World Wide Technology reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(2,523 total reviews)
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Jim Kavanaugh

89% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

World Wide Technology has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,523 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The World Wide Technology employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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3K reviews
1.0
Jan 2, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

The peole make it easier to work here.

Cons

I have been an associate for 6 1/2 years with World Wide, the pay is not where it should be. Everyone was told by the CEO that everyone would be compensated for their knowledge and experience. That has been false they are only compensating certain people. While ignoring all the people who have been here for years. We are back to goal based and will not know when we get to leave.

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World Wide Technology Response
7y
Thanks for sharing this. Based on employee feedback, the 3 main points that were addressed during the Edwardsville townhalls were compensation, leadership, and subcontractor processes. Significant effort and change has been made in all 3 areas. As communicated, the subcontractor conversion process has been changed for the better and rolled out over the last 30 days. Management changes have been made where needed and a great deal of effort has been put into our new compensation plans. We conducted a market analysis at the end of 2018 and these results were applied to 2019 compensation increases. As we move into the first quarter of 2019, the operational teams are working on creating a job architecture. This will help align skills and experience to more market-based job titles (as needed). We do and will continue to leverage market data as a way to ensure employees with the right experience, skills, values and performance are correctly compensated. Jim and Ann will be reviewing all feedback from the compensation plan rollout along with other townhall topics. We are planning for follow-up townhalls in late January or February. Thank you again.
2.0
Sep 6, 2018

Execs lost sight

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Growing Sales Org, smart technologists

Cons

Executives are acting like hollywood superstars and believing the tabloid hype. They are looking for their replacements and trusting the wrong people; execs lost touch with the business, making decisions that are ruining the culture and the morale of the business. So many departments are unhappy but their management is afraid to raise the concerns due to pressures of no bad managers. Managers feel if there teams are unhappy, it will reflect poorly on them and they'll get fired; so they hush their employees and morale continues to fall. But execs don't know this they are not around enough and its hidden from them. Employees know not to complain to upper management, it has to all look happy when they visit.

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World Wide Technology Response
7y
Thanks. I haven't noticed any lack of engagement from our Executive Team but we are getting bigger with many more employees. I can say that they actively monitor this glassdoor feedback. They have a rigorous schedule of Town Halls with all our locations and departments. They actively pursue any avenue of feedback that is relevant and are always making themselves accessible to employees. If you have any other suggestions for providing unfiltered and candid feedback, please don't hesitate to provide it. Thank you again.
4.0
Dec 19, 2017

Things are looking up!

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Pros

- Executive Management - Life / Work Balance Focus - Opportunities to Succeed - True Open Door Recently I moved from one Org to another, and I can say without hesitation that I am professionally happier and more comfortable than I have been in a very long time. The strides that management is taking to set individuals up for success and allow learning from setbacks is beyond anything that I have previously experienced. Individuals have a career path based off of performance, are openly given career advice, and are more than willing to help each other out. Chester G. and Jason D. genuinely welcomed me to this team, and through these seemingly insignificant interactions, I am humbled and even more grateful for this opportunity.

Cons

There are areas of the business that do need work. Some have taken advantage their senior positions to only promote those within their social circle. While some may argue this as false, this is the perception of myself, many others, and can be backed with data. Good employees are looked over, leave, or are overworked. It is through inattention to results, that the business and culture have suffered. Often blame is placed elsewhere such as the customer, volume, or an individual is made to be the scapegoat. It does hurt the heart of individuals that have a true passion for this company and see the potential of how great this location could be.

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World Wide Technology Response
8y
Very good constructive feedback and advice. Thanks for taking the time to share it.
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