Grainger reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(4,987 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 4,987 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
Jan 12, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Training is fantastic! The operations department hires and trains good people who work well together.

Cons

Reviews are very subjective. No room for growth if management does not allow you in their inner circle. Questionable as to how they determine who is eligable for promotion since there is so much latitude for personal -vs- professional.

2.0
Jan 10, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Profit sharing, a paycheck...not much

Cons

First of all the Managers are absoltuely horrible, they treat employees like robots and make you do whatever is best for the company not yourself. They do not let employees voice their concerns or opinions. Everything is a clique either you kiss it or get lost. Advancement opportunities are very rare and you have to be in the "IN" group or you aren't moving anywhere, sorry. Assistant managers and Branch managers and district managers and their managers and blah blah blah...so top heavy its not even funny. Corporate does not care about branch employees, you are just a number to them. There is no decency, consideration, appreciation or respect given to anyone in branches, you are just a lackey, which makes it a very sad place to be. Employees can work very hard and managers show their appreciation in no way shape or form. When it went to compensation time, oh the extra mile you went over the year, well that doesnt matter because yoy did not meet your ever changing, unrealistic company set goals, so I kid you not, you are very lucky to get a 25 cent raise a year. The company makes millions upon millions marking items up and they cant give you 1.00$ raise, not even your manager helps you reach goals.Employees give up their lives for this company and get nothing in return. Managers work all the time, get no rest from work , eats up your life from what I've seen. Company does not care about your life or family, they made us work in hurricanes, can you beleive that !!!! A greedy company indeed. Anyway, It used to be a great place to work, but goals always change and are very unrealistic and unobtainable. You know its going downhill when 25+ year employees start leaving. Do yourself a favor and stay away, as sad as it is. Its very unfortunate corporate does not care about employees.

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