Great company, employee's and customers!! - Anonymous employee Graybar Employee Review

5.0
May 6, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Unlimited career growth. Fantastic benefits. Employee-owned! Long-term view for the company and the employees.

Cons

It's hard! You have to be committed to success. Distribution is a tough business that is very complex and has many moving parts. You won't learn the business overnight.

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Graybar Response
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Thank you for leaving a review. Very glad to hear you are enjoying your career with Graybar! Distribution is complex: the products and suppliers, the logistics and infrastructure, technology and administration and support and sales and everything else that is required to make it work. It's also what provides such an amazing array of opportunities for our employees to learn and grow here, and even potentially change careers while at the same employer.

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