Pomeroy IT Reviews

Pros

It's a great place to advance your professional skills and learn, especially for techs..

Opportunities to makes some great contacts with other professionals in your field.

They pay very well, and comp is decent.. (paid vacation, flexible schedule)

The Managment team is great. (I can't say enough good things about my Manager and the HR dept.)

No micro-managment. As long as my users/customers are happy then my boss/manager is happy and leaves me to do my job. But they have no problem stepping in when needed.

Cons

No real employee-evaluation system.

Not much chance of advancement. (You can find better positions/contracts but you have to be really pro-active in seeking them out)

This is not so much a con but something you should be aware of when seeking employment with Pomeroy. Some of the positions require extensive background checks and can take a few weeks to complete. Getting an offer letter does not guarantee the job.

Advice to Senior Management

I think it would be a good idea to have some form of periodic employee performance evaluation. I think performance evals can help to show an employee that what they do makes a contribution to the big picture, and I think that is great for moral. In my opinion it's even more important in temp or contract based positions that have no set advancment path.

I think HR should try to do better at outlining the benefits that come with each position/contract. They seem to vary greatly depending on your job.

Pros

There are always opportunities to work on a help desk if that is your thing. It's a great place for entry level people to get started.

Cons

there is the promise of training, but no real training. It's difficult to invest any time into an employer that won't invest in it's people. Also, the company as a whole is very new to cloud services and data center infrastructure management. Also, management needs to push back with facts and figures, then take those numbers and utilize them to present and push real it solutions, even when the customer is cheap.

Advice to Senior Management

Get a spine and support the employees that have been there for you. Engineer solutions for the client and drive them home for the client. Know what the customer needs, even when they don't know what they want. And for the love of God, make sure that the scouting party knows what the hell they are doing when they negotiate a contract with a Fortune 500 company or it will come back to bite them in the ass.

Pros

Good place as a start up in one IT career.

Cons

NO potential for career growth and management lock direction. No progress review process in place. Tools needed to perform job often does not work and no back up process in place when systems needed to perform ones duty is down

Advice to Senior Management

Provide better IT tools for employee to do their job and put in place career advancement for qualified employees.

Pros

As the title says, within the field offices you would usually find staff and management that gave their all with the best intentions. At the time these regional offices were able to steer themselves to some degree, which gave them the ability to cater to local clients and provide some flexibility to staff.

Cons

Again, as the title says, disconnected national staff. There was a breakdown in between the headquarters and the regional offices, which usually resulted in local customers suffering when it came time for a corporate restructuring.

Advice to Senior Management

Leverage the regional office relationships to foster long term customers and to retain senior staff.

Pros

Able to work from home at times
Flexible hours
If you looking for a start in PM, this might work, if you can get over the CONS!

Cons

Not a diverse company
Pay is horrible
Management is not on the up and up. Some of the managers are scared of their employees.
Managers talk about other managers and other non related subjects. - Gossip!
If you dont fall into the cliques..... your out!
Management undermine employees so they can look bad to others - to their clients!

Advice to Senior Management

Change ALL leadership/manager positions! Explore different departments and really find out what goes on within. Stop nickel and diming the customer and try to be a good company that have integrity and respect for the employees that keeps the order of operation moving! The company sucks as a whole unless you get focused on the important aspect.....happy employees mean increase in all results!

Pros

Working at Pomeroy IT Solutions will give you valuable experience in the IT industry. They mainly perform contract work for large corporations which gives the opportunity to network with corporate project managers and IT professionals.

Cons

Compensation could be better especially when you spend a substantial amout of time on the road away from home and they place employees in the cheapest hotels / motels they can in an attempt to save money. The hourly wage wasn't terrible but safety and comfort should be taken in consideration in my opinion.

Advice to Senior Management

When you send your employees on the road please make an attempt to think about the comfort and well being of your staff and not only on the bottom line.

Pros

Pomeroy IT was great with salaray compensation. They were superb in allowing me to do my job, instead of micro managing.

Cons

Since they are a third party contractor there was not much room for advancement. They didnt offer any benefits or vacation time.

Advice to Senior Management

Management should communicate to the team of new procedures adequate time before they are in place. They should also keep staff informed of changes within the company.

Pros

Project Managers take care of you. Whether it's getting the job or helping you do your job.

Cons

Sometimes you can only find contract positions.

Pros

Good partners, great people, services leadership in tune with customer needs, HR focused on employee development

Cons

Salary caps, the company has undergone many leadership changes in the last three years, forging relationships internally can be difficult

Advice to Senior Management

None

Pros

There are worse jobs out there in this economy and the hours aren't bad. The company I have been placed in is a great company but I wish I worked for them and not outsourced with Pomeroy.

Cons

Awful benefits & pay. Even though this is an IT outsourcing company an employee should still expect to feel wanted and important. Morale and management is bad.

Advice to Senior Management

Change the pay scale and provide better benefits. Morale would improve.