Deadend for IT - Anonymous employee IWCO Employee Review

1.0
22 Dec 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The worker level employees in OPS and in the Office, who still cared, were great to work with. In the Chanhassen location, they have an on-site gym which was very convenient.

Cons

Constant infighting between VP level management, no clear & unified message from leadership to the business fosters an environment of employee mistrust, unprofessionalism and employees who are simply putting in their time. The role of IT within IWCO is simply to keep a few core, antiquated, home grown solutions alive for the purpose of supporting their high-volume manufacturing platform. IWCO is a manufacturing company first and foremost, not an IT lead product\solution organization. IWCO continues to be a revolving door of young management talent that becomes disenfranchised and leaves to pursue better opportunities outside of the organization. What remains is a tired, old leadership team unwilling or incapable of looking to the future and an employee base too risk averse to look for something elsewhere.

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IWCO Response
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We want every employee to have a long, fulfilling career at IWCO Direct. However, we realize not everyone will. For those interested in a technical career at IWCO Direct, we want you to know that we continue to lead our competition by investing in new technologies while leveraging legacy systems that remain effective. Finding the balance to support growth, optimize profitability, and drive operational efficiency is a complex challenge. Our results illustrate that we are responding effectively to the challenge. IWCO Direct senior leadership and management understand the entire landscape of service and security required in today’s marketplace. IT is a positive career path at IWCO Direct; younger employees are regularly given opportunities to expand their leadership skills and careers. This is illustrated by a number of employees who began their IT careers at IWCO Direct with entry level technical support skills and over a period of 3-5 years were identified as high potential employees who were promoted to manager and director roles.

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