I worked for Grainger greater more than 15 years. - Anonymous employee Grainger Employee Review

3.0
27 Dec 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Profit sharing, profit sharing, vacation

Cons

A highly stressful and micro managed environment. A very complex company that thinks it can hire managers, especially sales managers from outside the company that have no concept of the business. No work/life balance whatsoever. The focus has shifted away from the customer to increase sales at all costs. Branch employees and sales reps are for the most part unhappy and I know a lot of them. Upper management has no idea of the overall morale of employees that have been with the company longer than 10 years nor do they care. The focus is on bringing in new blood in all areas.

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Pros

Schedules were very flexible! Leadership cared

Cons

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Pros

Benefits are decent and reasonably priced. They offer a 401k match, BCBS insurance, FSA, HSA, dental, vision, life insurance, and accidental D&D coverage. They also do a 3‑to‑1 match for donations to non‑religious 501(c) organizations. There’s a big emphasis on volunteering, with plenty of opportunities to get involved. The building itself is beautiful, with a free on‑site gym, a coffee shop, real trees in the atrium, a waterfall, and a large cafeteria (though the food can vary). They’re also flexible about which days you come on‑site, depending on the team’s schedule. If I needed to switch a Monday for a Thursday, it was never an issue. My manager was also supportive of remote work on days when the weather made commuting difficult.

Cons

Admins do not get an annual bonus. They're really strict on Overtime, really weird about worrying about mini costs. Like they'll spend 50k on a week-long training but freak out if people want to rent a car while being in town. Can't buy lunch for this 3 hour meeting to cut costs, but we'll drop 10k on this other thing. It's also so unfair that some people get to work remotely and others are forced to come in 3 times a week, for the exact same roles. Every meeting is basically online, so it's just silly and a power trip.

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