Grainger Industrial Supply Employee Job Reviews in the United States

What do you like about working at Grainger Industrial Supply?

"I liked everything about working for this company & my co-workers"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"You need to have experience with managing accounts & obtaining your quota"

What don't you like about working at Grainger Industrial Supply?

"there was not one thing that I did not like about this company"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"they had a great management team I would just suggest they keep doing what they been doing"

"Great company to work for. I was there for 9 years."

"Great culture (perhaps the most friendly environment I have ever worked in) and meaningful opportunities for professional development. Lots of opportunities to be a part of high-visibility and transformational work as a junior employee. As you may expect with a Fortune 500, there is some administrative red tape and processes may sometimes take longer than you would like."

"Earned numerous corporate awards for Outstanding Sales Performance"

What do you like about working at Grainger Industrial Supply?

"The freedom to make complex decisions to affect the bottom-line"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Knowledge of the industry is a must to survive in this climate"

What don't you like about working at Grainger Industrial Supply?

"Working for Fortune 500 company is like turning a large battleship"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Empowering all levels of the sales organization to achieve sales goals"

"I worked for W.W.Grainger as a Financial Analyst Intern. Through their internship program, I got to hone my analytical and quantitative skills. I worked on various projects, networked with professionals and learned a lot about their company culture. Overall, I had a great experience with the company."

"We have great team work and positive culture!"

"Grainger was a great company while I was there."

"I've worked at Grainger for nearly 14 years and have had many opportunities to grow as a finance professional. The company is in the MRO distribution business with approximately 20K employees worldwide and $12B in annual revenue. I have supported senior leaders in the organization and led the finance organization for one of its international subsidiaries. It will be hard to leave after so many years of service but am ready my next opportunity to continue on in my career."

What do you like about working at Grainger Industrial Supply?

"I became close and informative to my customers. I developed a keen sense of business and needs based selling techniques."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be yourself. Bring along a sense of business and anything is possible."

What don't you like about working at Grainger Industrial Supply?

"I had no tenure and when the crisis came, I was the first to be let go (laid off)."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep thinking outside the box and develop and train your teams."

"Outstanding with the exception of management change"

What do you like about working at Grainger Industrial Supply?

"I loved my job and the company Outstanding with the exception of management change to a service manager that has never worked in sales trying to run sales as a service team....total fail! 8 out of 11 top Account Manager have left....Been bullied out. the new team the new manager has in place is failing....sad!"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Very challenging environment you have to love industrial sales and have a mechanical mind set."

What don't you like about working at Grainger Industrial Supply?

"change of management to service manager running sales with no experience in sales...."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"RSM should have sales experience and bulling does not work"

"I worked for WW Grainger since 2007 at start up operation in China, and it was one of the best learning opportunities for my professional career."

What do you like about working at Grainger Industrial Supply?

"Large corporate environment which provided the ability to work closely to all levels of the organization."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Knowledge of the MRO industry is critical to your success at Grainger."

What don't you like about working at Grainger Industrial Supply?

"Grainger is a conservative company which allowed little variance to step outside the box."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Empower employees the ability to make quick decisions to quickly effect the bottom line without the red tape."

"From my point of view, this is a good company which I have worked and I have a healthy relationship with it."