Great benefits, not so good on mental health - Supervisor McMaster-Carr Employee Review

3.0
Aug 26, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

-Benefits: Company paid medical, dental & vision -Benefits: Company paid retirement (vested at year 6) at federal max! -Benefits: Cash profit sharing (vested after 2 full years) of up to 685% (NOT a typo - six hundred eighty five percent) -Highest paying company in the industry -Events tickets lottery (sporting, cultural, flower show, etc)

Cons

-Fresh out of college, book smart supervisors with zero common sense -Many ignorant, rude, condescending managers -Nothing is in writing, they change the rules to fit their needs to get rid of who they want, when they want -Less than zero chance of advancement to management if hired as an hourly employee -Repetitive changes to operation every time management changes (about every year and a half) with no improvement of operation, just more frustration -If you're just starting there now, you will NOT retire there

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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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