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 225 reviews)); "Great people and mentors to help you establish your career" ((in 81 reviews)); "Work/Life balance can be good (depends on the team)" ((in 79 reviews)); "Great salary and an excellent staff of people." ((in 60 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 116 reviews)); "People succeed here by reinforcing the toxic culture and talking behind people's backs in order to get ahead." ((in 108 reviews)); "Bad managers never last long there." ((in 54 reviews)); "aggressive and each department gets a new supervisor 2" ((in 50 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 38 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

4.0

Dec 22, 2008

Yes - we're a solid company

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The pay is great. It's a family environment. People really look out for each other.

Cons

not a lot of vacation time. You're expected to work at 100% ta all times.

2.0

Nov 8, 2008

May the one in the trenches speak up?

Hourly/shipping

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Many opportunities to educate yourself with educational programs. Have programs for your kids college. Very good retirement program (15%-25% of base pay). Supervisors are of truly intrested in getting their employees to work together. If you get hurt they really do work with you to correct the problem causing the injury. Will stick with you if your honestly trying to improve you work performance.

Cons

Upper management has a real problem with communication with hourly. There is a strong culture of eliteism. Young MT's are indoctrinated to be conformists. Micromanagement repeatly quashes positive improvement. Supervisor/Hourly relations are strained at best. Secrecy causes hourly to lose track of what is expected of them. Supervisors are stretched thin with too many responsibilities and pressure from upper management. Hourly has problems getting tools needed to do their job. Most of all, the upper management culture has a real problem listening!

4.0

Oct 28, 2008

worth the experience

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Co workers and excellent benefits, bonuses and educational support. There are some excellent young managers who really care about their staff and their departments.

Cons

No chance of promotion unless you are hired for management training. never going to happen. once a worker, always a worker.

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Jobs at McMaster-Carr

Distribution Operations

Distribution Operations

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