TESSCO Reviews

Former Employee – worked at TESSCO

Pros – Good overall sales and product training in telecommunication industry. They hire the best talent and overall nicest people so you will work among friends.

Cons – Needs to listen more to clients complaints and needs and work to resolve them. Needs to work on micro-management in order to empower employees.

Advice to Senior Management – say what you mean and don't go back on your word. dont advertise false expectations of pay, promotions or otherwise.

Current Employee – been working at TESSCO full-time

Pros – Business is growing despite losing large customers.

Cons – Review process is odd. No annual salary increase. You have to ask for a raise if you want one. Impossible to figure out retirement matching. Impossible to figure out annual bonus structure. Sales goals overly aggressive; impossible to achieve.

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 TESSCO full-time for more than a year

Pros – Job Security, Great Training Program for New Hires

Cons – No work from home policy, if you are young and new = no respect,

Advice to Senior Management – RETIRE

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at TESSCO

Pros – The workforce is full of people with good attitudes and the desire to do a great job

Cons – The compensation review process is tedious (to say the least)

Reward program is complex and changes yearly

401K contributions are rarely matched by company

Upper management here is a nightmare - only yes-men survive in this environment where buy-in to flawed direction is expected. This company ties its own hands and torpedoes real success.

Advice to Senior Management – The management at TESSCO seems to generally ignore advice, so providing feedback is pointless. It's no wonder their performance in the telecommunication industry is lackluster.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at TESSCO

Pros – Flexibility
Empowered to make choices
Good Benefits (all of the regular stuff + tuition reimbursement)

Cons – Commission Plan is confusing to the point that you don't know if you're paid correctly or not.
Large discrepencies in pay for doing the same job.

Advice to Senior Management – None

Current Employee – been working at TESSCO

Pros – Consistent profitability - Lots of great people trying hard to do the right thing.
Company gives employees a chance to prove their worth. Senior leadership is consistent in owning the actions of their responsible parties - for the most part. Work-life balance is respected. Good benefits.

Cons – Strong resistance to organizational change. Clear goals are often set, but rarely measured and only positive reinforcement is given, no criticism. Apparent lack in leadership accountability.
Completely non-existent career development strategies for employees. Lack of robust training programs, both for new hires and cross-functional collaboration. (However, technical training for support roles is strong.) Burden of pay raises falls to employees.

Advice to Senior Management – Largest criticism is the lack of career development of employees. Secondarily, being unwilling to trim entrenched, poorly performing business keeps the company weighed down.

Current Employee – been working at TESSCO

Pros – If you like to work overtime, there are many chances to make extra money. If you like to have most of your day open, 6-2:30 would be a good shift for you.

Cons – Hard to advance even when superior to other applicants. Tenure seems to outweigh knowledge and qualifications for the job. Mandatory overtime near the holidays.

Advice to Senior Management – More transparent communication with your workers is needed. Team members feel used and abused and unfairly compensated where true or not.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at TESSCO

Pros – Great pay, friend, and opportunities for advancement
Flexible vacation schedule
"West coast" business process
Large amounts of autonomy for some positions

Cons – Some of the Pros can also translate into Cons, especially with regard to the "west coast" style of doing business. Things are very loosey goosey, which can often allow under performers float along at great detrement to the business

Advice to Senior Management – Drag the net for trash, and you retain some greater number of your most talented.

Also, promote the best... don't let them wallow in low level positions while watching less talented people to move up past them

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at TESSCO

Pros – Structured system, great pay, good benefits, wonderful people, equal treatment between all departments. You can see the difference you make, and you are recognized for your contribution. Very professional company that lets you have fun too.
The best job I ever had, unfortunatly I didn't realize it until I left and would give anything to go back.

Cons – The structured sales system is a little to stringent.

Advice to Senior Management – Continue the course, and always strive for higher, Faster, Stronger!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at TESSCO

Pros – Good benefits, very friendly people, salary is somewhat competitive, but you really have to ask for it. Very good company to build relationships in the industry, for further career growth

Cons – Management may have been able to handle the company 10+ years ago, but it has grown beyond the competence level of current management. Serious management overhaul is needed to maintain success.

Advice to Senior Management – Start trusting your employees to do their jobs, stop micromanaging, and get your managers to do management work, instead of trying to pass blame constantly. Learn what risk and ROI are for projects, and how to accurately gauge a projects value based on these and other factors.