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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5.0
Dec 1, 2020

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Pros

Graybar is an inclusive, diverse, and customer focused environment. Many colleagues share valuable insight and want you to succeed. I highly recommend Graybar. If you work hard you will be rewarded and recognized. Benefits: the people, managers really care, work life balance

Cons

there are none that I can think of at the moment

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Thanks for your review! We are happy to see you are enjoying your time here and finding your work environment positive, welcoming and conducive to your success - it is something we strive to create for all of our employees at all locations.
1.0
May 20, 2020

I'd avoid it.

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Pros

Profit Sharing is great. Privately owned Fortune 500 company Most of the people I worked with were some of the greatest I've had the please of sharing an office with.

Cons

Terribly mismanaged. Arrogant managers, directors and VPs, that compete against each other rather than work towards the common good of the company. Extremely antiquated culture. If you are looking for a job where you can collect a pay check by doing the bare minimum (show up), then this it the right place for you. If you do ever have a problem, HR will NOT help you. Instead they'll do whatever they can to bury the issue vs dealing with it. As an IT professional who worked there for 6 years, I can tell you top level leadership, including the president has no idea what current technology can do, nor are they interested in a path to get there. Salaries are not competitive in today's market. I'm making 40k more a year to do the same job for my current company.

2.0
Aug 23, 2019
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Pros

Employee Ownership is nice but you are not vested for years. Good experience but get out and make way more money at other distributors.

Cons

Never give them notice they will walk you out that day. No raises, when I asked for one they told me I have "unlimited potential" but then only allowed me to have 30 accounts. Very little opportunity to move with in. The pay plan is terrible and not competitive at all. They are constantly looking for ways to reduce workforce and this is when they are making massive profits.

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