High reward comes with great expectations - Warehouse Associate McMaster-Carr Employee Review

3.0
Aug 11, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Pay, benefits, time off, profit sharing, and weekends off.

Cons

High stress/demand, favoritism, no opportunities for promotion regardless of how well you work. You will not grow as an employee. Your body will pay the price and they expect you to be almost perfect while working at a fast pace. You will not learn any new skills that you can apply anywhere else in the future. Zero job security.

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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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