World Wide Technology reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(2,531 total reviews)
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Jim Kavanaugh

89% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

World Wide Technology has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,531 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The World Wide Technology 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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3.0
Jun 12, 2018
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Pros

Core values are usually very important, collaboration is encouraged, overall culture is positive.

Cons

No leadership in Finance Dept. Employees promoted to management quickly with little experience. Outside management put in place with scant training, leading to lack of support and low morale for employees. No recognition.

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World Wide Technology Response
8y
Thank you for providing this information. It's obviously concerning. If you feel comfortable sharing more, I encourage you to contact someone in HR or anyone on the executive team. Thanks again and good luck.
3.0
Jun 11, 2018
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Pros

Smart engineers, historically developed software in a truly agile/XP way.

Cons

In recent years it seems some of the best practices are slipping to keep up with large customer demands and inefficiencies. Good engineers are leaving the company rather than sacrificing their values and more and more middle management is being hired to fill gaps. There seems to be a disconnect between the sales teams and the engineers.

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World Wide Technology Response
8y
Thank you for the review and for being candid with your concerns. Our success over the last several years and our acquisition by World Wide Technology that has opened up so many opportunities has resulted in some rapid growth; with growth comes new challenges and therefore the need for change. While we are still committed to the mindset and practices that got us where we are, we have also seen cases where our eagerness to help our customers and provide value has resulted in moving forward with engagements that were not the best fit for us or where the customer was not quite ready for our level of speed and quality. Throughout this year we have been working on changes in the way we are organized and on ways to better define our expectations for teams and customers to better hold ourselves accountable. We’re also becoming more focused on where our true value proposition is for our customers, and on finding the right way to help them that best fits that value. We plan to have these changes in place by the end of the year, and believe that it will result in teams that are more confident in their success while still having the encouragement and tools they need to create great quality applications for our customers. It’s true that we’ve put more organizational structure in place to help us manage our growth (and to deal with comments similar to others you’ll find on Glassdoor about people feeling disconnected and directionless), but we’ve done so in a very thoughtful and intentional way that still allows teams to have the autonomy they need to get their work done with as few obstacles as possible. We’ve been able to leverage the already existing great culture and leadership guidance from World Wide Technology to help us along the way, and we’re seeing it pay dividends. We’re committed, along with our CEO Jim Kavanaugh, to “no bad managers,” and we will continue to hold our leaders to a high standard to keep our organization a great place to work.
5.0
Jun 5, 2018

Great Place to work

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Flexible scheduling and very understanding

Cons

No cons here its a great place

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World Wide Technology Response
8y
Thank you.
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