Lawson Products is an industrial distributor of maintenance and repair products. Lawson carries a comprehensive line of products and provides inventory management services to the industrial, commercial, institutional and government maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) market. With five strategically located distribution centers in North America, Lawson ships to customers in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. Under its Kent Automotive brand, the Company supplies products to collision and mechanical repair shops as well as automotive OEMs.The staff at Lawson Products come from unusually diverse demographic backgrounds. The company is 37.7% female and 35.3% ethnic minorities. Despite its diversity in other areas, Lawson Products employees are noticeably lacking in political diversity. It has an unusually high proportion of employees who are members of the Republican Party, at 65.0%. Employees seem to enjoy working in an otherwise diverse workplace that is dominated by members of the Republican Party. Lawson Products has great employee retention with staff members usually staying with the company for 5.1 years.Based in Chicago, IL, Lawson Products is a key player in the transportation industry with 1,740 employees and an annual revenue of $1.8B.
Lawson Products's mission statement
Focused on helping you resolve, perform, and improve the maintenance you do.
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The only pro working at Lawson was the paid on time.
Cons of working at Lawson Products
Horrible leadership, inventory levels always low, horrible pay plan. If you do not hit your over inflated quota you did not receive your monthly bonus which is one third of your compensation.
Lawson Products benefits
I worked at Lawson Products 32 years. My best perk was upper management did not work in the field with agents. None of them knew our business and were a horrible distraction. Lawson hires managers from different backgrounds, they know nothing about our industry. No personal contact with sales field.
What do you like best about Lawson Products's CEO and the leadership team?
Nothing. Very uninformed, do not know how we go to market. They should all be replaced. The leadership team is a joke.
How would you improve Lawson Products's culture?
Get rid of Caesar Lunuez and start over. Pay your sales people who create ALL of the income. Fire mid management, they are not needed, you need strong Regional managers.
How did you prepare for the Lawson Products interview?
I was hired 32 years ago. They looked at sales experience, character and ability to get along with customers. Then we actually went to the field and sold. Not work on stupid shit created by someone inside who has never sold before.
How does your compensation at Lawson Products compare to the industry average?
Horrible, worst in the industry.
What's the diversity at Lawson Products like?
It does not affect me so I don't care.
What brings you the most joy at Lawson Products?
Hoping the day goes fast so I can be home with my Family.
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The team at Lawson Products
The founders of Lawson Products is Sidney Port.
The key people at Lawson Products are Michael G. Decata and Sidney Port.
Key people
Michael G. Decata
Sidney Port
Lawson Products rankings
Lawson Products is ranked #80 on the Best Transportation companies to work for in America list. Zippia's Best Places to Work lists provide unbiased, data-based evaluations of companies. Rankings are based on government and proprietary data on salaries, company financial health, and employee diversity.
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Lawson Products diversity
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Diversity score
We calculated Lawson Products’s diversity score by measuring multiple factors, including the ethnic background, gender identity, and language skills of Lawson Products’s workforce.
Lawson Products diversity summary. Zippia estimates Lawson Products's demographics and statistics using a database of 30 million profiles. Zippia verifies estimates with BLS, Census, and current job openings data for accuracy. We calculated Lawson Products's diversity score by measuring multiple factors, including the ethnic background, gender identity, and language skills of Lawson Products's workforce.
Lawson Products has 1,740 employees.
38% of Lawson Products employees are women, while 62% are men.
The most common ethnicity at Lawson Products is White (65%).
13% of Lawson Products employees are Hispanic or Latino.
12% of Lawson Products employees are Black or African American.
The average employee at Lawson Products makes $52,905 per year.
Lawson Products employees are most likely to be members of the republican party.
Employees at Lawson Products stay with the company for 5.1 years on average.
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Lawson Products financial performance
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Performance score
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Lawson Products currently has 1.2B in revenue. Lawson Products's most recent quarter produced 438.9m (q3'2023).
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