Grainger reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(4,979 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 4,979 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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5K reviews
2.0
Apr 26, 2016

Manager

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Pros

Compensation is competitive within the industry. Work life balance is relatively good. Very good benefits. Still some great people there.

Cons

Company has let go of a lot of employees who care and built the company up. Loyalty has lost a lot of value there. Seems to be a lack of solid vision within leadership. Too many YES people who lack experience or courage.

2.0
Mar 6, 2016

Worst mistake of my life

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Pros

Insurance Small (below average) car allowance program If you are good they will do nothing to retain you-so you won't hit resistance as you run out the door.

Cons

If you are a minority or a good looking blonde and have little experience- you will be fast tracked and be a Director or a RSVP in no time at all. It won't matter that you have no idea what you are doing. Pay ranges not updated in years. No Sr. Levels in sales. HR are just puppets. No organizational consistency. Reviews do not have set weighting on categories so managers can just score however they like. Sales development programs are poor. Managers are robots doing the will of their RSVP.

2.0
Mar 3, 2016

The one constant...change

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Pros

Financially solid and compensation/benefits are very good. They used to be great but they have adjusted the profit sharing plan due to competitive pressures.

Cons

Non-transparent leaders and no collaboration across business units.

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