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MSC Industrial Direct

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MSC Industrial Direct reviews

3.3

51% would recommend to a friend

(999 total reviews)
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Erik Gershwind

62% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

MSC Industrial Direct has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 999 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The MSC Industrial Direct employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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999 reviews
1.0
Oct 24, 2012

Run, Run and Never Look Back

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent benefits and pay. Superior product offering. Ability to manage pricing to customers. Top of the line electronics to assist in your job.

Cons

Every day you feel like you have been beaten. The criticism and personal assumptions that they make about you and other associates with only a speck of information is horrible. The open door policy is used as a weapon against you. The have a policy of shooting the messenger and ignoring the message. Everything you say and do can and will be used against you at a later date. They want their managers to keep CIA or FBI type files on all employees (associates). They want you to live, eat and breather MSC. The culture is a CULT! Everything is set up to benefit the company. HR runs the company, hands down. Sales are only a secondary function when in conflict with HR. Too many meetings. Too many conference calls. Too many programs. Too many goals. Too many clicks. Sales commission thresholds are out of control. Expect to make a little commission every other year. Everyone is watching you and taking notes on everything you say and do. If you are willing to go along with everything without offering ideas or challenging conventional thought, you will do well. If you are a forward thingking problem solver, out of the box kind of person, DO NOT get entangled with these people. They will suck the soul right out of you. This was the worst experience of my long career and the biggest carrer mistake that I have ever made. There is no work life balance here, none. They expect you to work at least 9 hours per day then go home and give them an additional 3 or 4 for training and paperwork and email. Absurd.

5.0
Oct 17, 2012

Very Decent place to work

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

starting out money is great, get full benefits in 30 days ,get vacation time and sick time in 90 days will work with you if you do have to miss a lot of time, very good discount on items

Cons

The only real problem i see is it is very difficult to get a "day" shift job but that is expected

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