Good people, Bad management - Shipping Manager Ferguson Employee Review

2.0
Sep 21, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

There are some truly good people that work here, Pay is above average for my area in this field and I enjoyed the challenges I took on and the friends I made. If you are ambitious, you have good odds of climbing the ladder. Benefits are also pretty great.

Cons

If you get the wrong manager, you have no recourse at all. There is one HR person and they are spread too thin. In general, all the different departments have little to no coordination and Logistics/Operations are too busy with vanity projects to bridge those gaps effectively. As a whole, upper management seems completely removed from reality and has no clue what motivates their frontliners. Also, don't make the mistake of thinking you're irreplaceable, they've run some great people out the door and didn't lose any sleep over it. Don't buy into their DEI charade, it's still a good ole boys club and you aren't in it.

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5.0
May 12, 2026
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Pros

Benefits are great, beautiful showroom

Cons

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1.0
Jun 9, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

None, I would say remote work but it’s very toxic.

Cons

Poor leadership (manager and director), poor communication, poor training, unrealistic m expectations, micromanagement, no SOPs, lack of structure, FLSA violations, no upfront disclosure of what role is, stingy management. People outside of HR are great. In HR? They’re happy to lay people off and talk about it so casually during meetings. Think “it’s our yearly layoffs” and joking about catching people “slipping”. No opportunities for growth despite saying there was during interviews. Interview and reality are worlds apart. No diversity. Severe control issues. No new people have been hired in over 3 years yet multiple people have left so people are burnout. One person handles all of one process alone and management thinks that’s ok. For reference the same process takes 10-11 associates in the same sized org. I can go on. Stay away!!!

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