Great benefits and pay, not an exciting place. - Developer McMaster-Carr Employee Review

4.0
Sep 25, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Incredible benefits, good pay and bonus, great job security in any economy. Free PPO including vision, dental, full tuition coverage for any class subject matter at accredited schools. End-year benefits up to 30% of yearly salary! Company has solid cash flow even in bear economy, so jobs are very secure. Company is old, over 100 years. There are folks that have worked there over 30 years, turnover is very low.

Cons

Not a technology company, so management is not technically minded and moves slowly on the technology front. They hire non-technical people to work as developers and managers of developers, which leads to a lot of frustration.

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5.0
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Pros

Salary, benefits, coworkers, work/life balance

Cons

micromanagement at every level and job is boring at times

2.0
Mar 4, 2026
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Pros

Good salary, guaranteed bonus, opportunities for overtime

Cons

Management changes constantly, managers are either fresh out of college or have never done your role or both, so I felt like I was managing myself. The metric standards are so high you have to essentially be perfect month after month. The standards are completely unrealistic, robotic, and leave little room for a bad day. There is PTO but you are only allowed to take it if there are “available hours” for that day - everything is about capacity and squeezing out as much work from as many people as possible. Taking time off affects your metrics for the month, which I did not know until after I took my first week-long vacation - they are always looking at your performance in terms of the past year, so I had to try to overwork and correct the bad month I had, when in my opinion your PTO should be completely YOUR time and have no adverse effect. Mentally and physically strenuous, whether you are on the warehouse side or office side - go to the bathroom too many times in a day and it will become an issue - they expect you to be glued to your desk/post. Like I said, no room to be human.

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