Grainger reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(4,988 total reviews)
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87% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

Grainger has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 4,988 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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5K reviews
2.0
Oct 8, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Dedicated passionate employees; above average benefits plan; great financial rewards if you can manage to stay in for the long haul (i.e. 5 years or more).

Cons

Extremely narrow minded workforce that hire for outside perspective then dismiss it because it doesn't fit in with the way they do things. Majority of managers and leaders are not equipped to perform effectively in their role and lack basic managerial and leadership skills. Every project and initiative is planned to take 5+ years as the company culture and pace of working is extremely slow. First year employee turn over is extremely high compared to industry norms due to culture fit, disappointment with managers ability and lack of career opportunity and potential growth.

1.0
Oct 4, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Profit Sharing, Benefits, and for the most part teamwork on the local level.

Cons

Greed; taking money away from sellers by inflating list prices and forcing sales staff to discount higher and receive less credit. Taking money away from Sales to fund all new programs. Competing against their own workers by selling product for a lot less on a new on-line company venture. Management for sellers incompetent; couldn't sell themselves, but drink the corporate kool-aid. Goals change when wall street questions forecasts. Unethical dealings with staff get swept under the rug.

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