Old school, narcissistic, sexist management - Financial Manager Graybar Employee Review

1.0
Oct 19, 2020
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Pros

I had high hopes for this job when I started there in 2005 but nothing good ever happened in 15 years there. Lots of promises were made to me but none were followed up on. No pros to list.

Cons

Graybar management believes that employees should just be happy they have a job. A very antiquated attitude. They do not give significant raises or promotions. I had excellent reviews every year for 15 years and got promoted once. No promotions for 12 years! Also a majority of managers are old white men who openly do not like women. No women in my dept ever got promoted however the men got promoted regularly. The CEO is female but she is unintelligent and ineloquent. Not a good leader at all. Very narcissistic. She had bobblehead dolls of herself made to hand out to employees as a reward for good sales. So ridiculous! All she cares about is herself and her image and anyone that disagrees with her gets fired. Her attitude carries over to all other management. I am sorry I allowed myself to be strung along by their promises of promotion and relocation (which is what I wanted) for 15 years. So, I finally just left. Graybar offers perks like stock but it comes at a price: low wages.

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Pros

Strong department leadership in current role

Cons

Many senior team members with decades of stored brain knowledge that is hard to share

3.0
Apr 6, 2026
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Pros

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.

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