warehouse associate

sales representative

sales support representative

warehouse worker

manufacturing associate

Grimco, Inc.

Let us start first with their Technology. They are using AS400 still, which is software that was outdated in the early 90's. Their IT has a terrible time managing it, and the employees have a terrible time using it. 

The company has a lot of small branches that are attached to warehouses. This means that the office is always hot or cold, combined with dirt. The worst part however is the fact that the offices are tiny and the management does not even provide cleaning crews for bathrooms. The main headquarters however, does get this luxury. If your co-workers are terrible, your job will be too because you are sitting in one open room with no cubical walls. Everything is seen, everything is heard. If you're on the phone and a co-worker is being loud - your customer will hear both conversations. 

The company encourages bashing each other. They call it healthy competition, but it is usually just emails blasted out to everyone in the region calling you out for things that are insignificant. "So and so had a great day yesterday in sales but only made 28 phone calls, so and so really should step up their game". 

If you live in an area with bad weather, prepare to risk your life for the company. You will go in no matter what. It doesn't matter that the customers in your area won't be calling in. It doesn't matter that even if they did call in, that there are other offices available to answer the 5 roll over calls. You will still need to arrive and on time. Corporate makes the call even though they are not in the area to see what the conditions really are. 

The company had their first Christmas party a few years ago. It was held at the corporate location and only that location could attend obviously due to distance. They did nothing for any of the other branches at Christmas, and then proceeded to post photos on the internal website to show what a great time they had. This is their culture.

Working at Grimco Inc. was one of the most grueling experiences I’ve ever had. The labor itself is constant physically demanding tasks that leave you exhausted by the end of the day, with little regard for how much it takes out of you. What makes it worse is the complete lack of assistance. You’re left to fend for yourself, even when the workload is clearly too much for one person to handle. Management seems oblivious or uncaring to the strain, offering very little support or resources to make the job manageable.
People quit left and right, and it's no mystery why.
The constant exodus leads to chronic short-staffing, so the few of those who stay are stretched even thinner, picking up the slack with no end in sight.

The equipment situation is a nightmare too. The forklifts are outdated and break down constantly. When one goes out, it's not a quick fix; they sit inoperable for weeks at a time, leaving you without a lift completely. It's not just inconvenient-it's dangerous, and it slows everything down to a crawl which is detrimental when you aren’t allowed to leave till all orders are complete

 The forced overtime is relentless. You’re expected to stay hours late or come in on days off with no say in the matter, and it’s treated like it’s just part of the gig. Forget about work-life balance, it doesn’t exist here. And don’t even think about getting a raise. No matter how hard you work or how long you stick it out, there’s no reward or recognition. Pay stays stagnant, and any requests for a bump are brushed off without a second thought. It’s a soul-crushing place to work if you value fairness or your own well-being.


The in-house management was fantastic. All leads and managers were ALWAYS willing to lend a helping hand or insight on how to perform tasks or what purpose they serve. Friendly and down to earth people that kept internal tensions low. The biggest issue aside from poor pay was how poorly staffed the place was. Not enough guys for the volume of incoming freight, outgoing distro freight, courier loading, or order picking. The typical responsibilities of 1 person would be more fittingly distributed between 3 people. This lead to most employees being annoyed, stressed, and manic most of the time and who can blame them when so much workload falls onto so few people. Promoting isnt unattainable since they promote from within, but its hardly worth an expanded workload and increase in hours for such a sad $2 raise. Corporate was in their own little world and couldn't be bothered to make a positive change, only deflect blame onto those beneath them. Sales associates seemed to have similar mindsets to those at corporate. All told, it was a job with a good foundation that lacked in support. I hope those who are still employed there can see positive change in the future, but it is hard to imagine. At this point, its just another job that barely pays the bills and garners you experience. You can do worse than this place, but definitely better.

Working at Grimco as my first job has been a great, unique experience. It is a fun, hardworking environment with high spirits and a shared desire to learn, grow, and advance. I have learned invaluable things during my time at Grimco. Among those things are how to effectively chose the most cost-effective method to ship a product, how to think critically in order to work around situations that might seem hard to figure out, how to run COD reports and make sure money that has not been collected gets collect, and how to build strong professional relationships with co-workers, customers, and vendors in order to build an environment where business can grow.

The hardest part of the job is really learning about, and understanding, the needs and requirements of each individual customer in order to make efficient and mutually beneficial transactions.

By far, the most enjoyable part of my job is setting a branch wide goal that can be attained by only one individual. For example, who can make the most outbound calls and reach the most customers and/or make the most sales in a given day, week, or month and having to give it your all in order to come out on top.

