W.W. Grainger Environment Employee Reviews | Comparably
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Grainger is the leading business-to-business distributor of products and services used to maintain, repair, and operate facilities. With annual revenue of $11.5 billion, we are a trusted partner to help make tough jobs easier. More than 3.5 million customers rely on Grainger for products in categories such as safety, material handling and metalworking, along with services like inventory management and technical support. read more
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W.W. Grainger Environment Employee Reviews

What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?

People seem to really care about other employees and will generally work hard to help each other.

Review from IT Dept

I am a remote worker so environment is always at my customer location.

great listeners and a lot of tolerance

Help businesses run their day to day operations

Review from Sales Dept

The culture is in the spirit of helping others. A family like feel.

Fun to work with employees, friends for life.

Alignment to and practice of our company priciples/values. We hold each other accountable to our values.

Teamwork and caring for each other, as well as, customer

Inclusiveness & focus on work/life balance

You have expectations to meet and deadlines but you have the freedom to determine how they'll be met in addition to a great amount of freedom im creating your schedule

The leadership team has put a focus on diversity snd inclusivity. Also looking to hire and promote more women and POC.

Our boss and his leadership. Our manager has made this one of the best work environments i have ever been in. The company overall genuinely cares about it's employees and branches.

Review from Sales Dept

They love each other like family

Review from Sales Dept

Everyone always helps each other no matter the task and we all get along very well

Review from Sales Dept

our customers are great to work with

Review from Sales Dept

All hands on deck working together across all areas to complete assignments or troubleshoot issues.

Review from IT Dept

Lake Forest HQ building is beautiful, nestled in a private forest preserve

Review from HR Dept

We have a very supportive environment. People are always willing to help out and partner to help achieve success and move the business forward.

Review from HR Dept

Co workers are great to work with.

Review from Customer Support Dept

Respectful to one another gender race

Review from Customer Support Dept

What needs to change to make the company culture better?

Get some real men in there to set the tone and policy

too big to change, management needs to stick around.

Review from Sales Dept

Management and miserable employees or those been here 10 plus years and afraid of changes

Review from Operations Dept

Put the focus back on caring about their employees, and not just on how much money they can get out of them.

Review from Sales Dept

a little more risk and I think a lot more advertising/marketing so people can find out about one of the best kept secrets in MRO supply... GRAINGER!

Review from Operations Dept

workload too high leads to burnout and turnover; not sustainable long term

Review Sentiment at W.W. Grainger

78
78%
22
22%

About W.W. Grainger's Environment

A-
74/100

Where This Score Ranks W.W. Grainger's Environment

TOP
15%

In the Top 15% of 1188 similar size companies on Comparably

TOP
30%

In the Top 30% of 175 companies in Chicago

1st

1st place versus 4 competitors rated on Comparably

The environment at W.W. Grainger is considered positive by 81% of employees and regarded as having a “comfortably fast” work pace by 67 employees. Relative to its competitors, Fastenal, Lowe's Home Improvement, Uline, and McMaster-Carr, W.W. Grainger's environment score ranks in 1st place. This also puts them in the Top 15% of 1188 similar sized companies (10,000+ Employees) on Comparably and Top 30% of 175 companies in Chicago.

Rate Environment the Highest

  • Ethnicity - Native American
    +10%
  • Department - Engineering
    +8%
  • Department - Business Development
    +7%

Rate Environment the Lowest

  • Ethnicity - Asian or Pacific Islander
    -22%
  • Tenure - Over 10 Years
    -20%
  • Ethnicity - Other
    -18%

How W.W. Grainger's Environment Score is Calculated

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Results from 178 Employees in All Departments, All Genders, All Ethnicities and All Yrs. Experience Experience

AnswerPercent
7 or less8%
853%
1029%
124%
More than 126%
On average, how many hours do you work a day?
AnswerPercent
Extremely fast25%
Comfortably fast39%
Moderate28%
A bit slow7%
Bureaucratic1%
What's the work pace at your company?
AnswerPercent
Positive81%
Negative19%
Is your work environment positive or negative?
AnswerPercent
Yes20%
No80%
Does someone you work with closely, make you want to quit your job?
AnswerPercent
Yes62%
No38%
Do you have a close friend at work?
AnswerPercent
5% or Less25%
5-10%31%
10-25%19%
25-50%6%
50%+19%
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