Graybar Electric Company, Inc. Employer Reviews

Outstanding benefits and advancement opportunities
Micro management at times

Graybar has worthless management with controlling raciest views in running the Accounts Payable Department.

WORKED FOR GRAYBAR FOR 19 YEARS. CLOSED MY LOCATION AND I WAS A GREAT EMPLOYEE. MANAGEMENT DID NOT EVEN OFFER TO LOCATE MYSELF TO ANOTHER LOCATION.

GRAYBAR IS THE BEST COMPANY IVE EVER WORKED FOR. IN FACT I HATED THE IDEA OF LEAVING. THE MANAGEMENT WAS GREAT. THE MORAL WAS HIGH. WE WERE ONE LARGE FAMILY. THE WORK COULD BE TEDIOUS AND GRUELING BUT WE GOT EACH OTHER THROUGH THE DAY. I STILL GO BACK AND VISIT EVERYONE WHEN IM IN TOWN.

Graybar is a great company to work for. I was brought on to help with specific elements of the business and was given training and resources to better accomplish my work. Management is fair, most co-workers are friendly, and I enjoy going to work. I would (and do) recommend working here to friends, family, and peers outside of Graybar. I've only been – more... here a short time but I can see myself retiring from Graybar with a pension, a nice profit sharing account (401k), and company stock. – less

The company has great benefits but is far from a professional organization. Perhaps that is what comes from an employee owned company. I was hired on to work as a supervisor for a new and upcoming branch. I was told I would be provided with the training and tools I would need to accomplish my job. But on my first day they had no idea what to do with – more... me. They sat me down and just had me read policy documents all day long. No onboarding procedures to follow what so ever! No training plan was set in place. They just had me work in the warehouse to keep me busy. When I was finally given a training plan no timeframes were set. The trrainer went about his business and didn't pay much attention to training me. Management is very unorganized. I was told that the Branch in my area would open soon then they kept on pushing out the date further and further. No action on the part of management. Not to mention the hiring process is long. From my first interview to my start date was about 3 months. No sense of motivation to bring new employees on board. – less

I worked in the corporate offices in Clayton, MO. The entire time I worked there, Human Resources could not sort out my insurance benefits. It was impossible to get my doctor visits and prescriptions covered as outlined in the employee handbook. It wasn't complicated. My manager had a drinking problem, and was impossible to work with. He could not have – more... a professional conversation, and was very ballistic. I worked under a person with less experience and training, and from the initial start date, I was excluded from meetings and information pertinent to my duties.
I could never understand this company, and resigned as soon as possible. I recall that this position showed up frequently for candidates. I had received a rejection letter from them, and then they called me for an interview a week later, with no explanation. – less

I have been working since 1998 and I never have experience like this one , bad experience.
located in west palm beach , like everything else sometimes you hired the wrong employee and also sometimes you have the wrong person in charge, unfortunately I have a lady as a manager very smart but she doesn't know how to deal with people , she disrespect an – more... old lady (coworker) in front of me I was in shock and I realize that this person should to get fired for her acting , never feel more uncomfortable in my life , thanks god that I got laid off and now I am working for another company. – less

Employees are not treated fairly.

There were a lot of long-term employees who worked very hard but when promotions came up, someone younger was picked. This happened much too often.

It doesn't matter if you work hard, are there early to work every day...all that matters is if you know one of the big bosses.

There is so much more that I want to say...

Great place to work for with great benitits and profit sharing.

In a typical day at Graybar I correspond via email with customers and vendors, create purchase orders and make sure they are received by suppliers, process returns, get bids on material, and key orders and quotes.

Since working at Graybar I have learned to use S.A.P. and how to process orders for different branches of the military.

The most difficult – more... part of my job is end of fiscal year. There is significant overtime and more orders than we have time for but it is very satisfying to wake up and know it was all completed.

The most enjoyable part of my job is the people. My customers are fantastic and friendly as are my coworkers. – less

Company is great. However, some managers leave a lot to be desired. Insecurities drive a lot of needless friction.

Graybar is a great place to work. Every branch has a different culture to it. I have worked at two different locations and it can be like night and day. Some are great and the co-workers feel more like friends while others no one talks and everyone keeps their heards down.

It is a great place to work. Profit sharing is the greatest benifet you will get there.

Graybar is the strongest electrical supply house in the United States and Canada. It is Employee owned with stocks that are sold to employees based on job and pay levels. The profit sharing program puts Graybar above and beyond most company compensation, and there is a pension plan as well. These are all part of what makes Graybar a great company. Their – more... testing policy assures that Graybar hires quality employees.They are organized in all processes making the work challanging until the employee gets acclamated however it makes the company uniform in all nearly 300 locations. – less

This is a good company when you're first starting in the work world. Graybar has old values pertaining to the employees. Most of the employees have been there for over 20 years

12 hour day, very busy. I was the Outbound Manager for 10 Years, A good day was getting all order shipped out the door everyday.
Excelent crew to work with.

Manage job accounts for medium to large electrical contractors. In charge of 2 and a half branches in regards to all aspects of credit extension.

I believe Graybar is trying to change their overall managers and customer service, but I do not believe there is anyone in charge that knows how to go about changing sucessfully.

My experience: My manager would drink alcohol at work, some co-workers would drink and the managers were there for just a pay check. There was so much drama, negative employees, – more... and everyone hates their job. They scream and cuss in front of the customers and everytime a customer complained about a mistake it was alway the customers fault. Managers would get very defensive instead of solving the problem. – less

I enjoy my work at Graybar Electric, I feel that I can personally connect with my customers and enable them to have a great expierence with Graybar.