Does McMaster-Carr pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, McMaster-Carr employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at McMaster-Carr. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at McMaster-Carr?

28% of McMaster-Carr employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated McMaster-Carr 3.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.2 for culture and values and 2.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at McMaster-Carr?

Management Trainee (80) , Supervisor (67) , Manager (48) , Business Operations Specialist (46) , Generalist (39) , Operations Manager (29) , Operations Supervisor (28) , Bin Filler (22) , Customer Service Representative (21) , Distribution Generalist (21) , Warehouse Distribution Specialist (21) , Management (20) , Operations Specialist (20) , Distribution Specialist (18) , Sales (17)

What are the pros of working at McMaster-Carr according to real employee reviews?

"Pay and profit sharing are great." ((in 202 reviews)); "Great people and mentors to help you establish your career" ((in 87 reviews)); "Work/Life balance can be good (depends on the team)" ((in 78 reviews)); "Great salary and an excellent staff of people." ((in 66 reviews)); "Bonuses were great although taxed so high that it's almost not even worth it." ((in 56 reviews))

What are the cons of working at McMaster-Carr according to real employee reviews?

"Poor Management" ((in 124 reviews)); "Those are the people who last long enough to become promoted and perpetuate the toxic culture." ((in 110 reviews)); "Bad managers never last long there." ((in 58 reviews)); "aggressive and each department gets a new supervisor 2" ((in 49 reviews)); "Upper management was also oddly apathetic, someone in your direct organization could be fired, seemingly at random, and no one would ever acknowledge it." ((in 41 reviews))

What are employees saying about McMaster-Carr layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about McMaster-Carr layoffs and their outlook for job security at McMaster-Carr in 2026.

What are the top reviewed McMaster-Carr locations?

Elmhurst , Atlanta , Robbinsville , Santa Fe Springs , Aurora , Chicago , Los Angeles , Santa Fe Springs , Douglasville , Cleveland , Robinsville , Princeton , Norwalk , Jersey City , Trenton , Philadelphia , Edison , Lambertville , New Brunswick , Toms River , Vineland , Bloomingdale , Gurnee , Lombard , Mount Prospect , Park Forest , Elmhurst , New York , Phoenix , Atlanta

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McMaster-Carr

McMaster-Carr reviews

2.8

28% would recommend to a friend

(1,369 total reviews)

Jay Delaney

30% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.5

Compensation and benefits

3.0

Work/Life balance

2.7

Diversity & inclusion

2.2

Culture & values

2.1

Career opportunities

2.0

Senior management

McMaster-Carr has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,369 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The McMaster-Carr employee rating is 24% below average for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

1K reviews

4.0

Mar 19, 2024

Good Review

Systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Educational Benefits and Growth Opportunities through Project Work - Competent Managers that help with Development - Opportunities to work with new Technologies

Cons

- Have heard of stories about management chains that were run poorly, but haven't had that experience personally - Use of legacy systems is a very real thing and sometimes work is centered around trying to get legacy systems to work in order to actually develop - Cafeteria food could be better

1.0

Mar 19, 2024

Don’t Do It

Operations manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

They have great salary and benefits

Cons

Seriously the most toxic and outdated place you could ever work at. They pay you to shut up and take it. If you ever make a complain to HR or senior management, they are quick to remind you about how overcompensated you are and that you should be grateful. Being part of management myself has been the most soul crushing experience.

1.0

Mar 5, 2024

Come for the Benefits, Stay because you're too broken to work anywhere else

Sales generalist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The pay checks, the benefits. Nothing else.

Cons

The company does zero career planning with us. The future feels so vague and there's nowhere to go, no carrot on the stick, no promises of growth or promotion, or opportunity. Every single change has been relatively unwelcome unpredictable, and unreliable manner. At any moment our schedule or role could change and having gone through that so many times has given me serious work related PTSD. I have so much anxiety at this company. The pressure of trying to achieve lightning speed perfection has done so much damage to my self esteem and has raised my base line anxiety to a level that it has impacted my relationships outside of work. I'm worried about the long term effects the stress has had on me.

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Jobs at McMaster-Carr

Distribution Operations

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