McMaster-Carr reviews

2.7

25% would recommend to a friend

(1,363 total reviews)

Jay Delaney

29% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

McMaster-Carr has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,363 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The McMaster-Carr employee rating is 27% below average for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Nov 14, 2025

Not worth it

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Pros

Great pay, financial benefits. Cash and deferred profit sharing is unparalleled. No insurance premiums.

Cons

Required to work in office after being told they'd never make us come back because they "value employee's work-life balance." No choice where you work, constantly getting shuffled around to a new departments. So you constantly have new supervisors. AI is taking over everything and eliminating jobs left and right, but they "don't do layoffs." They just change the metrics and slowly squeeze tighter, until you break and quit. Or suddenly don't meet their metrics and they let you go. Have watched over 30 colleagues in my office be let go in the last 10 months alone. On average they lose 10/month, per office location. They don't like feedback. If you provide feedback regarding a process, you basically get put on their watchlist and eventually end up "not meeting expectations." You have no control over your schedule. Your breaks are dictated by a whole team that changes the times of your breaks constantly. You could get lucky and work a good shift, or get screwed and have to work a really late shift. They don't care if you have conflicts with childcare or anything. PTO isn't great and they're very strict about how you use it. PTO is supposed to also be used for sick time, so that's hard to manage. Especially with such a small bank to begin with. Eventually you quit or get fired. At the end of the day, if you're anything other than some form of management, you don't have any "transferrable skills" to list on a resume when you're struggling to find another job. You also have no upward mobility here. They don't promote internally. Almost all of management is hired externally as fresh faced college graduates with ivy league degrees and no management experience. It's so frustrating. No one knows how to do anything and can't get you a solid answer.

1.0
Nov 13, 2025

Stay Away

Recommend
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Pros

Money and retirement are the only things. Once you have enough saved, GET OUT

Cons

AI is about to eliminate many jobs in the office and warehouse. They want to use AI to control robots within the warehouse. AI is already wiping out many jobs in the office and is only going to continue. Management is nonexistent in the traditional sense. Only meet with managers for a monthly and yearly review. No meetings to learn anything new. Updates are posted on Slack and they hope you read it.

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