Great place to work if you're a white 30-something "good ole boy" - Purchasing Coordinator Ferguson Employee Review

3.0
2 Jan 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Very fiscally stable company, lots of job security. There are a lot of minimally competent people that work there so either yay that's you, you can get a decent job and work 40 years there and then retire or yay that's not you and it's easy to look good in a place surrounded by people who struggle to turn on a computer.

Cons

If you are female or anything but white, you are swimming against the current and likely will only be promoted so far. You work a lot, like way more than most other people you know. I start the day between 6:30 or 7, leave every day no earlier than five. That's M-F. Also work some Saturdays. I would say my work schedule is average for the company.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
9 June 2026
Recommend
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Pros

None, I would say remote work but it’s very toxic.

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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