Graybar - Quotation Specialist Graybar Employee Review

1.0
15 Mar 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Not many, people are stuck because of pension program.

Cons

Very old school- No phones, no talking, against change. Managers have been doing job for 30+ years and do not want a new point of view. Very little opportunity to move up Most people have been in current position 15-20 years wanting to move up so if you are there 3-5 years you have to get in line behind 4-5 people with double experience. And then the still hire someone from outside company. if you are there 10+ years unhappy why leave and give up your retirement and they know it.

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5.0
11 Jun 2026
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CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Strong department leadership in current role

Cons

Many senior team members with decades of stored brain knowledge that is hard to share

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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