Ideal for younger people, not older - Receiving Graybar Employee Review

3.0
Apr 17, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Ability for overtime in summer, always have something to do, time goes by fast, nice employees, loyal customers

Cons

Poor management, big differences between white collar people in office and blue collar in warehouse, sometimes corporate comes and just walks around without talking to people, very little employee appreciation even though it's employee owned

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Graybar Response
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Thank you for your comments. We are proud of the tenure, experience and leadership at Graybar and are confident in their vision and path forward for success. We’re sorry that is not your experience.

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