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"They take care of you with great benefits and profit sharing" (in 373 reviews)
"Flexible hours with great benefits" (in 283 reviews)
"Home Work Life Balance Is a Struggle" (in 118 reviews)
"Upper Management can be clueless" (in 78 reviews)
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- Current Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★Featured Review
Pros
This week I celebrated my 30th Anniversary working at Grainger. How can someone stay at a company so long? It's because of the variety and the opportunities Grainger has presented me over the years. I averaged a new position (or promotion) about ever 2 years by moving around and up. Great benefits, great people and opportunities around every corner
Cons
If you don't advocate for yourself, you could have trouble with work/life balance. Don't do that! Stuff moves fast around here, if you don't stop and look around, you might miss something in your personal life you will regret later.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
Pros
Benefits Work Life Balance Great Leaders
Cons
Grainger is a Big Company
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
-Leaders really do a lot to keep morale high. You really feel like the company genuinely cares about you and your well-being. -There is a lot of opportunity for growth and development for those who want it, possibly even more so now during the pandemic. They really like to promote from within the company. -Great benefits and lots of PTO even in your first year of employment. -LGBTQ+ friendly. Very supportive and inclusive environment. -HR concerns are taken seriously, dealt with swiftly. -Work from home until further notice due to Covid (some training is on site) but there is also a permanent work from home team that has openings every now and then. -They take feedback very seriously and are always interested in new ideas and suggestions and implement changes based on employee feedback on a regular and frequent basis.
Cons
-It is very fast paced to begin with and it can feel very overwhelming during times of national crisis such as a national disasters or a pandemic. -Call volumes are very high as Grainger competes to hire during the pandemic. -Many amenities normally accessible on site are not available due to Covid (employee gym, cafeteria) -Work from home until further notice due to Covid (ha!)
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
- Benefits are really good - Team members and business partners are generally friendly and helpful - Opportunities for movement within the company
Cons
- Unrealistic timelines for projects - No work/life balance - Expectations not communicated consistently to team members - Unjustified favoritism - Leadership lacking soft skills - Lack of mandatory implicit bias training and how to be an POC and LGBTQIA+ ally. - Method of assessing employees for annual review is highly subjective and not based on clear data provided to the employee. If you consistently get a 'consistently meets expectations' then they basically consider you almost ready for a promotion. It's virtually impossible with the workload and aggressive timelines to go above and beyond in any way. There has definitely been an ongoing mass exodus of folks from Grainger in merchandising and supply management, particularly product information teams in the past year, but leadership does not seem to care about retaining talented staff. We were treated as assembly line workers not people with graduate degrees and decades of experience who don't need to be micromanaged.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
-Pretty Decent pay with shift differential (keep it) -401K Is Great -Health Insurance is Good -PTO Is Good -People are pretty good
Cons
-Overtime Every week can make it challenging to have work life balance -Managers are sometimes a little lazy -Hard to request time off. Don’t really approve many days, so you are stuck having to use ETO for some days.
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Great organization. Competitive Pay. Good Work Environment. Opportunity for Growth. Cross Functional Opportunity. Exposure to multiple industries.
Cons
Micro-Manage at times. Outdated POS system and branches are not modernized. Hard to attract and retain talent in specific markets.
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Great benefits package Job security Meet lots of people
Cons
Can be hard to learn
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
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This is a great company to work for. The people are always helpful and wanting you to succeed as well as easy to talk. Managers matter and they have a great leadership team.
Cons
Big company, can get lost knowing who owns what when trying to solve.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Good pay, nice benefits, good culture.
Cons
They took away profit sharing, don’t have proper staffing levels, and it’s hard to take vacation
- Former Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
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They train their employees well
Cons
I can't say anything bad about this company
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76% of Grainger employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Grainger 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.
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