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Updated Dec 30, 2020
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"Good pay Great benefits and Profit sharing" (in 360 reviews)
"Competitive pay and great benefits" (in 214 reviews)
"If you lack personal discipline it is easy to let the work/life balance get out of balance" (in 96 reviews)
"Upper management can be challenging" (in 70 reviews)
Reviews about "work life balance"
Return to all Reviews"Great Company"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Grainger full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Benefits were awesome as an employee.
Cons
Work life balance bad, could have been better.
Pros
Competitive pay, work life balance is great
Cons
Nothing bad to say about working here!
- Helpful (11)
"Think Twice"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Grainger full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Compensation, beautiful campus, day one health care, generous PTO (but when you’re on PTO you are your own backup), employee discount program, profit sharing used to be great – it was 20% at target but profit sharing has been eliminated and has gone to 6% in your 401K.
Cons
Grainger is a place where people will thrive if you live to work. If that’s you – read no further, for the people who work to live please continue. I worked in for Grainger for 6+ years. When I joined Grainger was on the Fortunes top 100 places to work for multiple years, it has since fallen off with apparently no goal to return. If you look at the CEO’s background he comes from consulting so it shouldn’t be a surprise that Grainger is moving in that direction, constant re-orgs, do more with less, over worked, nepotism, just a toxic culture, they look at the result not how someone achieved the result which promotes bad behaviors. The company has created a caste system and depending on where you land in that will determine your experience. Great place to get some good experience but not a place you’ll want to spend your career. They talk about work life balance, and the importance of family, but if you’re looking for that go somewhere else, the way they are resourced you’re lucky to only work 50 hours a week. If you're over 50 don't bother applying.
Continue reading "Current employee"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Grainger full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Relevant to customers, great flexibility, benefits, resources,
Cons
No work life balance! Outrageous goal increases! High expectations
"Grainger invests in their people"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Grainger full-time for more than 10 years
Pros
Integrity- Grainger is committed to taking care of their people and doing the right thing. In my experience I have always had strong leaders who see my potential and invest in my success.
Cons
If you lack personal discipline it is easy to let the work/life balance get out of balance.
"Past Account Manager- Great company to work for!"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Grainger full-time
Pros
Work/Life Balance, Insurance(Health insurance options are very affordable and multiple companies to choose from), People(customers and coworkers alike)
Cons
Not always get at communication between all different departments.
"Great Company, Culture is Hit or Miss"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Grainger full-time
Pros
Big company, good compensation, a lot of opportunities
Cons
Work/life balance isn’t great, the culture can be a little toxic
"Amazing company"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Grainger full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Great work life balance inside sales
Cons
lack of communication in specific areas
- COVID-19
Pros
Team environment-great manager-decent pay-Good work/life balance
Cons
No transparency, took a lot from us during the pandemic
"Great company to work for!"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Grainger full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Benefits, work life balance, and culture
Cons
Limited upward mobility in the Texas market