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      Grainger

      Engaged Employer

      Grainger reviews

      4.0

      80% would recommend to a friend

      (4,991 total reviews)
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      DG Macpherson

      87% approve of CEO

      79% positive business outlook

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      Grainger has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 4,991 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
      2.0
      Jun 1, 2016

      Inside Sales Account Manager

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      A high amount of opportunity to mine accounts and make good to great sales commission. The company offered profit sharing and solid health benefits. Grainger valued their employees and treated achievers like rockstars for a few years when I was employed.

      Cons

      The company became greedy. They laid off close to 200 knowledgeable, experienced, dedicated account managers and replaced them with wet-behind-the-ears and inexperienced sales agents. Stock has plummeted dramatically and layoffs continue.

      2.0
      May 31, 2016

      Corporate Overhaul

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Benefits PTO Profit Sharing (Although this has recently been scaled back considerably)

      Cons

      Very political corporate landscape. It's not what you know at Grainger, it's who you know. Good luck trying to get promoted because there isn't alot of help from management to get you where you want to go unless you are in tight with the right people. The mid year review and IDP processes are not very helpful either. Branches closing, jobs being either eliminated or outsourced, pay cuts, micro-management, etc...

      1.0
      May 20, 2016

      Territory sales representative

      Territory sales representative
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The benefits provided by Grainger are excellent and among the best I've ever encountered. Also the job really isn't too demanding.

      Cons

      Recently went through a process of letting go of many territory sales representatives. In that time they let go of top talent and held onto certain individuals with family ties to higher positions. Though they said it would be based off of location, tenure and performance these were all lies. From Jim Ryan all the way down there were constant lies and it was a full slap in the face to many former employees.

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