Tech Data Reviews

Pros – Benefits are ok, some good people there as far as coworkers.

Cons – Slim chance of advancement, some mgt has their favorites and shows it openly, company does not show loyalty to low level employees, hr is no help at all, as one reviewer stated, be careful you will be eventually be ran over by a bus. somewhat of a good place to start but don't stay too long if no advancement. If the executives would really listen to lower level employees input this would be as great place to work.

Advice to Senior Management – Executives should really listen to lower level employees input on mid-level mgt. Show loyalty to long term employees, improve HR, let job rotation be optional, STOP promoting low level employees to mgt with no mgt exp or people skills. Promote based on job performance and longevity not based off being the mgts favorite person on the team. Respect, Respect Respect goes a long way. Let lower level employees decide what the CMI should be based off of mgt's performance this might improve how mid-level mgt treats their team.

Pros – Access to top industry vendors to network with. Some great people to work with. Free software and hardware giveaways for product management and sales. Vendor sponsored concerts, sporting events and dinners.

Cons – High turnover of employee's at all levels because of pay and overall negative atmosphere. Promotion in product management positions not based on performance but on if TD can get a vendor to fund the spot. Many employee's not willing to put in extra effort but to just work the eight hours they're paid for. Selling based on price not on value add.

Advice to Senior Management – Communicate more with your line level employee's and be more accessible.

Pros – Decent benefits packages that can be affordable including the return of the partial 401k match. There are many nice people and working with a good team made it a generally nice place to be.

Cons – People are Nita's smart as they think they are. Low salaries make it difficult to draw from the world-wide talent that is out there.

Advice to Senior Management – Focus on trining pope from the beginning, so that everyone is on the same age and working twrd achieving the same goal.

Pros – Great people to work with, nice perks, they do a good job at praise of a job well done.

Cons – inconsistancy in goals making strategy difficult

Pros – Big company where you can meet life long friends. Lots of perks from the vendors you work with: sports tickets, dinners, outings, etc. Meet a lot of high up VP, Presidents, etc of major corporations.

Cons – My manager changed 5 times in less than 3 years. Promoting is only when something is available and is usually given by seniority versus talent and hard work.

Advice to Senior Management – Get with your employees more and talk about and work with them on their career path at Tech data.

Pros – Good place to work at

Cons – Long hours sometimes need occasionallly

Pros – great enviroment- good benefits. Excellent place to get experience and start carreer.

Cons – Not many high paying positions exist. starting careers at tech data is great, but not very much opprotunity with in to grow.

Advice to Senior Management – leaders come from outside, would be better to offer opprotunity to existing employees. This would allow employees to not only be able to start their career, but to grow with in the company.

Pros – Great place to learn how not to treat employees
Great place to learn the distribution and logistics business
Great place to start your career - but don't stay too long

Cons – Sr. Leadership doesn't the path of desctruction they are leaving behind. They take hourly employees for granted and use people to do their dirty work.

Advice to Senior Management – Don't take employees and lower level managers for granted, they are your assets, not your door mats. They can help make the company succeed or fail.

Pros – convienant to home, great excuse for not having a home life, bonuses to Sr. management, no two days ever the same.

Cons – narcissistic micromanagment, a technology company using antiquanted technology, lack of communication from corprate down and director down, company value statement is not worth the paper it is printed on.

Advice to Senior Management – Managment by this weeks trend, then next weeks trend does not establish trust in managment or stability, constant smiling faces do not equate to happy employees.

Pros – great people, great teams, good environment. awesome place to get your career started and gain experience in the industry but long term, 5+ years, you should plan for other places.

Cons – very high traffic area, you need to get there 30 min before or else the entire area turns in to a parkinglot with all the other 30 companys in the area letting their 9-5'ers go. due to the low turn over rate in management, promotions are very seldom.

Advice to Senior Management – make changes that will have greater impact internally to make employees feel recognized rather than just a few good words about their hard work.