Grainger reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(4,979 total reviews)
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87% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

Grainger has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 4,979 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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2.0
Apr 11, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent benefits package, if you can endure the ineptitude to actually take advantage of it.

Cons

Wow... what a question; the Cons. Don't know where to begin except management. In the Grainger environ it's best to demure as initiative and intelligence are deemed as threats. Especially if you're working outside the box and generating results. Marketplaces can sometimes demand such, and this is anathema for Grainger. God forbid that you develop a solution that is not pre-scripted. Beware those creative souls of light and personality... to the dungeons with thee. Find someplace else to work where the corporate culture exists that rewards creativity. Average management IQ ratings are about 95. Beware the use of big words and compound sentences.

4.0
Apr 11, 2012

Good work, but...

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Salary and Benefits are more than competitive.

Cons

Corporate Strategy changes very frequently. Very focused on growth and taking marketshare in the short term. little transparency and less cooperation between different areas of the business. Very difficult to make the leap from non-exempt to exempt status.

2.0
Apr 6, 2012

Gofer

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Stock benefits are very good

Cons

Awful boss and poor manager

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