Grainger reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(4,972 total reviews)
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87% approve of CEO

78% positive business outlook

Grainger has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 4,972 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
Jun 3, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great fellow employees, excellent compensation (for certain positions), nice benefits package, profit sharing, known for superb customer service, order fulfillment, and tuition reimbursement

Cons

THE OTHER REVIEWS ARE TRUE!!! Opportunities for advancement are almost non-existent outside of Chicago, pay for those not in sales or management is laughable, profit sharing (your share of the pie is based on your salary, hence, the less you make, the less you have in your profit sharing), organizational focus is on sales and sales only, promotions (when they become available) are given based on who you know, if you're not part of the "in crowd" then forget it, the company is notorious for telling their employees one thing and doing another. Basically I can go on for days about the cons.

4.0
Jun 1, 2011

not long enough - wish it was longer

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

growing strong company good pay and hours loyal customers experienced management tenure throughout the organization adopts technology to improve productivity

Cons

political nepotism no advancement opportunity outside of chicago

4.0
May 23, 2011

Excellent Company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Market leader in industrial sales. Excellent reputation among customers and suppliers. Awesome benefits. Long tradition of superior customer service and stellar supply chain.

Cons

As with any large company, the ability to share information cross functionally, regarding improvements, innovation to increase revenue or performance can be difficult.

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