Incompetent Management and Leads - Senior Software Engineer Grainger Employee Review

1.0
Jul 23, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

You can sleep on the job and forget about your deliverables.

Cons

Grainger's engineering department is one of the laziest and incompetent one that I have come across. The manger's particularly lack the substance of knowledge and very pretentious. Most people are inside promoted employees from one department to another. Highly bias and politics driven workplace. Stay away.

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5.0
May 20, 2026
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Pros

Large, dependable company. Variety of work channels. Career progression opportunities. Great networking inside and outside the company.

Cons

Simple improvement opportunities take time to implement.

4.0
Jun 6, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are decent and reasonably priced. They offer a 401k match, BCBS insurance, FSA, HSA, dental, vision, life insurance, and accidental D&D coverage. They also do a 3‑to‑1 match for donations to non‑religious 501(c) organizations. There’s a big emphasis on volunteering, with plenty of opportunities to get involved. The building itself is beautiful, with a free on‑site gym, a coffee shop, real trees in the atrium, a waterfall, and a large cafeteria (though the food can vary). They’re also flexible about which days you come on‑site, depending on the team’s schedule. If I needed to switch a Monday for a Thursday, it was never an issue. My manager was also supportive of remote work on days when the weather made commuting difficult.

Cons

Admins do not get an annual bonus. They're really strict on Overtime, really weird about worrying about mini costs. Like they'll spend 50k on a week-long training but freak out if people want to rent a car while being in town. Can't buy lunch for this 3 hour meeting to cut costs, but we'll drop 10k on this other thing. It's also so unfair that some people get to work remotely and others are forced to come in 3 times a week, for the exact same roles. Every meeting is basically online, so it's just silly and a power trip.

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