Grainger reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(4,994 total reviews)
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DG Macpherson

87% approve of CEO

80% positive business outlook

Grainger has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 4,994 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent 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
Feb 8, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Financially healthy company that leads the industry in industrial sales and customer service. Decent salaries and expense reimbursement. Great accommodations when traveling.

Cons

Increasingly tedious administrative work for Account Managers. Incredibly micro-managed. Poor Sales Managers that are shoddy and puppets for VPs. Politics plays a HUGe role in any promotion opportunities.

1.0
Feb 7, 2015

Good Old Boy Network

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Base pay was great until a new management decided that they could get cheap labor.

Cons

Leadership is not what you know but who you know. Good old boy network and if you are not in the club it doesn't matter if your a shinning star they will not promote you. Company was humming right along until about 4 years ago and then the bottom fell out by hiring "disposable" people that would do the job for less. Very political here and NO balance because you literally are on call 24/7 as an account manager.

3.0
Feb 6, 2015

great company to work for

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

great company to work for

Cons

Corporate structure needs work, all over the place and a lot of job movement.

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