Graybar reviews

3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(1,260 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 1,260 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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1.0
Apr 26, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Not Many pro's, basically it pays the bills.

Cons

This company is all about upper management, making big bonuses on the backs of hardworking frontline customer facing workers. When times get rough, they ALWAYS cut the workers, never management. During this Pandemic Crisis, they went thru every district and eliminated over 200 + positions. In doing so, they eliminated jobs of long time producing employees forcing them into forced retirements in most cases on a service pension that one cannot live on without another job. In my own situation my job was eliminated, and the reason " It's a numbers thing", this is unacceptable! With the economy dead, and without access to one's 401K or profit sharing without having to absorb penalties,this leaves people in extremely tough situations. Then after they eliminated positions, they issued a company wide furlough. Now, forget about the Pandemic for a minute if you can, Raises better be happy with 1 & 2 %, when health insurance, food, and gas prices go up this doesn't cover it. And don't get paid over scale for your position, else HR steps in and eliminates your position. When coworkers screw-off on the clock, with other coworkers to the point where it becomes disruptive, nothing is done about it; at times for hours on end, as I witnessed multiple times. When coworkers watch movies on the clock, or surf the web on their cellphones nothing is done. When it's brought to management, nothing's done to correct it; rather they hide in their offices. When customer orders get screwed up during order entry, Management argues to the defense of the error, not the individual who didn't follow instructions. In all, this company used to regard it's employees as an asset; NOT ANY MORE! Frontline workers are simply Grunts who are expected to generate huge sums of profits, while management keeps getting wider at the beltline. They have a lot more Chiefs than Indians! My friends and customers, used to refer to me as "Mr. Graybar!"; if I ever hear that statement again I will blow a gasket!!

1.0
Nov 14, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

None— Before I started I was told how bad this place was, I wish I would have listened.

Cons

Everything— Graybar Houston is very unprofessional, management picks favorites, and they mistreat employees. I was harassed by my manager to the point I was getting sick by simply talking to him. Went to both HR and upper management was told this is all hearsay and nothing could be done by local HR. From upper management I was told that he didn’t believe he said those thing out of the blue, he believed that I “provoked” the comments that were made to me. Also in less then 2 years I worked at Graybar I reported to 5 different managers in that time frame, in my last 6 months I was forced to take a “promotion” that was ecclesiastically for less money. This company will pull you around in a circle and give you no clear path in a direction they want you to go. I WOULD NOT recommend working here, stay as far away as possible.

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I’m sorry you had this experience at Graybar and we take these comments very seriously. One of our top priorities is to create a working culture where employees feel comfortable and respected at work. We would like to learn more about your experience and concerns and ask that you please email glassdoor@graybar.com
2.0
Oct 6, 2017

A good company gone bad

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Pros

Good benefits, good inventory, great worker bees.

Cons

This company is pushing out older employees. They are breaking promises to employees. Going from a friendly employee owned culture to management by intimidation. The CEO is a narcissistic person that hands out bobble head dolls of herself. She blames her own failures on the employees. She is all "me, me, me".

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