Stable, Strong, Employee-Owned - Manager Graybar Employee Review

5.0
Mar 6, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Excellent place to work. Promote from within culture has really accelerated my career (3 promotions in 4 years). I enjoy working with the leadership team. The CEO has a strong vision for the future and is highly engaging. Her passion is infectious. The long history and employee-ownership make for a unique environment where you truly feel connected to the success of the organization both through your work and financial rewards. Great stock, retirement benefits, learning, leadership, culture, etc!!!

Cons

Base pay is average in the market place, but if you look at total comp (add profit sharing and incentives) it is well above. Benefits costs are comparable with other employers (rising due to health care reform...but whose isn't), but could offer more less-traditional benefits (flex-time, fitness club discounts, casual dress - at least one day a week, etc.)

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Graybar Response
9y
Thank you for your review. We agree that our employee ownership truly does set us apart from the competition.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
Apr 6, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

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.

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