Graybar has a workplace environment where your efforts are rewarded and your opinion does matter.
Cons
The downsides seem minimal overall. Know what you are looking for in a job when applying. If your instincts tell you it's a good job fit based on what is explained to you, you should have a good experience.
Graybar Response
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Thanks for your comments. We are glad to hear you are happy working here. We agree with the pros you said about Graybar and think they are spot-on. Graybar has an employee ownership culture where we work hard together and are rewarded when we do well. Additionally, we have many avenues and opportunities to make sure all employees have their voice heard, including but not limited to, our quarterly surveys.
Many opportunities to learn about distribution and management. Pto is three weeks per year plus holidays and over a s
Week of sick time. If you work here longer, you can buy enough company shares to receive a sizeable dividend each year. You are allowed to buy about 5% of your salary in company shares per year and then receive usually 20% of that back per year. The profit sharing plan contributes 10% of your salary to your 401k account but you need to be vested to keep it all.
Cons
You will need a second job to live. Sales reps make way more and do half the work but they report to their managers much more. If you are a CSR, sales people feel entitled to treat you however they want and their manager will back them up. You are watched by coworkers and management like a high surveillance prison especially when you're new but they will leave you alone if you're good at your job after a year or so. Graybar brags about how much revenue and profit they make but middle and upper management suck it all up leaving scraps for the workers who made it for them.