Lack of concern for employees - Anonymous employee McMaster-Carr Employee Review

2.0
Dec 17, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits and end of year bonus.

Cons

They hire non experienced fresh out of ivy league for management. If hired as something other than management, you will go nowhere. You can be a shining star to some management, but once ONE manager dislikes you, your stay is over. I had great reviews for years and then I got a manager who disliked me and it was nothing but bad reviews. After 6 years of nothing but accolades and rewards they put me through a roller coaster year of "You're doing great" and "You suck, you're job is in jeopardy", they let me go.

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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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