Does McMaster-Carr pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, McMaster-Carr employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at McMaster-Carr. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at McMaster-Carr?

24% of McMaster-Carr employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated McMaster-Carr 2.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.1 for culture and values and 2.0 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 (28) , Operations Supervisor (27) , Bin Filler (22) , Distribution Generalist (21) , Warehouse Distribution Specialist (21) , Customer Service Representative (20) , Management (20) , Operations Specialist (20) , Distribution Specialist (17) , Sales (17)

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

"Great pay and the profit sharing is excellent" ((in 208 reviews)); "Great people and mentors to help you establish your career" ((in 87 reviews)); "work life balance is great" ((in 76 reviews)); "Great salary and an excellent staff of people." ((in 65 reviews)); "Full tuition reimbursement" ((in 57 reviews))

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

"Poor Management" ((in 117 reviews)); "Those are the people who last long enough to become promoted and perpetuate the toxic culture." ((in 109 reviews)); "Bad managers never last long there." ((in 57 reviews)); "aggressive and each department gets a new supervisor 2" ((in 51 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 39 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.

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McMaster-Carr reviews

2.6

24% would recommend to a friend

(1,354 total reviews)

Jay Delaney

30% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.4

Compensation and benefits

2.9

Work/Life balance

2.7

Diversity & inclusion

2.1

Culture & values

2.0

Career opportunities

1.9

Senior management

McMaster-Carr has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,354 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The McMaster-Carr employee rating is 30% below average for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

1K reviews

2.0

Jan 26, 2009

Money and benefits but nothing else.

Sales

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The only reason to work for this company is the money. This includes a very generous bonus and benefits package.

Cons

Unless you are a management trainee you will not advance within your career. If you are happy doing the same repetitive tasks every day then you might truly enjoy working for this company. Supervisors are far too young and inexperienced to properly run departments. Luckily most of the low level employees are competent enough to handle most tasks(see repetitive). Management will not communicate with you in an efficient nor timely manner. When they actually decide to give you feedback it is usually ridiculous and most criticism seems to come from a template. Think carefully before deciding to work for McMaster.

2.0

Jan 25, 2009

Can the eventually live up to the potential

Supervisor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits. Good discipline and vision, at least in theory.

Cons

Management lack technical competence. Perception, politics, and pedigree are rewarded over performance.

4.0

Jan 9, 2009

Good place to work, just don't expect any promotions.

Shipping

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits are great, work is fairly easy. Company shares its profits with employees. School is paid for completely and they also will pay a portion of your child's college. Insurance is paid by the company for the entire family. Excellent medical, vision and dental plans. Company is controlling their growth which leads to a more secure company. It is a nice job if someone wants to stay in one secure place for a long time, there is not a lot of movement in the company unless someone really impresses and make it known they want to do a lot. If not you can stay in the same position for many, many years.

Cons

No clear path for advancement, IVY league is a shoe in but everyone else stays put. The company does not post any job openings in the branch, a manager will walk up and tell you that you start in a new department in x amount of days. If you say no then you stay put for a long time, everyone knows to always say yes when the want to move you. Anyone from an IVY league school will be brought in as a supervisor or manager even if their major is not in that field, people skills are not required.

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