Norandex Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Norandex full-time for less than a year

Pros – CEO showed a HUGE amount of interest in the interns. Was available for as much help as you could ask for. Wonderful person who had your best interest in mind at all times.

Learned how to use database programs. Everyone in the office was friendly and willing to help.

Cons – Nothing bad to say. Learning database programs is difficult, but that's not their fault.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Norandex full-time for more than a year

Pros – Great products. Great effort but it's not working

Cons – zero marketing effort. Hire people that don't know anything about the business. Incompetent management and Boms.An example of a company with great potential, but is losing money and employees due to inept leadership.

Advice to Senior Management – Upper Management need to see the light. Just because you got a college degree don't mean you know how to run a business. Your all book smart but that's it .

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Norandex full-time for less than a year

Pros – Good benefits (somewhat expensive medical coverage), good work shcedule and a great school to learn.

Cons – Lack of supervision from corporate over local branch managers.
Management level from local managers is awful

Advice to Senior Management – Pay attention to your employees when they complain about local branch managers

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Norandex full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Good local environment poor upper management

Cons – Upper management is mostly short sited bean counters

Current Employee – been working at Norandex full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Customer relationships as well as branch team.

Cons – Management has a blueprint for failure. They bully and verbley abuse their employees they set unrealistic goals threatens. their jobsat every turn

Advice to Senior Management – Close the doors

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Norandex full-time for less than a year

Pros – Small office. Very laid back. Comfortable work schedule. Easy tasks.

Cons – Medial work. Anyone with a college degree is overqualified for this position. Corporate does not care about local branches. Entry-level employees won't see a promotion for years. Low salary.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Norandex

Pros – Quality core products. Decent benefits. Adequate pay for job performed. Company has good intentions.

Cons – Operations first mentality with sales taking a back seat. Some branch managers with absolutely zero sales experience. Senior management take school yard bully approach to leadership. Time wasted doing tasks to justify having a job. Corporate buying strategy makes sales attainment extremely difficult.

Advice to Senior Management – Surprise everyone and go out on the road and make some sales calls. Find out what customers and employees need to be successful. Get to understand markets before you push a product down a branches throat. In eight years of success, I never made a sales call with a General Manager or abov. Corporate visitors just sat at the office and visited with Branch Manager.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Norandex

Pros – Good pay..Good benefits..good training, the company as a whole was great, they took care of there people, I was part of a 40 store shutdown so I am now out of work now.

Cons – Well there was a little of the "good old boy" thing going on, but not to bad.Getting laid off was bad but that could have happened at any job.

Advice to Senior Management – Be a little more open minded as to what your branch sales people and management say is selling in there area.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Norandex

Pros – the hours are good and no weekend hours

Cons – management, discrimination, unfair pay, the list goes on

Advice to Senior Management – treat men and women the same, especially when it comes to wages

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Norandex

Pros – I have never had better health benefits for less money. The pay was adequate - about average. The products are outstanding and the company stood behind them. They offer an excellent 401K package with a company match. Many companies don't offer that anymore. The company car program was generous. Unlimited use of the company car - even for vacations (pay your own vacation gas). It's a great company.

Cons – Tough economy for building supply products. Customers are largely contractors and builders that often times have trouble paying their bills. It is a physically dirty environment. They did have outdated, antiquated systems. That is a bit surprising given how inexpensive new technology is today.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend