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      Graybar

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      Graybar reviews

      3.4

      49% would recommend to a friend

      (1,266 total reviews)
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      Kathleen M. Mazzarella

      60% approve of CEO

      56% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.4

      Work/Life balance

      3.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.2

      Compensation and benefits

      3.2

      Career opportunities

      3.1

      Culture & values

      3.0

      Senior management

      Graybar has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,266 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Graybar 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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      1K reviews
      4.0
      Jun 18, 2008

      The best of both worlds with Graybar.....small company feel backed by corporate muscle.

      Customer service
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      It's a very large employee owned company that has been around for over a 100 years and provides security, financial stability, and opportunities if you're willing to work hard for it. The way it's structured, you could work in any of it's locations nationally because of it's consistency on how the internal operations work. The local branches have a smaller close knit culture with the backing of a corporation and because it's employee owned, you not only had first hand knowledge of how the company was financially doing, you got to share in the profits as well. The atmosphere was fast paced yet casual and friendly.

      Cons

      The new software system could be quite cumbersome and confusing at times. It had a lot of reporting capabilites but it could be information overload, especially when you were just trying to enter a simple order. At times you were expected to do a lot of different tasks that may or may not be part of your core compentency and training was not always available.

      1.0
      Jul 16, 2026

      Toxic culture and poor compensation for sales roles

      Outside sales representative
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Company car although it took about a year for them to finally find one to give me. Employee stock, however, its only good if you buy massive amounts.

      Cons

      Where do I start? As a sales professional, my experience at Graybar in St Louis MO was horrible. Graybar does not value its employees as human beings. My role was travel based covering the state of MO. I was expected to drive 4, 5, 6 hours to meet with a customer, and drive back home tk avoid hotel expenses. This was extremely dangerous. The compensation was laughable and the commission was even worse. Sales reps have to make Graybar about $1M in profit before they will pay out a penny. Lastly, management pulled the ultimate slap in the face to all of the sales reps and capped the uncapped commission during a record year. Absolutely disgusting and shameful behavior coming out of Graybar in STL.

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