Overall a pretty good place to work - and financially sets you up for life - Anonymous employee Graybar Employee Review

5.0
30 Jul 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good, collaborative, employee-ownership culture. Base pay might not be the best, but sales commissions, incentives, profit sharing, stock dividends more than make up for it. You can be set for life financially if you work hard and put in a few years. This is truly a company that can be great if you have the right attitude and make the best of it. No company is perfect, but this one is pretty good. Complainers will always find something to complain about and we definitely have some working here.

Cons

Not many cons. If anything, Corp puts out some weird mandates as it pertains to headcount, and it would be best if Corp gave more autonomy to the Districts. District leadership is generally pretty solid. Corp involvement often tends to mess things up.

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Graybar Response
1y
Thank you for your feedback. We're glad to hear that you appreciate our collaborative culture and the financial opportunities available through our programs like employee ownership, sales commissions, and profit sharing. We strive to balance strategic direction and value your insights as we continue to improve our operations. If you have more thoughts to share, we encourage you to connect with our HR team. Your opinions are important to us.

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5.0
2 Dec 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

good people and wonderful training experience

Cons

No cons so far i love it here

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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
6 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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