You are not allowed to ask questions - Sales Representative Graybar Employee Review

2.0
Sep 9, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Its a fortune 500 company Stock dividends

Cons

Diversity doesn't exist so beware if you are not a European American There is little to no growth. There is nowhere to go. They only recruit via employee referrals so make sure you know someone if you want to get a job or promotion. Graybar is behind in technology so be prepared to use a floppy disk and a really old computer.

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Graybar Response
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Thank you for leaving a review. We are sorry to hear you are not happy with your experience. Over the last few years we have instituted multiple state of the art technologies such as Salesforce and Workday. Additionally, we have a strong culture of internal movement, so we encourage you to speak to your manager about your career goals. If you have interests outside your current role, they can help you work towards your next role at Graybar. We have many employees who have moved up and around at Graybar, as we have many career paths and locations available. If you have more you would like to share about your experience you can reach out at reviewfeedback@graybar.com

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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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