McMaster-Carr reviews

-Location is somewhat out of reach if you live in Chicago, you commute will be an easy 1 hour to an hour and 15mins one way. -Toxic work environment, you always feel like there is a target on your back. -No chance of moving up in the company- progression is flatline/ linear -No transparency within any department -Unfortunately, this is a soul sucking company. They treat you like a cog in the machine. To go into more detail, McMaster is very good at keeping their inner working and processes very secret. Here are some reasons why I will NEVER suggest this company to anyone. When I first came on to work at McMaster, I was initially very impressed with the office space and the people that were working there. Smart young graduates, people with great tenure-ship and "dedication" to the company, some for over 40 years. However... after a few months things started to feel... off.. You would be working and people would be walking down the aisles and give cold stares at you. You always could hear other managers talking about other people in OPEN SPACES... and I quote, "Well, I have been a manager here for 5 years, so I automatically have priority for being able to choose to stay in this department... or who gets to go.." I am no expert, but if it's anything that I have learned it's that you just dont talk like that in an open work environment. As time went on, I tried to put these events past me, I tried to work on my daily repetivie tasks that never changed, and waited to belittled by upper management about needing to grasp a simple concept, when human error is a totally normal thing. (MCM, if you are so concerned about making errors, why dont you just fire everyone and automate you systems from the 70s? Oh, that's right, you are a slow moving company that doesn't like change and is slow to grow and innovate.) I could go on an on about this company, my advice to anyone who is remotely intrigued about this company is to ask questions about the roles. Ask questions about the management trainee program, and ask why does HR hire so many fresh Ivy league graduates with NO experience and expects them to manage. (They dont, but MCM pays them obscene amounts of money to do absolutely nothing constructive to the rest of the hive.) These young students are treated like royalty because they went to a fancy school. MCM doesn't care about anyone who didn't go to a big name school. Consider the program off limits to you, as it is basically invitation only. This company doesn't care about you or your family, as long as you have working hands and a brain, that's all the care about and they will have no problem replacing you, right before the coveted Christmas bonus is given. People who work at MCM are blinded by the money and are too sacred to speak up in fear of being let go. I left before they could give me the axe, you may be thinking I didn't work hard or didn't try. Oh, but I did. I worked harder than most people who were there for 20 years. You will never be good enough for them and they will never once say "thank you for all your hard work!", they will begrudgingly hand you the Christmas bonus and watch you carefully following that.. waiting for you to make an error. This place is not worth it. Leave or walk away, while you still have some dignity in yourself.

They expect perfection. You are given a chance to fix mistakes but it creates for a stressful work life.