A wonderful waste of time. - Material Handler Graybar Employee Review

1.0
Oct 2, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Paid time off, good if you are a suck up. Tenured employees can even punch coworkers and remain hired. This happened here.

Cons

Terrible management communication, terrible management listening skills. If you are the employee that gets punched by a tenured employee, you will also become terminated. This happened here.

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Graybar Response
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I am sorry you had this experience at Graybar. We take these types of workplace issues very seriously and any type of violence is not tolerated at our workplace. One of our top priorities is making sure our working environment is safe and comfortable for all. We would like to learn more about your experience and ask that you email us at glassdoor.feedback@graybar.com

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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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