Extremely unorganized and unrealistic expectations. Very unprofessional environment. - Warehouse Clerk Graybar Employee Review

2.0
Aug 22, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

HR is very helpful and professional. 50% of coworkers are great people. Rate of pay is better than most jobs in the area. Excellent benefits and incentives. Paid time off and benefits kick in immediately. Smoke breaks every 10 minutes if you're a smoker. Everyone tries to help out when needed (most of the time)

Cons

Health & Safety is not enforced or taken seriously, accidents waiting to happen. %50 of coworkers are rude, use offensive profanities and unprofessional. Hard work is not often recognized by upper management. Very unorganized warehouse, workload seems to pile up with no end in sight. Items that are left to receive after deliveries are sometimes left for a week before you have time to get to them. Understaffed, when somebody calls in sick or has a week off you're on your own! Expectations are not realistic. Not able to speak up about issues out of fear they will assume you can't do your job. Each branch is likely different from one to the other to work at.

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Pros

good people and wonderful training experience

Cons

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Graybar Response
6mo
Thank you for taking the time to share this feedback. We’re thrilled to hear you’re enjoying the training experience and the team environment. We appreciate you being part of Graybar and are glad to know things are off to a great start. If you’d like to share any additional feedback, please reach out to your local HR team.
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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