Has anyone heard anything on DC936 located in Roanoke? People are looking for jobs hardcore and people are moving departments. Word on the street day shift manager is not doing well with employees telling all they need to stay until all work is off... — read more 

STOP BITCHING &DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT YOU WANT TO GET RID OF RYAN LET THE BOARD KNOW IF THE BOARD GOT HUNDREDS OR BETTER YET THOUSANDS OF LETTERS FROM EMPLOYEES PAST OR PRESENT MANY OF WHICH WERE STOCKHOLDERS YOUR VOICE WILL BE HEARD MIGHT EVEN SEND... — read more 

Which branches are closing? The stock buy back is clearly propping up the stock price... When is Ryan going to get fired? Just turn this company into McMaster/Amazon Supply and get it over with. Talk about a slow death... It's agonizing at this... — read more 

How much is enough???

Jimbo keeps his job as EVERYBODY else gets fired... YET, the stock has gone NOWHERE. Wait, it's DECLINED! That's the result of cutting the PST, moving jobs to Panama, getting rid of TSR's for FAR's, etc? Oh, the newest great idea.... a... — read more 

Does anyone know how much stock Jim Ryan has sold in the last 2 yrs & how much he still owns Amount of $20-30 million seems seems unreal

RUMOR Outside Search firm specializing in EX Digital tech talent looking for Ryan's replacement HR is not involved Board wants young tech savvy OUTSIDER Who can turn things around They are talking to Senior executives at MRO Integrators,Google,EBay... — read more 

Ryan is going to be ask to leave. Things are a mess Just hope they go outside for change agent

Check insider trades Ryan has been selling a tremendous amount of his GWW

Confidential source says it is going to get real ugly strategic plan is to move Corp office to UK in 2018 Trimming of workforce will accelerate in 3 qtr 2016 - more outsourced ,part-timers and contract workers Closing of 200 -300 branches in 2017... — read more 

So I want to hear from the TSR's who were left out from landing any other roles with Grainger. Don't you love how they stated that you would get preference over an external candidate for an opening when that was really the furthest thing from the... — read more 

AMZ wants .Grainger sales reps especially national account reps You will be treated with respect

Amazon is hiring all levels including sales Head hunters going after Grainger middle mgt

HEARTLESS JIM RYAN will leave with millions of $$$$$$$. So sad 😂😂 Telling all his buddies how tough it was making all the hard decisions to Outsource your job What will his legacy be???? Smart boy made millions on backs of loyal hard working... — read more 

The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. is getting $50,000 back after the Illinois-based company did not create jobs and sent some of them to Panama The final progress report, obtained by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism under the... — read more 

Your are going to be outsourced if you are in Finance IT,HR,Labor relations ,Supply Chain- even Legal Top mgt wants to get every fixed cost it can to variable Might even consider Partnering with Amazon It's war Surival of the fittest

Rumor Granger being integrated into ZORO? Grainger brand associated with high prices big margins phasing out? What is C-Level NOT saying?

Employees getting PSTreduced Employees getting pink slips Employees getting told "Good Story" Employees getting pissed Employees are not stupid Employees know how to fight back Employees will Unionize

They are doing bad. Laying off all of Territory Sales/Branch Managers, making customers pay there way to Orlando Convention and lastly selling Zoro products which Grainger owns at a 60% lower cost than Grainger....same indentical sku and item. Heard... — read more 

Their Sourcing division just announced more jobs to Panama. Some positions will be eliminated and employees will need to reinterview for their jobs. The morale in the Lincolnshire and Lake Forest locations couldn't be lower. #outsourcing

I worked for Grainger for 3.5 years and saw all of this coming from day one of my hire. The only reason I saw this coming is because I knew that these dramatic changes will take place within 5 years from my hiring date which was early 2012. So I gave... — read more 

They are slowly letting sales reps go for ticky tack reasons, trimming the fat without calling them layoffs and without offering severance. It's a slick ploy against reps who have been with the company for many years. In the past month I've seen 1-2... — read more 

Roanoke, TX just made new upper management changes, although the managers Felipe Garcia is not a good one, he is the new PM. Went from 6 to 4 PMs and now the leads are going to Supervisors, as for all other employees, we are stuck at Grade 5