Good for learning new skills - Pricing Generalist McMaster-Carr Employee Review

4.0
Jun 18, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Solid, well-laid out training/onboarding that helps you build new skills and learn the job well, even if you come from a different professional background. Generous benefits- fully covered medical for yourself and spouse, annual profit sharing, covers costs for higher education. Mostly remote with a few in-office days a month.

Cons

In office days will increase starting 9/24 with no financial incentive or increased PTO. Employees are often moved to new departments on short notice- this could be a pro or con depending on how interested you are in learning new things.

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5.0
Jul 15, 2026
Recommend
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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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