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
4.0
Dec 15, 2025

Workplace

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very good workplace for long term employment

Cons

Nothing to say much about it

2.0
Dec 15, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great products and the companies we partner with offer a ton of value if you can make the business case to get their support. You can learn about industry, MRO, following rigid structures, etc. It looks good on a resume.

Cons

No internal support, messy systems, unsupportive management, toxic sales culture, awful pricing with painful processes to get any discretion. Customer support isn’t trained in product and Product support just follows their flow charts with no thought behind the responses. Pay sucks, commission structure is confusing and unrewarding. Long hours and pointless formalities that just waste time. Company over promises and then gets stuck in theoretical efficiencies (like deliveries coming from 10 hours away despite having a local DC)

4.0
Dec 13, 2025

Good

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Comp is Chicago average, and good corp culture

Cons

Limited benefits for the fte

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