Grimco Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Grimco

Pros – decent benefits, good people to work with, computer system very good, several product lines

Cons – to big to fast. the personal caring went away and everyone became a number. part of a bigger picture and if you weren't part...you were out. can be very clicky. Sad -- they were a great company before very professional but personable. they lost that loven feelin!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Grimco full-time

Pros – -Good experience for learning different areas of business.
- Empowerment to decide prices and truly negotiate with customers.
- You are not a number in a computer.

Cons – -Micromanagement
-Unethical and unprofessional behavior from a lot of employees.
-Low pay. Don't expect the load of work to be proportional with salary.
- Only favorite employees receive good treatment from management.
- Managers are young with good industry experience, but with very little experience leading and supervising groups of people.
- Having young managers is very negative for the working environment.

Advice to Senior Management – -Pay Better.Take into account the job location to decide salary.( Different cities have higher costs)
- Promote better. Good salesman doesn't mean good leader.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Grimco full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Small Teams, Family / Tight feel. Really good people. Hard work and dependability are seen as assets. Managers available to employees to talk. Fast pace.

Cons – Management means well, but can seem clique-like at times. Pats on the back are nice, but real recognition and pay will go further! Non-sales employees that excell that their jobs can often stay in the same role for long periods of time - just with more responsibility.

Advice to Senior Management – Recognition and Pay increases are important to non-sales employees too. So is training and development for non-sales employees. Watch growing too fast - we can do this better if we involve more employees in the process. Spend some money on current employees, rather than purchasing additional companies for a while, please!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Grimco full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – organized
good marketing
good website
good product line
market leader

Cons – like working in communist china

Advice to Senior Management – don't be micromanagers don't reward tattletales

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Grimco full-time for more than a year

Pros – A consistent schedule.
No issues with HR.
HR is actually very efficient and reliable.
Entry level job for a few college kids with no where else to go.

Cons – Commission structure is a joke. If you want to make any money on it, you have to basically kill yourself to get it.
Base pay is not up to par with current times.
Company stuck in a 1985 mindset with no room for innovation. They were scared to get a Facebook page and Twitter page originally because they were afraid of all the negative feedback they would get from their customers.
Unwilling to change in the least bit.
Management is very two-faced - As in they literally believe that they can lie to you and you will accept it regardless of facts.
The corporate culture is the "good-ole boy" mindset. Only males at the top, and they hold on to their power with a strangle hold.
They value the person that will literally make Grimco their entire life.
They will sometimes expect you to work far beyond your salaried hours with no compensation in return. (As in until 2am in some extreme cases)

Advice to Senior Management – Pay your workers! You are already having major staffing issues throughout the country, and more will be coming soon.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Grimco full-time for more than a year

Pros – Great first job. First 2 years there I got 20% pay increares each year.

Cons – No growth. Is a little click that runs the company. Managment give you alot of work and people to lead but keep your job title were it is so they don't pay you more. Very odd

Advice to Senior Management – Try to keep employees for more then 3 years..

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Grimco

Pros – Great leadership from the top down... They only hire the best and expect the best in return. Start out compensation 30-40k per year usually. Must have college degree to get hired on. Very youthful... Mostly college graduates.

If you do not absolutely love sales you will not make it within Grimco. I don't care if you are in accounting, hr, or sales... everything is sales oriented and pleasing the customer.

Cons – You will never work just a 40 hour week as a newbie if you want to stay in the company and move up. This should be expected within any company. Bob Hummert is an AWESOME man. He is the owner of the company (multi million dollar company) and knows everyone at corporate by name. I would recommend Grimco to anybody.

Like everywhere else... everything is political. I was let go because of politics.

Advice to Senior Management – Solid leadership. Keep doing what you are doing.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend