Smoke and Mirrors - Customer Service Associate Grainger Employee Review

1.0
Feb 12, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits used to be good but if you are over 45 they will look to rid themselves of you

Cons

Deceptive, corporate cronyism and very anti-family. This company has gone thru a bunch of changes and because they are a 10 plus billion a year company and publicly traded you will never be ANYTHING but a number. They keep the old timers that are useless (30 plus years) because its become cheaper to keep them (lawsuits) There are not enough words to type out the cons and it wouldn't matter because with the brand they have created (marketing does a great job for themselves that's for sure) nothing I tell you would convince you if your set on working for this company...I was like you. LIVE AND LEARN is all I can say. AND if you think you will ever have a work life balance your going to need to survive at least 15 years in this company before you get that. By then you can just mentally check out like all other upper management in this company

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4.0
Jun 6, 2026
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Pros

Benefits are decent and reasonably priced. They offer a 401k match, BCBS insurance, FSA, HSA, dental, vision, life insurance, and accidental D&D coverage. They also do a 3‑to‑1 match for donations to non‑religious 501(c) organizations. There’s a big emphasis on volunteering, with plenty of opportunities to get involved. The building itself is beautiful, with a free on‑site gym, a coffee shop, real trees in the atrium, a waterfall, and a large cafeteria (though the food can vary). They’re also flexible about which days you come on‑site, depending on the team’s schedule. If I needed to switch a Monday for a Thursday, it was never an issue. My manager was also supportive of remote work on days when the weather made commuting difficult.

Cons

Admins do not get an annual bonus. They're really strict on Overtime, really weird about worrying about mini costs. Like they'll spend 50k on a week-long training but freak out if people want to rent a car while being in town. Can't buy lunch for this 3 hour meeting to cut costs, but we'll drop 10k on this other thing. It's also so unfair that some people get to work remotely and others are forced to come in 3 times a week, for the exact same roles. Every meeting is basically online, so it's just silly and a power trip.

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