Working at Ferguson Enterprises in Seattle, WA: 2 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Seattle, WA Area

"I’ve worked for Ferguson for over 5 years. The benefits are a bonus, but the trade-off is you don’t get paid as well as other competitors. In the 5+ years I’ve been here I’ve never been promoted and only been given a marginal 3% raise per year on average. The work is stressful and chaotic, no clear direction from management can feel like you are isolated, and if you show you are capable of doing more work they will just pile it on with no intention of moving you forward or increasing your pay by any meaningful amount. They will tell you that there are plans for you to keep you on the hook, but unless it benefits the company you won’t be promoted. Managers are a very close-knit group and if you rub someone the wrong way they all will hold grudges. They do not take care of their employees financially and are more worried about the bottom line and increasing revenue than investing in their workforce regardless of what they say internally. I’ve heard time and time again we invest in our employees and want to help them build lifelong careers with the organization, but I’ve rarely seen them take any action showing that unless it’s someone in a management position. Lots of micromanagement and metrics to hit, managers will focus on negatives if you screw up but don’t give any praise or insight to help you grow professionally. The positives are the co-workers are great, the 401K match is decent, health benefits are fair, and PTO is pretty good for the industry. There has been a tremendous amount of turnover from senior management all the way down to warehouse staff in the last 2 years, and all the extra work has to be picked up by the associates that are still employed. They are slow to hire people for positions to help with the workload. My area has the lowest labor to profit ratio in the country and we are severely understaffed for the volume of orders we receive. Most managers do not understand or are not capable of doing the job of the associates they are managing."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Ask a lot of questions"

What don't you like about working at Ferguson Enterprises?

"Corporate structure"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To review internal candidates for open positions"