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A Midwestern Supply Firm Beats Apple, Google on Career Growth
Industrial-supply company Grainger tops an annual ranking of US employers that invest the most in their workforces.
October 28, 2024
By Matthew Boyle and Mathieu Benhamou
Deidre Duria started working at WW Grainger Inc. a decade ago as a temp in a distribution center outside Chicago. Today, she manages about 100 workers there. Noah Volling joined the company as a warehouse associate. Four promotions later, he’s a senior analyst scrutinizing customer purchases to reduce hiccups during ordering. And Rob Laughlin, who began his Grainger career 35 years ago as a part-time sales associate, is now a group vice president overseeing more than $8.5 billion in annual sales.
