Grainger reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(4,997 total reviews)
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87% approve of CEO

80% positive business outlook

Grainger has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 4,997 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 9, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Profit Sharing, benefits were decent

Cons

Lack of advancement, benefits are ok,

3.0
Jun 9, 2015

Account Manager

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great company to work for, takes care of the employees as well as they can. Fantastic benefits and a solid comp plan.

Cons

consistent management change over. inability to correct for goal relief at times, slow to move.

2.0
Jun 6, 2015

used to be a great company, but...

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

the profit sharing was great, the line staff are hardworking, many different locations to choose where you want to work, stable profitable company

Cons

the buddy systems has made managers out of people who couldn't flip burgers for a living. They are not connected to their bread & butter--the customers. All they want to do is find their next "opportunity" so they can continue making over 100K + a year and do no real income generating work. The commissions and bonuses that Grainger pays out to its managers and sales team is unbalanced, since none of them have to put their hands on any product. This is what will keep Grainger behind the competition in the long run.

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