Solid job starting out, but lack of individual reward leads to burnout
Pros
Graybar offers a solid 8-5 job, with really good benefits such as stock purchasing/payouts as well as 401(k) match and profit sharing bonus.
Cons
Graybar doesn’t do enough to reward employees on an individual level, unless you want to count being handed more work and responsibility. As Graybar has increased their overall salary schedules each of the last two years, individual annual merit raises have pretty much been capped off to coincide with those (Ex. Graybar increased salaries by 3% in 22’, my merit raise was 3.63% that year so really only .63%) so doing a good job over the course of the year wasn’t really getting you any individual reward over the next person. Just more work and stress to go with it. Your Graybar experience will also vary based on the size of the branch that you work in. If you work in a small branch like me, you’ll be asked to wear a bunch of different hats and do a bunch of extra work that really shouldn’t apply to your job but because your branch is so understaffed you have to step in and just do it (help walk in at the counter, run to the back to receive shipments, etc.). This is again, more stuff that is added to your plate that Graybar doesn’t see a need to really reward you for.