Heart Breaking Experience - I would never recommend this company to a friend.
Pros
Wearing shorts to work is great. “The Culture” is promoted to ta great extent and has been rated “best” to work at 14 yrs in a row. Discounts on vehicles 3 times a year. Most employees are different outside of work because there isn’t the looming manager just dying to look good for hauling in an associate for saying something off the cuff.
Cons
I wish I had read more of the “buyer” reviews before quitting my job, taking a pay cut, and destroying my self esteem. Impossible to navigate the politics that run the purchasing dept. Constant “feedback” loop results in unnecessary negative conversations for the sake of saying feedback is being given. Individual development plans (IDP’s) are a constant for everyone — apparently they think this shows managements ability to manage people (which most senior managers lack). Zero ability to report negative experience without retaliation. Every conversation EVERY SINGLE ONE with someone you haven’t guaranteed a personal friendship with is reported to a manager. It’s encouraged. While you are in training you are viewed as “less than” and you have no voice. No matter the experience you bring- you know nothing and you will be treated as such by every other person in the purchasing department. Senior management can not admit to faults - even when presented with hard evidence, and that breeds hypocrisy, lying, and suck-up teachers-pet types being given leeway for any rule infraction.