Grainger reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(4,988 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 4,988 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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1.0
Jul 29, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Very easy to work at branch when not being micromanaged by management.

Cons

There is no opportunity to advance with employees being stuck in roles for 10+ years. Racist staff and customers at certain locations. Avoid HR at all cost. Senior staff often blocks newer staff from attempting to move upward and explore new opportunities.

2.0
Jul 22, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good hours and days worked. Job is easy enough to stay to utilize some great benefits!

Cons

Favoritism on the childish level is what you will experience working here as a minority. Racist subliminal comments made throughout my time at Grainger. People loosely choose what they want to do all day playing around, and throw the hardworkers under the bus! No team work! Toxic environment! Childish manager and leads ect...!!

1.0
Mar 29, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

*Entry position to sales *When it’s good it’s good and if you end up with a manager that cares then you will have the best career here. *Eye insurance is great *Three flex days a quarter to be able to work from home when needed.

Cons

*If given a good book of business you thrive if your book of business is not set up correctly then you run into issues daily which leads to customer frustrations and drop in sales. *Accounts are not integrated correctly with customer systems which leads to sales issues and customer frustrations. *Emails and text messages are not taking into consideration as interactions with customers however most customers prefer email since most customers are working on the job. Very out of date with how customers like to interact. *Managers are not prepared for role nor read sales governance to know how to help sellers get paid resulting in outside sellers able to steal money from inside sales. *No room for growth and they sell the employee overturn as promotions for other roles when they actually just need to fill the position and move people around to look like promotions. *Managers are promoted to other positions/roles when there is conflict other than firing them even when they have HR complaints about them. *Company as a whole treat inside sales department horrible and as the lowest of low when this department makes the most money for the company. *Compensation for the amount of work they require if you. *This is a glorified call center with more focus on the dials and mins vs. sales *When I first started this position I was told I would be able to manage my own business but in actuality call blocks are required and focuses are not focused on the customer. *Hybrid schedule for a position we sell virtually to our customers.

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