Working at Patterson Dental Supply

This used to be a great company, it still has a good soul I believe but the ramblings of it are drowned by profits and a "performance culture". On a local level there is more micromanagement than ever to correct decades of horrible management practices, and protect long time employees and managers that are comfortable. Branch employees are expected to draw up their own goals to reach for the fiscal year, but management is exactly that, uninspiring, separated, distant, and aloof. They give no incentive for people to strive, or to care but on the same side of that same crowded coin is an intrinsic ultimatum and demand that your loyalty be to them above family and even God. And that's just the rim of the fish barrel. Corporate culture is just as removed and distant since Scott Anderson took over and left with his lump sum for failing to perform. More than ever the company is looking for the next big thing to sell at an exorbitant markup to pay their executives and shareholders. With exlusivity contracts expiring and canceled they're finding the boys club to be falling apart but can't let go of those good old days when they were king among few with their brands they could hock and no one else could. My heart weeps at a company given so much of my time, that still has loyalty from me, but it's leaders are pushing it closer and closer to being bought out by some disgusting private equity firm or absorbed into say, the conglomerate that is Amazon.