inside sales representative

development associate

yard worker

sales representative

office manager

Arrow Electronics

This company has so much opportunity of being an incredible place to work. Unfortunately there are a few things that will take away from that. 

The hardest part of the job: 

 Since Arrow is a publicly traded company - layoffs are always an issue. I worked for Arrow for 4 years and have run into 5 or 6 mass layoffs. You could be working there for 6 months of 10 years - if they need to cut costs for any reason - they WILL cut you with no notice.  

No opportunity for advancement - If you're looking for opportunity to move up in the company, this is not the job for you. The 'veterans' in this office have been doing the exact same job for 10-20 years with no change. 

Micromanagement -  This is a big issue within this company. You will be micromanaged so badly, whether you're a poor performer or an All Star, to the point that you will begin to feel mentally and physically exhausted. Managers WILL get in your business, they WILL undermine your decisions in front of your customers, and they WILL consume you. 

Sales Targets - Don't even get me started on this one. Just expect a lot of office incentives and also expect them all to not be met. 

You get stat holidays off.. but management WILL harass you constantly to volunteer to work Stat Holidays. 

The most enjoyable part of the job: 

Colleagues - Management aside, the people you will meet there are all incredible. They're all going through what you're going through. No matter what kind of person you are - you will fit in in some way. 

Free coffee - its not the best.. its often called office sludge.. but its free caffeine. 

You'll be working 11am-8pm with weekends off.. they don't offer any other shift options. its not the worst shift.

I worked for Arrow for almost 19 years and it was one of the best places I worked. I got into the industry through someone I knew not what I knew but that quickly changed throughout the years. The best part of the job was my local office, the people were extraordinary and we all got along well and everyone had a sense of humor. I enjoyed going to work everyday . It had an open door policy and you could go talk to local management and feel heard and not judged. I got to learn different job positions as well as multiple computer programs as each supplier had a unique system for their business purposes. I enjoyed all the people that called or walked through the door and made many acquaintances and lifelong friends. The hardest part of the job was not being able to accommodate everyone's needs within the time frame they required, due to circumstances out of your control.
What I learned was people skills, communication, customer service, multiple computer skills, how to listen, how to resolve a problem, offer solutions to customers, patience, mostly how to be a team player and also took time to help others.
Due to economic conditions my position was transferred to a different location otherwise I would still be there, but on the positive side being let go gave me opportunities to try my hand at something different. I went back to school and am completing my practicum to earn a medical office assistant certificate.

Although there were a few questionable decisions made by upper management, working at Arrow was satisfying; to an extent. The salary was fantastic and the work-life balance, plus, flexibility of the schedule were major high points.  The downside with working at Arrow is that, hierarchical advances were far few in between not to mention the toxic like “high-school for adults” environment within the office. In addition, management had the proclivity to play favour it’s and it was obvious. The detriments behind that was...they would not be as assiduous with the assistance that they provide with one employee as they would for another; regardless of the level of associated opportunity the “deal” may provide. It made it easier for individuals to not want to reach out to management for assistance on certain matters. This doesn’t mean that the managers were bad, it just means that there were habits that the collective group exercised that was in no way beneficial to the sales teams.  The director was fantastic though. Great man!

I've been happy to work for Arrow for the last 6 years except for the fact that my last 4 years have provided me with a very satisfactory job in a very unsatisfactory location and environment, with small to no room for growth and an HR/corporate lack of flexibility in terms of using today's technology to perform my tasks remotely rather than in an office environment. This last point has lead me to resign as I requested to be able to keep doing my job from a different city to where I will be relocating and the request was denied, even though my tasks require no interaction with suppliers, customers, teammates or management and all communication is done via e-mail, IM or web with very little phone interaction. For a company that claims to be 5 years out, it is actually 30 years behind in some of its politics and policies.

· Developed, grown and leveraged the influential suppliers relationships to negotiate competitive pricing and availability to increase sales and gross profits. Managed total of 26 suppliers portfolio with Purchase volume of 24-26 mln $.
· Demonstrated ability to build effectively and influential relationships at all levels within internal and external customers to grow sales opportunities.
· Identified and managed some profits leaks to improve gross profit margin.
· Presented relevant product training presentations and identified new business opportunities to sales department for obtaining sales growth.
· Managed ERP/ MRP for major customers, including material planning, expediting and bonded inventory management.

I was at Arrow 7 years probably 2 years to much it’s a good place to work for a maximum of 5 years (5 years out lol). You will
Learn a lot and make some good contacts but it’s a stepping stone not a long term career very few get into management and that’s a good old club that you gotta be part of from day one. Trust me I tried but the sales manager had his own aspirations and held back a lot of talented people.

Leaving was the best move I ever made otherwise I would be holding a bag trying to get registrations that are 75% BS

Use them early in your career and use the distribution experience to get into a main stream company or manufacture.

Distribution is s bank and only fulfillment it is not sustainable 

Your're nothing to them but as number they do not care about the well being of their employees. There is so much gossip and management plays favors. If you were lucky enough to be friends with one of the management team members then you can get away with any thing and every thing and if you dont then you are very much more likely to be to be thrown under the bus and ran over then fired. the will assign you the worse tasks and the worse clients and penalize you for anything they see fit.

Arrow is a company that is located conveniently, so unlike a lot of companies is better off for commutation unless you stay at far end points of Bangalore. the company has a positive job security feeling about it and people are friendly, including management. There is scope for growth and learning.

Arrow is the largest company no one has ever heard of, with the nicest people everyone should know of. A great environment with a foray into a unique industry spanning all across the technological landscape. Arrow, a great place to start and end up.

Great place to work, warm and inviting people. flexible hours. I learned a new skills that I could benefit from in my future. 

Relaxed vibe. as long as you do your job, I loved  that I had the option to work from home.

Thanks

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