Grainger Employer Reviews

A typical day at work includes 3-4 customer visits a day as well as a tremendous ammount of admin. The position has allowed me to continue to hone my consultative selling/solutions sales skills.
Management is strong, but it is hit or miss as with any company.
My co-workers are all great comprising of a strong team with everyone out to help each other.The – more...  hardest part of the job is separating work/home life. Most enjoyable part of job is the customer that I deal with and winning new projects/business . – less

I created and implemented a hiring plan to open a brand new 820K square foot distribution center. Responsibe for hiring 200+ new team members.

Fun place to work and a leader in the industry.
Great internal and external resources. The environment is one that fosters continious learning.

Good company to gain great sales experience. High activity and High performance are key drivers.

Reconcile and clear accounts for cash accounts
I learned a lot in the year 2002 to 2007 under a great boss who was willing to work with me.
Management was there didn't listen to the employees much only what was good for the company.
Hardest part was was juggling my work with home life. Only good for salary employees not hourly.

Good people, good quality of life, high expectations and no regard for individuals. Chess board and managment moved with pieces like a game.

A typical day starts 30-45 minutes before the rest of the shift and ends about 30 minutes after shift. In my role as team lead I have gained the experience needed to direct a group of twenty plus associates through the completion of our daily activities meeting goals and deadlines. I have also lead several continuous improvement projects that have helped – more...  keep the department more organized. – less

good job very nice people to work with an the pay is great. my job is to do offloading picking packing an machine picking making sure trucks leave on time

Managament made for a poor work place. Employees never felt secure with their jobs.

load and unload customers
assist customers
put away stock
inventory control

Overall a fun and full of non-typical days at work. Everyday is a new experience. Management is helpfull and willing to help me move to the next level.

Ensured the efficient and safe operation of all materials handling equipment. Maintained a clean, neat, and orderly work area and assisted in maintaining the security and safety of the warehouse. Coordinated and/or checked in product returns and updated inventory balances on hand. Inspected physical condition of warehouse and equipment and prepared – more...  work orders for repair and requisitions for replacement of equipment. Ensured the accuracy of all shipping documents. Ensure total adherence to all Federal statutes regarding warehouse operations including DEA and OSHA regulations. Gathered and maintained all data records relative to shipping activities – less

Great company if you are in the service area of the organization. This is a service based company that happens to have a sales force. Account Manager role should be clearly called Sales Representative. Extremely difficult to reach goals in the sales area. Company regularly loses top performers due to poor people management, unrealistic goals and communication. – more...  Customers are leery of new reps since there is so much turnover. Goals could be achievable if there was more focus on customer relationships and overall growth and less on daily sales numbers and spending 20 hours/week in front of customers. – less

It was an ok job. Just place order of customer. I would set up customer with new account numbers.

Grainger was a great life experience. Work was steady, benifits were the best around.

Excellent company, great market presence. Good compensation, great profit sharing. Less-than-stellar level of management competence from a personal development standpoint. From the corporate level on down most managers are more concerned with angling for their next positions than improving their current team members.

Has an account base that is protected. See 4 to 5 customera a day.

great staff,Great work enviroment,unfortunateky due to economy things change

This company did not encourage growth and development for employees

It really depends on what department you work at with the company. I worked in the slave division (inside sales) where management and the director treated the entire northbrook office poorly. It was like two companies inside of one. The people at the Lake Forest office loved their job and were happy to go to work, where the people in northbrook were – more...  mistreated and threatened on a daily basis, just not a healthy environment to work in. – less