Owens & Minor Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Owens & Minor full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Given the opportunity to succeed by management and staff!

Cons – Too many Sales Managers hired from outside the corporation that don't really understand the medical/surgical distribution and sales.

Advice to Senior Management – Promote more from inside the organization.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Owens & Minor part-time for less than a year

Pros – Decent pay. Not like CVS.

Cons – Lack of supervision, associates running a muck.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep a better eye on your kids.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Owens & Minor full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – There are a lot of good people that work there.)

Cons – Communication is bad, I find out whats going on from coworkers before I hear from management. Management does not address internal problems asap. Days/nights can be long (10hrs+).

Advice to Senior Management – Lack of recognition from management with the same cheap t-shirts every year gets old. Little to no training for new hires causes major problems for everyone.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Owens & Minor full-time

Pros – Very friendly environment with lots of ammenities including gym, auto detailing and cleaners.

Cons – Only mediocrity is rewarded. Too many political and personal issues for this company to make a real change and significantly advance and prepare for the future. Moreover, there are too many people in managerial and director positions not based on merit but relationships. As a result, many departments are improperly managed as the heads do not understand the industry or their own job functions.

Advice to Senior Management – Get past the political drama before all of your good talent leaves the company as a result of poor compensation, unfit management and few opportunities for advancement.

Former Employee – worked at Owens & Minor full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Solid business experience. Large ticket, complex sale. Solid understanding of P&L to be successfully.

Cons – Upper management constant change does more to derail business than help business grow. Needs to find new growth engine and not try to make it fit into four walls of the distribution business to be successful. Distribution is a commodity. Diversify!

Advice to Senior Management – Top leadership team needs fresh ideas to grow. Core top leaders are victims of groupthink and spin the same old ideas over again and again.

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 Owens & Minor full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – They have very good Health Benefits.

Cons – Horrible, horrible compensation as compared to other competing businesses.

Advice to Senior Management – Move into the new millennium, before your best employees have all gone over to the competition.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Owens & Minor full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – I can't speak for everyone at O&M but every person I have worked with at O&M is honest, hardworking and easy to get along with.

Cons – The pay could be higher however the fact that I like who I work with makes up more than enough for the slightly lower pay scale.

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

Former Employee – worked at Owens & Minor full-time

Pros – Company has high respect for their employees, and does well to recognize talent and performance. I had a great supervisor and was really excited about working there with my team.

Cons – I question the direction of the organization at the highest levels. Often there are too many priorities because of the need to invest in some areas.

Advice to Senior Management – Focus on one path to growth and stability.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Owens & Minor as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – I was a contractor at Owens and Minor through Dell Services in 2011 doing supply chain related programming and support.
1. The people are mostly nice and the corporate office was nice.
2. I was allowed to work from home a good bit of the time.
3. It was a good experience learning more about supply chain and logistics from the medical supplies side of things.
4. The company seem's to have good goals and vision for the future.
5. The pay was ok as a "contractor".

Cons – 1. They asked me to convert to perm, but I did not take a perm job with Owens & Minor because the salary wasn't competitive. it seemed like the salary they expected me to take and the job title was a bit behind the times.
2. I had to support after hours ( on weekends and nights sometimes ). The support was part of the job, but I just don't think it was something I wanted to do long-term.
3. I feel like although it was a good place to work, there are some politics related to the whole O&M and Dell Services relationship that made it difficult sometimes to figure out exactly what to do with time reporting, etc because its almost like you are working for Dell and O&M at the same time.

Advice to Senior Management – If people need to work on the weekend outside of emergency support, please respect them and schedule the work before the weekend. Also, the job titles and salaries were not in line what is the reality in the software industry. If you guys want good people, you need to pay competitive salaries.

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

Current Employee – been working at Owens & Minor full-time for more than a year

Pros – Lovely work environment, great coworkers, professional atmosphere, decent salary and good benefits are the things I see with Owens & Minor. The company has a strong dedication to the community and value teammates who spend time volunteering. Owens & Minor truly has its own culture.

Cons – Sometimes the management tends to turn their head when teammates don't follow policy. Especially when following policies isn't convenient.

Advice to Senior Management – Continue to value teammates who work hard and value their customers.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend