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      Grainger

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      Grainger reviews

      4.0

      80% would recommend to a friend

      (4,980 total reviews)
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      DG Macpherson

      87% approve of CEO

      79% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Culture & values

      4.1

      Work/Life balance

      3.9

      Compensation and benefits

      3.9

      Career opportunities

      3.8

      Senior management

      Grainger has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 4,980 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
      3.0
      Jun 15, 2011

      Average experience for a summer intern, glad it was only an internship

      Summer intern
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      W.W.Grainger has good pay for interns and helps expose them to the executives of the company. The internship program is designed to give interns a sight into how Grainger runs as a company and its core business.

      Cons

      The company is run too lean for employees to devote enough time to interns to give them appropriate work. Because of the time constraints on my team, I was given meaningless tasks to complete for the entire summer instead of a small-medium sized project which was boasted about during multiple rounds of interviews. Additionally, although my interviewers talked about the low power distance, I felt isolated from even my manager during my internship.

      4.0
      Jun 7, 2011

      Great place to work and good learning experiences, but difficult to move up.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Grainger has the opportunity to really teach you about the skills needed in the workforce and how to fine tune them. They have great benefits and the salaries are resonable.

      Cons

      Grainger is very micro-managed. They monitor and watch every move you make and many of the tasks are mundane and unessacary. Plus it is harder to move up than they portray.

      2.0
      Jun 3, 2011

      Great place to work, if you're at corporate headquarters

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great fellow employees, excellent compensation (for certain positions), nice benefits package, profit sharing, known for superb customer service, order fulfillment, and tuition reimbursement

      Cons

      THE OTHER REVIEWS ARE TRUE!!! Opportunities for advancement are almost non-existent outside of Chicago, pay for those not in sales or management is laughable, profit sharing (your share of the pie is based on your salary, hence, the less you make, the less you have in your profit sharing), organizational focus is on sales and sales only, promotions (when they become available) are given based on who you know, if you're not part of the "in crowd" then forget it, the company is notorious for telling their employees one thing and doing another. Basically I can go on for days about the cons.

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