Have to be the very best if you want to make it - Warehouse Associate Grainger Employee Review

2.0
4 June 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Pay, healthcare, they did offer quarterly bonuses for great or superior department performance, mostly good co-workers, most metrics can be easy to meet

Cons

They expect near perfection within the large amount of product you're handling, specifically in product count and putaway. If you have a handful of errors (often found with potentially erroneous audits, issues with multiple putaways, SAP/tech issues that were difficult to explain to higher-ups lacking IT knowledge to defend against errors from physical counts), this could become a downward spiral in employment and could drastically affect any great or superior offsets in reviews. Turnover was pretty high, and leadership changes were frequent.

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5.0
1 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

My teammates and leader help me get to where I am today. This company inspired me to help others and motivated my coworkers. The benefit, PTO and the people here what make me thrive working my career here at Grainger.

Cons

No Con about working Grainger.

4.0
6 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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