Horrible - Anonymous employee McMaster-Carr Employee Review

1.0
Jun 8, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits are pretty great. Company paid medical/dental/vision, profit sharing bonus, and a deferred profit sharing trust for retirement 100% company funded. Also 100% tuition reimbursement.

Cons

Everything else. You get vacation but most departments you have to schedule it in November the year prior and almost impossible to switch it. You will be micro managed and eventually fear so much for your job it'll make you question yourself and abilities. I'm getting out while I still can. Take advantage of the tuition reimbursement and then get out. Go to a company that respects you and doesn't villanise you for even a small .01 mistake. Also your supervisors and managers don't know how to do your job but work relentlessly to change processes and procedures to stand out and make a name for themselves. Good luck.

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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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