Pros

Time/life balance good. Company is honest and ethical at least in my experience. Slightly above average opportunity for internal advancement - especially it seems if you are male. Friendly. Has new CEO who might make a difference.

Cons

Too many chiefs, too few indians. Few promotion opportunities for women especially to higher positions. Pay often below industry standard especially in Colorado. No raises, 2 week mandatory furlough, massive cuts to benefits this year, but then many corporations did that in this recession. But it was excessive at Arrow. Never was any bonuses except for Sales and Executive management. Totally different mentality between Melville, NY headquarters and Colorado. Colorado much better place to work. Melville behind times, inflexible, with a "not my job" attitude. Thinking for your self is not rewarded or encouraged, especially in Melville and it is huring the company. Company still has silo business mentality problem. Components division has no idea what other new, more profitable divisions do. Infighting for sales that really hurts the bottom line. Typical corporate problem of less than effective communication. Fails to provide employees with resources to do the job. Getting a lap top is next to impossible. Does not encourge working from home even a little. OLD STYLE THINKING IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM and keeping people around who are no longer effective at their jobs, are you listening Melville? Moral is bad and has been for a long time. More often than not people get jobs here because of who they know in the upper circle, not how good they might be for the company. Old boy network is strongly intact at Arrow.

Advice to Senior Management

Move everything in Melvile to Denver. Reward employees, not just the executives. Bring back the benefits. Promote more women. Give employees the resources to do their job. Stop playing to the market and stock will rise if you support your employees who will then work harder for you. Improve moral by offering bonuses for meeting goals.