Employer:	Graybar Electric
Group name:	-	Former name:	-
Select country :	United States	End of employment:	2007
Region / State:	New York	Job status:	Full time
District / City / Town:	Long Island City	Industry:	Constructions
Branch/Store/Subsidiary:	Long Island City	Job Category:	Customer Service
Review ID:	5264	Recommend:	Yes
Alias:	dontdoit	Rating:	2.9

EMPLOYER IN GENERAL

Graybar Electric is a great place to work- if you avoid the manager in the lighting department. DO NOT GO INTO THE LIGHTING PROJECT/ QUOTATIONS DEPARTMENT. For the most part all employees are union unless you are in management. It is a HUGE company, you learn alot and they are very professional. Everything has a standard way of being done and they do take care of employees with perks, discounts and benefits.

INFRASTRUCTURE / FACILITIES
Old building across the street from Queensbridge projects

WORKPLACE / COLLEAGUES
Very diverse. not many young white females. alot of spanish and other.. Very gossipy.

LEADERSHIP / MANAGEMENT

They are just awful, all of management in lighting only cares about making money and nothing else. The manager of that department is THE WORST. HE/SHE has no formal manager training and they keep because the person knows what they are doing. Beware the person is extremely rude and has mental issues. Upper level management does nothing about it. The entire branch is scared of this person and it is such a shame because graybar is a great place to work other than that. Anywhere else, it is a great oppurtunity to grow and work with a good company.

COMPENSATION / BENEFITS
union benefits are so so.. it depends if you like union or not. over time is time and a half.. i would say pretty decent compensation though

WORKING HOURS
My weekly working hours on average…	36 - 40 hours
some overtime required, but it is worth it. usually 830-430 or 8-5 or 9-5

TRAINING / CAREER

computerized training, for like a whole week and its kinda pointless because if you are new to the industry, you might as well be speaking french. after like 6 months you should go back and re train because the first time made no sense if you were new to things. looong training process, not enough hands on or person to person training.. unless it was just my department, noone has anytime to help you because they are too busy making money. I am going to recommend working for them, but not in the lighting department and maybe not in the branch. you need THICK SKIN. THIIIICK SKIN!!! Positive: huge company, alot of opportunities, they have good incentives, profit sharing, 401k (depends on union or not), pay well (union 1 raise a year and that is it), management is protecting their interests only BUT i think corporate cares alot. Its your call, but beware

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