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      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

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      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
      5.0
      Dec 1, 2016

      Excellent place to start a career!

      Outside sales representative
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great people, co-workers are like family, sales and manufacturer training are provided by the company, lots of social events (especially at corporate headquarters in St. Louis), pay is decent and you will learn a lot about the electrical industry working here.

      Cons

      None, budget may be challenging for some sales reps.

      4.0
      Oct 21, 2016

      happy employee

      Inside sales representative
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Very good work environment with a positive team oriented culture. I would recommend and encourage ANYONE to apply for a job with graybar.

      Cons

      My cons would be that management does not actively encourage people for training. The training does exist but you have to put the pressure on management for them to include you in it.

      4.0
      Oct 18, 2016

      Company Review

      Outside sales representative
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There are many - stock and 401k offerings, pretty generous paid time off plans, the health and dental plans are great and affordable and for me the branch I worked out of (Westwood, MA) has a great branch manager who is open to feedback and was very responsive whenever I needed help. I did see other reviews where branch culture was demotivating. I have had that experience at my previous company so I can understand what a "con" that is for people. I luckily had positive experiences with my office.

      Cons

      I would have to say the cons were mostly generated from the corporate level. There are so many steps/rules/people involved in even the smallest tasks, to where you give up seeing them through. As for being in sales, the expense report was such a pain to do you would always be behind in sending them because you didn't feel like spending the time doing them. And there always seemed to be contests with certain vendors to get you to push their products. I feel that at some level that is a conflict. You should provide your customers with the products that best fit their needs, not sell them the items you could win money or trips for.

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