Mindless and boring work... Management targets people to fire to meet a quota - Data Entry McMaster-Carr Employee Review

1.0
May 29, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great benefits, the co-workers are really nice, cafeteria is ok. Recently renovated offices. Won't let you take the work home which is nice.

Cons

Do not trust any of the management trainees or whatever they are called. They will target you and try and get you fired. This place is nothing like what they tell you in an interview. There is NO career growth unless you're in the management trainee program (not an opt in program based on performance, they only hire "top tier" kids straight out of college into it). Hostile working environment.

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4.0
Jun 16, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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