Is Graybar a good company to work for?

Graybar has an overall rating of 3.4 out of 5, based on over 1,306 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 51% of employees would recommend working at Graybar to a friend and 55% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Graybar have been left by employees working as Manager , Sales Manager and Sales Associate .

Does Graybar pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Graybar employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Graybar. This rating has decreased by 7% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Graybar?

51% of Graybar employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Graybar 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Graybar?

Outside Sales Representative (95) , Inside Sales Representative (86) , Customer Service Representative (76) , Sales Representative (70) , Sales Trainee (59) , Material Handler (42) , Project Specialist (42) , Customer Service Representative (CSR) (34) , Sales (33) , Manager (19) , Account Manager (16) , Branch Administrator (14) , Project Manager (13) , Counter Sales Representative (12) , Sales Manager (12)

What are the pros of working at Graybar according to real employee reviews?

"Graybar offers a great and competitive benefits package" ((in 222 reviews)); "Great people and atmosphere." ((in 81 reviews)); "Branch culture is great." ((in 30 reviews)); "You do not have to work weekends ever good work life balance" ((in 27 reviews)); "Good work environment" ((in 23 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Graybar according to real employee reviews?

"People stay in positions for years and there is no accountability for poor performance or poor management." ((in 107 reviews)); "Low pay but they send recent college grads all over the country for “training” where they basically just party." ((in 103 reviews)); "He was lazy and had no training plan at all." ((in 40 reviews)); "Low salary makes it hard to not look else where" ((in 25 reviews)); "Some managers have outdated styles (also getting better)." ((in 22 reviews))

What are employees saying about Graybar layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Graybar layoffs and their outlook for job security at Graybar in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Graybar locations?

Saint Louis , Minneapolis , Seattle , Chicago , Charlotte , Orlando , Dallas , New York , Raleigh , Dublin , Indianapolis , Glendale Heights , Phoenix , Houston , Tampa , Diamond Bar , Maryland Heights , Denver , Pittsburgh , Belleville , Bel-Ridge , Champaign , Sterling , Youngstown , Philadelphia , Boston , Atlanta , Teterboro , Salt Lake City , Milwaukee

Graybar reviews

3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(1,261 total reviews)

Kathleen M. Mazzarella

63% approve of CEO

55% 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 1,261 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

3.0

Sep 2, 2013

Employee owned growing electrical distributor

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Subsiduary of Graybar Electric (USA) Employee owned Small company feel Graybar first entered the canadian market through the acquisition of two companies, Harris and Roome in Atlantic Canada and Ellis and Howard in Ontario. Harris and Roome continues to have leadership status in the electrical distribution market in the maritime provinces.

Cons

As a reletively recent entry into the Canadian electrical distributor market, Graybar tends to demonstrates a lack of focus as it tries to define its market approach. Graybar's employees and managers lack training and experience - even those with seveal years of service with the company or within the industry with other employers

2.0

Aug 22, 2013

Extremely unorganized and unrealistic expectations. Very unprofessional environment.

Warehouse clerk

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

HR is very helpful and professional. 50% of coworkers are great people. Rate of pay is better than most jobs in the area. Excellent benefits and incentives. Paid time off and benefits kick in immediately. Smoke breaks every 10 minutes if you're a smoker. Everyone tries to help out when needed (most of the time)

Cons

Health & Safety is not enforced or taken seriously, accidents waiting to happen. %50 of coworkers are rude, use offensive profanities and unprofessional. Hard work is not often recognized by upper management. Very unorganized warehouse, workload seems to pile up with no end in sight. Items that are left to receive after deliveries are sometimes left for a week before you have time to get to them. Understaffed, when somebody calls in sick or has a week off you're on your own! Expectations are not realistic. Not able to speak up about issues out of fear they will assume you can't do your job. Each branch is likely different from one to the other to work at.

1.0

Aug 7, 2013

There are Better places

Inside sales

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pay, if your willing to be bullied

Cons

No Leadership No Accountability by Management If your a hard working employee they will take advantage of you Revolving door of employees, including branch managers, very few last more than a year. our branch of 10 had 11 employees change (Quit or Fired ) within 2 years , 3 being Managers

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