because a lack of investment in the IT infrastructure mean the same problems occur repeatedly but there is no capital investment for a permanent solution.

1.0
May 5, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you're right out of college it's a half way decent starting point; just one notch above an unpaid internship. Make sure you fluff up your resume since other companies in the area also view Tech Data as a entry level company. Other perks you can get from working in sales or marketing are some free products, event tickets and shirts. It is a paycheck albeit on the low end of a salary range for comparable positions at other companies.

Cons

There are many downsides to the company: low pay, unqualified management who have no sense of the industry or business in general for that matter. The only way Tech Data knows how to make money is to bilk their vendors out of marketing dollars by overcharging for activities, but then not following through with them. They embelish reports to make business look better than it is. I've been working in corporate America for over 20 years and this is the first company that I ever heard the phrase "throw you under the bus", and the only place I've ever experienced it. I think they pretty much coined the phrase. Mangement is so lacking in skills the only way they can make themselves seem taller is by cutting off the heads of their subordinates. They don't lead by example and many times there are feuds between director and director, manager and manager, etc. It sets the tone for the entire company. They are their own problem and it's keeping them from growing business.

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