Arrow Electronics reviews

3.6

68% would recommend to a friend

(2,545 total reviews)
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Bill Austen

59% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Arrow Electronics has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 2,545 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Arrow Electronics employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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2.0
Oct 14, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Higher than average starting salaries. Fairly decent benefits - health insurance is a crap shoot no matter what these days but their H.I. programs were far better than the company I had come from before Arrow. Some managers are okay to work with.

Cons

No training program(s) whatsoever. It’s very much a sink or swim environment from the get-go. There isn’t really any company culture, just a bunch of drones crunching numbers for 9 hrs a day. Co workers at your same job grade are often rude, impatient during the learning / onboarding process, and quick to finger-point. No bonuses ever in this department because bonuses are reserved for revenue generating positions such as sales. “Unlimited” vacation days per year is a scam because instead of accruing PTO and having to use-it-or-lose-it by year end, almost every employee will inevitably take maybe 1/2 or less vacation days as they otherwise would. Pre pandemic the company had a very strict in-office everyday policy and would only let you WFH if you had a broken leg or something and got sign-off from upper management (no company I had previously worked for was nearly as strict about being in-office every day, with hardly any exceptions like a sick child for example)

1.0
Jul 18, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

PTO (if able to actually use as extremely understaffed and if you do… your work just piles up and you have to work extra hours to completed once back) Change of roles - lots of jobs posted and you can easily apply to other teams (warning that there are retaliatory actions by some though and once you express interest in leaving the team/ company they 100% stop investing in you) Coworkers (primary reason many stay as it is a good thing when you find a good team to be a part of) Promotions if you drink the koolaid and are one of the favorites of upper management (seriously they will just promote you without even interviewing/ considering anyone else. Damn the Colorado laws!) RTD passes Somewhat diverse (not inclusive but may be trying?) Challenging (if you like being pulled in multiple directions with little appreciation) Career/ job knowledge (by doing so much you really do get to learn a lot)

Cons

Two years with no merits while upper management received annual incentives for overachieving results AND expansion of senior executives (how many VPs can there be in the same role?) with promotions. Tons of market pay adjustments meaning they have been underpaying women and others for YEARS and tell employees they should be happy now to have an increase and stop complaining about merits/ loss of pay for those underpaid years?!! The cost of living increases more in Denver than the 3% they offer even when merits are available, which basically means “merit increases” themselves are a joke. Return to office is mind blowing. They do NOT have any remote positions and act as though when they give you an afternoon to work at home you should be on your knees thanking them. Layoffs - Seriously seems to be annual or bi-annual layoffs (almost always moving jobs overseas). Training - you have to invest in yourself, train yourself, and seek out opportunities. If you advance, such as with additional certifications/ degrees, Arrow will not offer pay assistance nor increase your salary. Lack of retention. Telling someone when they receive another offer from another company they will THEN discuss your salary is not cool.

1.0
May 30, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

The people and relationships I've built throughout my career with Arrow

Cons

Toxic, bullying leadership, no communication, leadership does not value employees or talents, bad behavior is rewarded rather than corrected, good, hard working people are ignored. CEO is like the captain who's going down with the ship, he should have been gone a long time ago. HR is a joke, people are afraid to say or report anything because everyone knows, the minute you go to HR, a giant red target is placed on your back.

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Arrow Electronics Response
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Thank you for your feedback. We certainly want to make the workplace productive and positive for everyone and it seems we've let you down. Would you be open to talking with us more so we can learn more? Can you email us confidentially at HRCares@arrow.com?
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