Without a doubt, the worst place I've ever worked. - Sales McMaster-Carr Employee Review

1.0
Aug 25, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay. The fellow co-workers on your level are friendly. Good work life balance.

Cons

If you're a non-management employee you are basically a nobody. Supervisors and managers who are on thin ice will lie on you and throw you under the bus to save their own skin. Your supervisor will not even acknowledge you when passing by you in the halls, getting water, or when you arrive. It's as if you're invisible....that is until it's time for another negative performance review. Performance standards are unreasonable and supervisors know this but don't care. It is simply justification for letting you go at their whim. I don't know how they can sleep at night. They couldn't pay me to come back.

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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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