World Wide Technology reviews

4.1

77% would recommend to a friend

(2,526 total reviews)
avatar

Jim Kavanaugh

88% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

World Wide Technology has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,526 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent 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).

Reviews by job title

3K reviews
3.0
Aug 9, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The benefits are very low cost to employee. The people you work with are incredibly diverse. WWT tries to set themselves apart from the pack by providing an incredible amount of resource streams to employees directed for feedback and personal development. WWT welcomes feedback and provides many safe mediums to share. Feedback is often acted upon here, not just "looked into." WWT provides an onsite health center free to all employees and takes strides to get involved with positive initiates such as assisting in employee driven fundraisers, as well as investing heavily into charities. The overall feeling of WWT is very caring and inviting.

Cons

WWT insists that pay is competitive, it is not. For this reason WWT is struggling immensely to find staff. Staffing problems are getting so dire that WWT has resorted to high school "interns." WWT insists their culture is what drives success. It has been letting the company down for a while now and continues to do so. Case in point one of the culture initiatives "embrace change" has led to a revolving door of management structure with constantly changing processes. This cripples the company's workflow due to lack of solidified processes. WWT also has a very questionable way of promoting. I have seen many "friends" of management, make it to management. More proof of that is blatantly obvious from other reviews posted here. WWT receives this feedback consistently from unhappy employees who see friends or family members of management promoted but yet WWT insists the hiring process is sound. WWT has deep pockets and flaunts them quite often, but when it comes to buying gear or refreshing equipment for employees, they penny pinch. The WWT integration labs are also plagued by faulty cables, glitchy equipment, and ebay purchased servers/switches that are actually running production environments. WWT volume projection data is seriously flawed or severely incomplete. Time and time again WWT miscalculates staffing needs as they juggle available resources around to meet product demand. The system leads to a small group of employees being worked for months due to over capacity requirements, or employees scraping tape off the warehouse floors due to overstaffing for a low volume project.

avatar
World Wide Technology Response
3y
Thanks. Outreach to local trade/ tech schools was a choice that was made to help diversify and augment our existing talent sources. Our compensation ranges are derived from professional third party data (not crowd sourced) to ensure we are always paying competitively. If there is any equipment you need to do your job, please speak with someone directly to help explain what you need. As has been mentioned in corporate updates and townhalls, WWT is being impacted by global supply chain issues. We are doing our best to navigate these challenges and appreciate your support throughout this. Thank you.
1.0
Aug 8, 2022

Meh

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Met some really smart people Great benefits

Cons

Pay scale is lacking. I saw pre-engineers and architects making less than 100k a year which is pathetic. The orgs are very siloed. Management over promised and under delivered. No career growth. Our team was over worked and under staffed for 3 years with a promise by leadership to grow but it never came. Led to a few team members looking for a way out of WWT.

avatar
World Wide Technology Response
3y
Thank you and good luck in your new role.
2.0
Dec 22, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Cheap Benefits They have onsite Medical Centers

Cons

The pay does not come anywhere close to what it should be for the amount of work that is done in this position. The company compares the Order Manager position to a basic customer service representative, which is insulting. The Order Managers here have to forecast, plan months in advance, develop extensive system knowledge for some of the most basic processes, and constantly have unrealistic expectations cast upon them that puts the customer needs over an employees work/life balance. They are asked to make processes more "scalable" in order to limit the number of people they have to pay causing one person to cover the role of 2 or more people while not seeing an increase in pay, themselves. When questioning the pay scale, employees are told that working there should not be all about the money. They are also told that the cheap benefits are the main reason they pay appears less compared to other companies even though it does not come close to balancing out. More and more quality employees are leaving because they don't feel valued. They require numerous time wasting meetings with individuals that you do not and may not ever work with in order to discuss the core values. Meanwhile, Order Managers frequently have to work overtime to makeup for the time wasted on top of the extra work that is required as a result of the lack of filled positions in the name of "scalability." If you speak against these meetings, you are told to "embrace the culture," even though they cause more stress on employees and get in the way of getting real work done. They tell employees they are valued without showing it in their salary.

avatar
World Wide Technology Response
4y
Thanks. You are correct that our culture and core values (THE PATH) are very important and discussed regularly. We are rigorous in our efforts in determining what is paid for a specific role. Salary survey data is provided by third parties and is used to value positions compared to the overall job market. We regularly evaluate the compensation for all our positions to make sure we are paying competitively for all roles and for all work performed. We are confident in the compensation and benefits that are provided to employees but understand the interest in wanting to be paid more. If you have any questions regarding your individual compensation, please discuss them with your manager or HR. Thank you again.
Viewing 271 - 273 of 2,526 Reviews

Glassdoor has 2,847 World Wide Technology reviews submitted anonymously by World Wide Technology employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if World Wide Technology is right for you.