Stay Away !!!! - Sales/Management Trainee Ferguson Employee Review

1.0
Aug 31, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

I cannot think of any good reason to work at Ferguson, except maybe your co-workers excluding managers. You get to drink on the job....a lot

Cons

Managers are extremely inept, unable to make decisions and this led to the downfall of the area I was in. Managers seem to be only concerned with saving the own jobs and could care less how their decisions effect everyone elses life. Back biting and bickering are commonplace as well as a general lack of respect. Sexual abuse is rampant, heaven help you if your a woman or have morals and wish to not be subjected to a constant barrage of pornography and course language. All it would take is for someone to step up and file a lawsuit and this whole company would come crumbling down. The plumbers you serve are ignorant and are allowed to berate and abuse the associates and at times it is encourged if you are a new hire to see if you can "handle it". Totally outdated computer system, and the benefits were way overpriced.

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

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Cons

Poor leadership (manager and director), poor communication, poor training, unrealistic m expectations, micromanagement, no SOPs, lack of structure, FLSA violations, no upfront disclosure of what role is, stingy management. People outside of HR are great. In HR? They’re happy to lay people off and talk about it so casually during meetings. Think “it’s our yearly layoffs” and joking about catching people “slipping”. No opportunities for growth despite saying there was during interviews. Interview and reality are worlds apart. No diversity. Severe control issues. No new people have been hired in over 3 years yet multiple people have left so people are burnout. One person handles all of one process alone and management thinks that’s ok. For reference the same process takes 10-11 associates in the same sized org. I can go on. Stay away!!!

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