Arrow Electronics reviews

3.6

68% would recommend to a friend

(2,550 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 2,550 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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3K reviews
2.0
Sep 22, 2014

Average at best

Recommend
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Pros

Management is fair and personable. Flexible working hours - two days allowed to work from home. Benefits are average.

Cons

Low pay, annual layoffs, customers walk all over management & little room for advancement. There is a bad trend of moving in vendor outsiders into executive management positions.

2.0
Sep 6, 2014

Fortune 150 does not indicate they are the best

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good brand name, great pay, overall corporation consistently profitable, and understands its core business.

Cons

Outside the core business it struggles with acquisitions and following a playbook through the mergers. Some of the purchased divisions are losing critical management talent while the business struggles to get on its feet. In 3 years time I saw massive turnover of staff within the divisions and the top management. At the parent level, it is impossible to get the simplest administrative task performed. Tons of red tape.

4.0
Sep 4, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

CEO Mike Long and his leadership team are not afraid to take action to move the company forward. By all accounts they are doing their best to keep Arrow ECS in the game and viable. There are great opportunities in the right role or selling the right product line. Customer facing roles provide opportunity for visibility and growth as do the current hot product lines - software, cloud, storage. Work culture is friendly, supportive and enthusiastic.

Cons

Distribution of computing solutions is a tough market. Understand that their business model is based on reselling to the channel so the focus is on sales and support for business partners. When sales are down, there is definitely more pressure to deliver results which can mean longer hours. Career advancement opportunities can be limited in some roles as they are often based on business need, not just employee ability. Still opportunities do exist.

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