Sales Management / Product Specialist - Anonymous employee Ferguson Employee Review

2.0
19 Apr 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Usually great people with a casual atmosphere, though some locations require a specific dress code that poorly suits the work requirements (i.e. facilitating warehouse operations and job site expectations). "Good old boy" atmosphere in most branches, but with corporate synergy...only sometimes with a "Big Brother" feel. If you get lucky enough to make it into outside sales in a decent market, you stand a chance of being a "Good old boy" and are rewarded as such. Typical "wine and dine" sales travel/calls. Regional managers tend to do everything they can not to fire people, but demotions and restructuring (particularly in declining markets) are common and demoralizing. Cross training is typical and thus success is largely dependent on willingness to learn all of the business processes.

Cons

VERY regionalized and yet profit groups are highly overlapped leading to disagreements between competing profit groups. Poor vision of above-mentioned "good old boys" tends to reduce efficiency, adaptability, and thus also organic growth. You really have to earn your stripes with this company, and that usually takes substantial time that tends to vary by region. East Coast non-union work 55 hour minimum /wk, West Coast 50 hour minimum. Too much training in very simple concepts that come easily to the college grads they hire into their "fast track" management paths, and a fast learner will be frustratingly bored.

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5.0
23 Jun 2026
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Pros

Huge office space and freedom to work independently in break rooms instead of being stuck at a desk. They have many opportunities for growth but the high paying roles are salaried and are paid once a month instead of biweekly. Overall a great company with good benefits

Cons

Lower pay than normal for the work

1.0
9 Jun 2026
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Pros

None, I would say remote work but it’s very toxic.

Cons

Poor leadership (manager and director), poor communication, poor training, unrealistic m expectations, micromanagement, no SOPs, lack of structure, FLSA violations, no upfront disclosure of what role is, stingy management. People outside of HR are great. In HR? They’re happy to lay people off and talk about it so casually during meetings. Think “it’s our yearly layoffs” and joking about catching people “slipping”. No opportunities for growth despite saying there was during interviews. Interview and reality are worlds apart. No diversity. Severe control issues. No new people have been hired in over 3 years yet multiple people have left so people are burnout. One person handles all of one process alone and management thinks that’s ok. For reference the same process takes 10-11 associates in the same sized org. I can go on. Stay away!!!

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