Grimco Inc. gives their employees an incredible opportunity to learn all aspects of business. Employees are involved in inventory regulation, purchasing, sales, logistics in addition to other areas of business. 

A typical day on the job would be making/taking inbound and outbound calls hoping to earn business and grow your local branch as well as the company as a whole. Grimco allows you to be very involved and take ownership in what you are doing. 

The atmosphere at Grimco is great. Teamwork is vital in the success of the company. It is a younger age demographic with hungry, aggressive sales representatives. However, it is not competitive with co-workers because everyone is working together to achieve the goals presented by management.  

Upper management is highly accessible and willing to help their employees in any way possible. They do their best to put their employees and company in a position to succeed and grow. 

Overall, I would highly recommend Grimco especially for an entry level position. It allows for growth and teaches you the in's and out's of how to run a company!

I wouldn't bother with Grimco.  They need to do a massive over haul from a tech standpoint and start using barcodes and handheld scanners (and how about labels for items on the orders instead of hand writing the name of the company on the box or a piece of tape, its looks tacky and cheap).  This was help bring mistakes to near zero and help reduce overtime.  Speaking of OT, there's a lot of it and they do not care if you have something going on outside of work.  You do not leave until everything is done for the day.  They also need to lighten up a bit.  The higher ups there act like Grimco cures cancer but all we do is sell sign making supplies (seriously get over yourselves). Quit turning moles hills into mountains (they act like its the end of the world if you drop a sheet even if it costs less than $5).  If you are in the warehouse, they just see you as you are replaceable.  Too many mistakes and they will rid of you instead of trying to improve a weakness. I personally found it to be a very stressful and toxic work environment.  I am so glad to no longer be a part of the company.

A typical day at work as a salesman is 8-5p, looking over your customer list and running reports to find out what they are not buying. Heavily based on CRM software, you check for any prior conversations that another rep may have had with them regarding that product. For my region I was a little underpaid and found that there was no work life balance (granted my bar for work life balance is very high). This was my first job out of college and I learned what sales really is. The management was always very supportive, unbiased and wanted to help but this job just was not for me. I wanted to look in to marketing or the design side of things, but that would have required a relocation to St. Louis. The hardest part of the job was sitting at a desk, all day, not going on sales calls (COVID) and having little PTO. Before COVID the most enjoyable part of the job was most certainly the sales calls. You get to be out of the office 1-3 times a week, showing off your knowledge and building that relationship with customers. 

Management -  Managers swapped constantly, no stability, each manager expects something different from you, and will ask you to lie. They have a hard time with approaching confrontation as well, and will leave you to handle any problems you may have with HR or with the individuals directly yourself. 

Day to Day - Dreadfully slow days, picking/packing about 10-12 small orders a day. Most of the day is spent cleaning.   

Hardest part - I had to sit my regional operation manager down personally and explain he was being very rude with the way he communicated to our team, on week one of his transfer.

Most enjoyable - Some of the co-workers at the lower level are great individuals, and valuable relationships can be made. 

Extra thoughts - I had taken over the lead position while they were in the process of firing the old one, and in the 8 months of filling that role, I was never compensated anything for my time or effort even after accepting their offer to be the lead.  

Overall 1/5


As a sales rep a typical day involves calling multiple accounts to see if they know about certain specials going on. Closings are a huge deal with this company so i try to get our customers to buy the materials from us that they may currently purchase elswhere. My daily goal is to make Grimco a "one stop shop" for anyone who needs us for their sign making needs.
My management is very goal oriented and a huge push on our sales team and warehouse crew. They expect nothing but the best. The most difficult part of this job is handling the customer load and deadlines. This is due to being short handed and working in a very small shop. Before Grimco I never had a job as a phone salesman. I learned how to talk to customers in a more personal manner and i feel it really helped me build a strong relationship with my clients.

You have zero training, zero leadership, your expected to pull orders at a ridiculous rate and meet this invisible performance level that's not in the company guild lines. They use the computer systems analytics which is used for inventory control against the employees to determine what rate of orders you pull minute to minute bases. The rules change whenever management feels like they can take advantage of you. If you're not one of managements pets you don't get any overtime the same few people get all the overtime. Just moved into a brand new hub location new warehouse spent hundreds of thousands of dollars, for a non-climate controlled environment... In the summer you sweat bullets in the winter you freeze.. company won't even install any fans. All the forklifts were made in the '80s no modern equipment everything is either rented or came from an older facility. 

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