Business Operations Specialist - Business Operations Specialist McMaster-Carr Employee Review

3.0
Aug 2, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Great pay, great benefits, and the company overall is a pleasure to work for. Could ask for a better work/life balance. Company doesn't allow you to take work home with you, so you have no choice to disconnect.

Cons

Supervisors are great with numbers and analyzing data, but horrible with people. Things change constantly and very little communication is given about those changes. I feel like I'm constantly going to get fired.

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5.0
Jul 15, 2026
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Pros

Excellent people, great opportunities internally and externally to learn. Met some of my best friends there.

Cons

Can be stressful, long hours, and of course at times competitive.

4.0
Jun 16, 2026
Recommend
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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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