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
Oct 12, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Vacation and healthcare are good.

Cons

Work-life balance is horrible. You come in and work like a dog. Outside sales reps do nothing but pawn work off on CSR’s, ISR’s. They meet with customers and play golf or eat and drink on the job. Don’t do their jobs. Quotes pod’s will not quote unless a OSR sends it to them. Huge boys club, if you like frat environments then look no further. Pay is below industry average too, if you want to make good money run away as fast as possible too. The 401k match is horrible. Have to put in 6% so they’ll do 3%. Employee stock is horrible. You’re giving the company a loan advance on available cash. They take your 20$ per share, and you get no return but 20$ in the future. 20$ now isn’t eh same as 20$ in the future. You get dividends of 10 cents and 30 cents and every 75 years they go crazy and maybe give you 1-7$ per share somehow. They just use your cash as available cash. Margins are thin in distribution. Not a good company to work for.

2.0
Sep 9, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Its a fortune 500 company Stock dividends

Cons

Diversity doesn't exist so beware if you are not a European American There is little to no growth. There is nowhere to go. They only recruit via employee referrals so make sure you know someone if you want to get a job or promotion. Graybar is behind in technology so be prepared to use a floppy disk and a really old computer.

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Graybar Response
4y
Thank you for leaving a review. We are sorry to hear you are not happy with your experience. Over the last few years we have instituted multiple state of the art technologies such as Salesforce and Workday. Additionally, we have a strong culture of internal movement, so we encourage you to speak to your manager about your career goals. If you have interests outside your current role, they can help you work towards your next role at Graybar. We have many employees who have moved up and around at Graybar, as we have many career paths and locations available. If you have more you would like to share about your experience you can reach out at reviewfeedback@graybar.com
2.0
Jul 12, 2021

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Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-good retirement (if you are willing to drink the kool aid) -Can have a good co worker experience.

Cons

-bad 5 year outlook -no process growth -loyal to the wrong employees -bad training -sink or swim mindest

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Graybar Response
4y
Thank you for leaving a review. We are sorry to hear you were not happy during your time with us; if you wish to share more about your experience please feel free to email reviewfeedback@graybar.com. We actually just had our highest first quarter net sales and net income in company history, which was due to the hard work of our employees.
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