The company has great recognition and respect in the industry. Deep roots and influence across the country so mobility is a plus if relocation is desired. Company is great about being transparent, being employee-owned. Workplace culture varies depending on location, mostly positive and welcoming. Benefits are great, stock purchasing options and profit sharing are pretty great.
Cons
Although benefits are great, compensation less than desirable, compared to similar positions in the industry. Upward mobility is a positive but you will most likely have to move cities/states a few times by the time you get to upper management.
Graybar Response
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Thank you for your review. We are glad you enjoyed our advantages and benefits and our culture of employee ownership while you worked with us. We agree that it's important to get younger generations interested in sales and distribution, and we have been doing so through our summer internship program, college recruiting, and sales centers.
Many opportunities to learn about distribution and management. Pto is three weeks per year plus holidays and over a s
Week of sick time. If you work here longer, you can buy enough company shares to receive a sizeable dividend each year. You are allowed to buy about 5% of your salary in company shares per year and then receive usually 20% of that back per year. The profit sharing plan contributes 10% of your salary to your 401k account but you need to be vested to keep it all.
Cons
You will need a second job to live. Sales reps make way more and do half the work but they report to their managers much more. If you are a CSR, sales people feel entitled to treat you however they want and their manager will back them up. You are watched by coworkers and management like a high surveillance prison especially when you're new but they will leave you alone if you're good at your job after a year or so. Graybar brags about how much revenue and profit they make but middle and upper management suck it all up leaving scraps for the workers who made it for them.