One of the better employers in Buffalo and in the IT industry - Market Development Specialist Ingram Micro Employee Review

4.0
13 Oct 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Manageable stress level. Never had a direct manager who wasn't great, though I'm sure not everyone would say that. Clear expectations. Fair but not particularly great pay. Good training (wasn't always the case) but L&D is much better than it used to be. Development opportunities are plentiful, you just have to pursue them. Vendor partners, at least those I've worked with, are great. Lots of freebies. Bonus and spiff potential is good with most sales / market development positions. Lots of ways to make inroads with vendors and successfully go work for them in a sales capacity (which is where the big money is in the IT industry). A great stepping stone - lots of places to move up internally and in the industry.

Cons

Repetitive, boring work. Not intellectually stimulating in any way. You really have to pursue development opportunities and extra projects to stand out. Most managers are great, but some are notoriously dysfunctional and actively embrace favoritism (though that hasn't been my experience, but I've seen it). Archaic systems, confusing processes. Order fulfillment and cost adjustment processes are slow, can impact speed of sales cycle. Large organization, moves slow.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

Associate culture and comradery Team collaboration Work/Life balance Stable earnings Global vision People Hybrid office days & remote

Cons

Toxic environment last several years from US ELT; Not people-first mentality; Public company pressures and metrics impacting day-to-day associates and expectations; Fear tactic implementation; Pay scales are widely vast and unjustified even based on merit, experience, and talent losing retention of resources; Lack of communication by leadership on roadmap for awareness to our resellers and vendors- lack of trust and execution with go to market objectives; Losing customer business due to no support teams in place in the big bet areas of the company (Cloud and Platform);

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