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

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
3.0
Jul 30, 2014

ON SITE SERVICE CONSULTANT

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good company, benefits are solid, profit sharing is great, salary is decent good job security work conditions are ok. Innovative growing company

Cons

Not much training, not much opportunity for development or promotion, company is focusing on a youth movement of young college grads and not paying very good salaries

3.0
Jul 29, 2014

not the best place to work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Employee Pension; great for a person who doesn't want to grow in their career.

Cons

No growth opportunity. They promote who they like and not necessarily the most qualified person.

3.0
Jul 29, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits, great co-workers, awesome profit sharing, stable company with longevity, many business units and areas to move around to.

Cons

Lack of promotional opportunities for people of color (outside of sales). Overall diversity numbers are good horizontally, but as you travel up the pyramid there are very few people of color in senior leadership positions. The company has many "BRGs" business resource groups (affinity groups); but this does not translate into opportunity for people of color. Promotional opportunities are selective--very political. You must know individuals and they must know you. Retention is an issues (especially for new employees with fresh ideas). Leadership does not seem to value tenure employees. New managers with very little people people skills are constantly being promoted into management position because they might have been good at managing a process; or "knew" someone; but have no clue how to motivate a team. Company is 20-25 years behind in technology, systems, and reporting.

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