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      Grainger

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      Grainger reviews

      4.0

      80% would recommend to a friend

      (4,984 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 4,984 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 27, 2013

      Potential to be amazing with the right people.

      Account manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Many internal and external resources available to support sales acitivities. Excellent benefits including a profit sharing trust (PST) plan. Account managers also enjoy flexible schedules to help provide work life balance. Senior leadership is excellent and have great vision for how things should be. If you enjoy travel, this is a good position as there are always opportunities to travel to vendor training and the annual tradeshow in Florida.

      Cons

      The very same resources mentioned above can also be toxic and double your workload. Goals can be unreasonable and the company doesn't follow it's own policy for out of business accounts. Making attaining sales goal that much harder. Like squeezing water out of a rock. The flexible schedule can work against you by requiring you to work day and night. You have to leave the country to have an actual vacation.

      3.0
      Jan 26, 2013

      Equal opportunity

      Csa
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great benefits and decent pay. Even with a GED you can work here. Great place if you are looking for a part time job.

      Cons

      No real opportunity for growth. What they say at hire is a total lie. Company will never have your back, high chance of getting fire.

      3.0
      Jan 23, 2013

      Oh The times they are a changing

      Account manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Profit sharing, good pay Vs. the competition.

      Cons

      They are finding ways to weed out the more tenured employees so that they can hire fresh out of college lesser paid employees and show more profitability to their share holders. More focus on bringing in products from overseas rather than supporting products made in the U.S. made by our own customers. Major cut backs in the branch staff resulting in longer lines for customers at the counters. Hiring new people at lower wages that do not have industry knowledge. Extremely unreasonable sales goals 25%-35% over PY) for Sales team members during a major recession.

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