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Consolidated Electrical Distributors reviews

3.9

68% would recommend to a friend

(783 total reviews)
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Kurt Lasher

92% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

Consolidated Electrical Distributors has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 783 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Consolidated Electrical Distributors employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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783 reviews
3.0
Sep 15, 2025

An Accurate CED MT Review

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

pay (hourly for year 1 and salary for year 2) travel reimbursement/planning for work people are friendly and helpful good healthcare that is somewhat customizable... could be better but overall its pretty good paid sick leave 2 floating holidays (though only because we don't get 9 required federal holidays off) hour lunch break (unpaid) Occasional outings/events but pretty rare and usually occur on weekends Very ethical business practices stable career path with good pay in coming years profit sharing

Cons

2 weeks paid vacation until year 6, then 3 until year 16 long hours (7-5 M-F) and occasional weekends not the most fun work. Lots of warehouse stuff in all positions and can get boring at times Systems very outdated Work/life balance does not exist here Corporate will constantly try to brainwash you into thinking they have competitive benefit plans... they don't especially for 50+hr weeks

5.0
Oct 23, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great ownership and management who have developed a company with a culture of responsibility and autonomy, coupled with a unique business model that not only works, but gives you a stake in the company through profit sharing. I’m making this review after seeing some recent reviews by people who may be confused on what CED is. The greatest thing about CED is that there is no corporate, top down structure. Ownership and senior management tasks each of its locations to operate as an individual business. As an individual business, YOU get to determine; your target market, target customers, what your inventory needs to be to support those customers, who you buy that product from, and what you sell it for, among many other things. That being said, regional management involvement in local sales is anti-CED. We are not a corporation in the traditional sense. We are a conglomerate of independent locations, who use the capital of our parent company to finance our operation with the intent of turning a profit. The most recent review, at the time of me making this is titled, “Money isn’t everything”. While I don’t disagree, my family comes first, you literally came to a company that calls it’s locations PROFIT centers. When it comes to this job, IT IS all about money. Full stop. As a PC manager I’m constantly thinking about my businesses finances, ways to increase our profitability and ultimate put my team in a position to earn the biggest profit sharing check possible. For those of you looking here, and thinking about working for CED.. successful people in this company are MONEY MOTIVATED.

Cons

If you aren’t money motivated, hungry to sell, or can’t work without a heavy corporate structure.. this isn’t the place for you.

3.0
Feb 17, 2018

Not the worse

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great people to work with, consistent work protocols at every location.

Cons

Nepotism, hard to work with the managers spouse, kids, sig others. Two sets of rules. Pay scales, benefits. Family should never be directly supervised.

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