No Future... - Anonymous employee McMaster-Carr Employee Review

2.0
May 5, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Base salary, bonus, profit sharing, and all the benefits and perks are amazing! Not a lot of company can match what they can offer you. If you can maintain sanity in a very repetitive mindless job or various positions like machines, then this job is for you! I was once told to just do a good job and that's it, because that's basically it. You basically hate yourself for staying because they pay so well you can't leave.

Cons

No future beside being a piece of the puzzle to keep operation going. Even with experience, you will most likely be crossed trained in multiple areas of the department to cover operational needs. Think of yourself as plug and play piece nothing more. There's no satisfaction in the job you do even when you are very productive and process products through the roof! You feel great but the lack of humanizing and accomplishments or goals make the job unbearable that you are constantly looking at the clock to see if you can finally clock out!

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4.0
Jun 16, 2026
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Pros

- Pay/benefits are incredibly generous - People are generally easy/nice to work with - Note that the Systems department seems to be fairly isolated from the negative issues discussed in other reviews (e.g. tension between warehouse workers and management) - I haven't experienced any of those issues within the systems department. In my opinion, Systems is a great place to work and develop as an engineer. - Hybrid work style (3 days in office). Personally, I like hybrid more than both fully in-office and fully remote styles. - Great cafeteria with good food and cheap prices. - Good work/life balance (outside of being on call, I can leave work at work).

Cons

- Work is not super interesting to me. I come from a highly technical, but very different (not ecommerce/industrial supplies), background where I was doing work I was much more interested in. No doubt there are folks in Systems who love the domain though. - While I'm not on call a ton (1-2 weeks every few months), I really hate being on call. I like to leave work at work. Note that joining at least one reliability team is expected within your first year or so.

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