Ingram Micro Employee Job Reviews in the United States

What do you like about working at Ingram Micro?

"The people."

What don't you like about working at Ingram Micro?

"Management, it is poor and plays favoritism."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Give people a chance to grow and do not punish them at the first mistake."

"The truth about IM."

What do you like about working at Ingram Micro?

"Friendly co-workers."

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

"If you are interviewing at this company be prepared to move on before 3 yrs. That's about the avg time you will work there before they do another run of layoffs."

What don't you like about working at Ingram Micro?

"Management does not care about the regular employees."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Try to save money besides laying off your employees. All you do is get rid of good talent. In the long run you're costing the company more money by needing to hire new works and training them."

"Was a very challenging, dynamic and excellent company to work for."

What do you like about working at Ingram Micro?

"The company is very focused, with a clear vision, encourages best business practices, excellent business fundamentals, dynamic and vibrant company to work for. Help colleagues to grow, very efficient and capable senior team members, encourage team work and promote concepts of quality and integrity."

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

"Know your numbers, commitments have to be met."

What don't you like about working at Ingram Micro?

"Nothing in particular, or else would not have continued for 11 years+."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Focus on the next level of managers."

"Highly recommended."

What do you like about working at Ingram Micro?

"Working and developing a strong business relationship with our customers."

What don't you like about working at Ingram Micro?

"Not much, very fast pace work enviroment. Must be able to multitask."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Some managers tended to micro manage and/or only cover for themselves."

"I felt like a number and used like a disposable napkin."

"I had a wonderful supervisor who allowed me to grow, trusted my skills and personal integrity to help him run the largest customer sales department of the company."

What do you like about working at Ingram Micro?

"Ingram Micro was a fair and equal opportunity employer who encouraged the employees to be engaged in their jobs while team building."

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

"Apply - it's a great place to work."

What don't you like about working at Ingram Micro?

"I liked everything about it."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They were all great in my opinion."

"Ingram is the premier workplace for technology sales people."

What do you like about working at Ingram Micro?

"Is a good place to work."

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

"They need people, ready to envelope on each process, in other words, HANDS ON."

What don't you like about working at Ingram Micro?

"The head count reduction."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They lost a lot of people with experience."

What do you like about working at Ingram Micro?

"There are some very talented people in the environment."

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

"Be cautious, more and more of the environment is being outsourced for cost reduction."

What don't you like about working at Ingram Micro?

"The focus on cost reduction has caused some of the talent to leave and other to consider doing the same."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Improve morale by communicating more. Employees would rather know that change is coming than be in the dark hoping to not be affected."

"Job was great until they downsized and outsourced jobs to India. Now is a shell of its former self."

What do you like about working at Ingram Micro?

"I liked the people and the work environment. They also treated employees with respect and made it a very enjoyable place for the first 5 years."

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

"Not any more."

What don't you like about working at Ingram Micro?

"When upper management changed, they started downsizing by cutting back various departments and perks. Job security became very questionable. The only benefit was with fewer employees, the amount split for bonuses became larger."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stabilize. Think more about keeping the good employees over making more profits for shareholders. You have lost too many good people with a wealth of business knowledge."

"After the recession ends, things should return to 'normal'."

What do you like about working at Ingram Micro?

"During my employment, exceptional opportunities to travel to all of our regions. Times have changed - and the travel is far less glamorous, but still a good company."

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

"Be ready to be accountable, understand colleagues have been there forever - with a LOT of institutional knowledge. Learn from them."

What don't you like about working at Ingram Micro?

"Benefits program is falling by the wayside; cost cutting can only go so far."

"Comfortable, with helpful co-workers, but quite ossified. You can't innovate."

What do you like about working at Ingram Micro?

"They trained me very thoroughly, and co-workers are helpful. It was easy to learn things there."

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

"Nope. The process baffled me."

What don't you like about working at Ingram Micro?

"I temped there for maternity leave, and felt I got little real chance to stay on. I got the feeling that all decisions, including those involving me, were going to go a certain way no matter what I did."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Do some management-by-walking-around. Follow through with us grunts one-on-one occasionally."

"Great company to work for! Very supportive."

What do you like about working at Ingram Micro?

"Benefits, career growth, job security, reputation in IT channel industry."

"Enjoyed working with my team of associates."

"Career kick starter."

What do you like about working at Ingram Micro?

"It was like working with a big family."