Grainger reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(4,989 total reviews)
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87% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

Grainger has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 4,989 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
Aug 12, 2018

Account Manager

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Salary is decent, benefits are excellent (medical and PTO)

Cons

Stop letting Salesforce drive every aspect of life. We were hired to sell, let us sell. Stop changing strategy every 6 months, it's impossible to know what the flavor of the day will be. When they "right-sized" a few years ago, they "right-sized" too much. Too many people under one leader, and things don't get done. It's still an old boy company where who you know, and who you network with will be the key to your success

3.0
Apr 30, 2018

Manager of Inside Sales

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Compensation package and benefits are pretty decent

Cons

Grainger as a company is great, the SA office has become a disjointed toxic work environment devoid of actual leadership at the senior level.

1.0
Mar 10, 2018

Absolute sadness

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great peers to work with, MON-FRI job

Cons

Terrible management, work/life balance is awful. You will work overtime about 90% of the time, if you are first shift, plan on staying until, 6:30-7:30 at night. They will listen to all of your problems but in reality they will not do a thing about it. They will push one thing at a time per week. Have it be gap times, accuracy, or attendance. Whatever it may be they will talk and talk about it, and then move on to something completely different, but it will never be fixed. My biggest issue with this company is how they treat the employees. I will not even lie. I was terminated from the Grainger facility. Simply of the fact that Grainger will not take your side in any incident even if you are not at fault. They will find a way to blame you for it and take your job away, just like that. No matter how hard you try to work for the respect you think you deserve. You get 120% picks, no errors, and you mess up without it being your fault once or twice. You will be fired. Don't waste your time at this pathetic place they call work. They'll say that you are there working for your kids and family, but no. You're just working to put money in there pocket. They don't care about there employees. Which brings me to my next point. They have awful insurance for the company. The hiring process was rough. It took about 6 months just to get results back from my physical in order to be hired on. When i took leave for my child being born, i had to call the Grainger's leave hotline at least 8 times just to verify i ACTUALLY had my child. I can't warn anyone enough. STAY AWAY FROM GRAINGER.

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