Grainger reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(4,991 total reviews)
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DG Macpherson

87% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

Grainger has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 4,991 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Grainger employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.4 stars).

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3.0
Oct 29, 2013

Great Company- EXCEPT for Territory Sales

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Excellent Training Decent benefits Friendly teammates Not afraid of technology

Cons

Performance expectations vary WIDELY from one sales team to another and one region to another. So many people go on "Performance Improvement Plans" for trivial things. Managers are penalized for not retaining everyone which is not realistic (especially when they have to put people on PIPs) Unlike in the rest of Grainger, you only have one manager and that one individual can make or break your career at Grainger. Lots of favoritism is shown to specific people. You get more kudos for being a good little team member than you do for exceeding your sales goals. Long term- this is not a good strategy for a sales team and it's discouraging.

1.0
Oct 28, 2013

Stuck in another business era. Lost moral compass,

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good benefits but not outstanding.

Cons

Poor employee moral due to poor mid and upper level management.

5.0
Oct 26, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Profit Sharing, great benefits and great training. A lot of career opportunity for advancement. Great people work at Grainger. It is a team environment with a lot of networking opportunity.

Cons

Increasing competition coming into the industry. Offering similar value at lower cost.

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