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
Mar 30, 2024

Stepping Stone ONLY

Recommend
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Pros

Good stepping stone if you are starting in the industry

Cons

There’s a lot of favoritism and racism

1.0
Sep 13, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The only pro was that it was relatively close to my house. The commute wasn’t bad

Cons

No support from supervisors and managers. Little room for growth or improvement in job status. The office life is so tense and stressful. We had individual, specific bathroom break times. There is no positive feedback. Employees are expected to “figure it out” and then reprimanded when they make mistakes. It is quite honestly the most toxic work environment I’ve ever experienced.

4.0
Feb 22, 2023

Not Bad For The Work

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The benefits and stock/profit sharing that become available are great. I’ve taken care of more health issues in the past two years than I have in the 6 years prior because I can actually use my PTO and sick time. I’ll also have a down payment for a house in another year with my profit sharing (housing market willing) As far as the actual work, it’s not hard work and the systems used are easy to grasp. Team lifting is encouraged and you can be trained on any of the larger equipment after a while. It’s pretty much exactly what you’d expect from a distribution center.

Cons

While you’re not given more responsibilities than your job description requires, the ones that you have are expected to be met regardless of how impossible the task may be. If the volume of orders doubles or triples from the previous year, you’re still expected to get everything done in the same amount of time, or “encouraged” to come in early to get a head start. Don’t be surprised by unrealistic expectations from management especially during busy season. Also don’t expect to move up without putting in at least ten years. You can move laterally to different departments and sometimes that can come with a pay raise depending on the job, but management is something only given through tenure, regardless of your previous experience.

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Graybar Response
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Thank you for your thoughtful review. I know it can be more of a challenge to do so from a warehouse environment, but please make an effort (if you're not already doing so) to provide your thoughts and feedback in our quarterly feedback surveys, and ideas for process improvements on the Spark platform (you can find that link on Portal). Spark is run by our Innovation team and the Continuous Improvement team and is a very active platform where employees are sharing ideas and discussing ways to improve our work processes. Many of these turn into projects and implementations. Additionally, feedback from our quarterly surveys is read and managers are encouraged to work on areas of note.
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