Spiraling out of control - Account Manager Avnet Employee Review

1.0
11 Oct 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

1) Good pay 2) good vacation policy

Cons

1) top heavy managemt have no clue how the biz works 2) Wall Street not customers are the focus 3) Sr management are cowering yes men 4) middle management cowering yes men 5) Stock prices down, take the employees pension, screw with their car allowance, etc. 6) worst inventory of the major 3 distributors 7) seeing Avnet beat more and more by catalog houses Need I go on?

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Avnet Response
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Thanks for taking the time to write your review. And a special thanks for your long tenure and dedication to Avnet. I'm happy to see you're pleased with your compensation and the time away changes we rolled out earlier this year! We value the thoughts, opinions and feedback of our employees so I want to ensure the concerns you outlined in your review are being heard. We have multiple outlets you can use to bring your experiences and concerns forward - you can speak with your manager and leadership, your HR Business Partner or Code of Conduct Advisor (the list of CCAs can be found on Compass under My Company, Ethics & Compliance Office). We also have an email address (employee.feedback@avnet.com) that you can use to give us more information. Thanks again for taking the time to write your review!

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