WORK LIFE
Training and Development
All employees are encouraged to take advantage of the training and development classes Grainger offers. Since 2001, some 2,300 managers, directors and vice presidents have completed facilitator-led training.
We also offer numerous programs specific to diversity. Among recent accomplishments:
- All leaders and managers participated in diversity training.
- We launched an online diversity course, which has been completed by more than 5,000 employees since 2006.
- Diversity training is now offered in Grainger's branch network.
Benefits
In addition to highly competitive health benefits and profit sharing, Grainger also offers domestic partner benefits to eligible employees. We help our employees in still other ways. For example, we sponsor a free bus shuttle service for employees at our headquarters in Lake Forest, Illinois, to help with their commute.
Domestic Partner Benefits
As our workforce becomes more diverse, we adjust our programs and policies to continue to hire and retain the most qualified individuals. Grainger offers the following benefits to eligible domestic partners:
Eligible Domestic Partners
A domestic partner is a person of the same or opposite sex who meets the following criteria:
- Is an unmarried adult over the age of 18;
- Is neither legally married nor a domestic partner to anyone else; and
- The relationship is legally registered in a jurisdiction that recognizes domestic partner relationships.
Participants must also meet the eligibility requirements of each benefit plan.