Arrow Electronics reviews

3.6

68% would recommend to a friend

(2,545 total reviews)
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61% 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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3K reviews
3.0
Oct 29, 2009

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Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Executive team leadership is excellent. Feels like family, CEO is very down to earth, seasoned and an expert in the field. Takes real interest with his company and it's employees. You can reach him on a personal level.

Cons

All in all my experience in this company has been positive, except my relationship with my direct superior since he verbally abused me any chance he can get. I believe this behavior is inappropriate, rude and unprofessional. The turnover in his particular department is high due to his attitude towards his staff. Unfortunately, I decided to leave the company due to conflicts with this said individual.

3.0
Oct 20, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Time/life balance good. Company is honest and ethical at least in my experience. Slightly above average opportunity for internal advancement - especially it seems if you are male. Friendly. Has new CEO who might make a difference.

Cons

Too many chiefs, too few indians. Few promotion opportunities for women especially to higher positions. Pay often below industry standard especially in Colorado. No raises, 2 week mandatory furlough, massive cuts to benefits this year, but then many corporations did that in this recession. But it was excessive at Arrow. Never was any bonuses except for Sales and Executive management. Totally different mentality between Melville, NY headquarters and Colorado. Colorado much better place to work. Melville behind times, inflexible, with a "not my job" attitude. Thinking for your self is not rewarded or encouraged, especially in Melville and it is huring the company. Company still has silo business mentality problem. Components division has no idea what other new, more profitable divisions do. Infighting for sales that really hurts the bottom line. Typical corporate problem of less than effective communication. Fails to provide employees with resources to do the job. Getting a lap top is next to impossible. Does not encourge working from home even a little. OLD STYLE THINKING IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM and keeping people around who are no longer effective at their jobs, are you listening Melville? Moral is bad and has been for a long time. More often than not people get jobs here because of who they know in the upper circle, not how good they might be for the company. Old boy network is strongly intact at Arrow.

2.0
Oct 7, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Above average pay - even after the recent cuts. Great location for south Denver. Managers are flexible about work from home, days off, etc.

Cons

Arrow is in a long slow slide to the bottom. If you're close to retirement or just looking for a pay check - it isn't a bad place to work. Management is out of fresh ideas and tends to pull the layoff trigger rather quickly. However, in the short term, most of the cuts have probably been made at this point. I wouldn't recommend Arrow to a young person looking to start a long term career.

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