Most positive reviews here look like new hires...beware - Stock Keeper McMaster-Carr Employee Review

1.0
Jan 16, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Glass door is making me enter a minimum of five words for pros. There

Cons

false promises and incredibly demanding environment. I see a lot of people here mention the pay, but honestly its not worth it and only seems like a lot of money to those who are used to doing unskilled labor. The culture is set up so only those personalities used to simple and mundane repetitive tasks with zero ambition are likely to succeed

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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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