As an intern you have the freedom to try new things and figure out where in the company fits your goals best. About as far from a "fetch coffee" internship there is. 10/10.
Cons
There is a terribly long training regimen. To get prepared to be a sales rep or help customers in any way it takes a long time to get the required product knowledge which can be very discouraging.
Graybar Response
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Thanks for leaving a review. We are glad you enjoyed your internship! We do strive to really provide a hands-on experience for our interns so they can learn all aspects of our business.
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.