Graybar reviews

3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(1,261 total reviews)
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Kathleen M. Mazzarella

63% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Graybar has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,261 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
1.0
Jan 31, 2023

Stay away

Recommend
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Pros

A stable Mon-Fri work schedule

Cons

Your primary customers are electricians who expect their orders to be ready as soon as you hang up or become angry when you don’t know the jargon ie monkey rubbers or frog eyes or a product has been discontinued or the lead time is months out. Training is non-existent. You are put out on the warehouse counter to pick orders that are submitted and for customers who come in. After a month you are then placed at a desk, told the bare minimum on how the system works and are left to your own devices. Senior management is more concerned about telling you about all the vacations they take and how this is the best work environment you as an employee have ever been in.

3.0
Aug 3, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Great long term retirement benefits. Employee owned, stock program, dividends, profit sharing. Great people. Great managers.

Cons

Lower pay. Difficult to level up the way it’s structured. You can very easily get stuck in a low paying position without a lifeline to get out, especially if you are good at what you do and needed in that position. Right place right time is more important than ever. Lower end of pay scale made up for with long term retirement benefits, lack of operations/customer service/inside support for outside sales reps. As an outside sales rep I spend my days at my desk entering orders and quotes all day. Wasn’t always like this.

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