Not Great. - Business Operations Specialist McMaster-Carr Employee Review

2.0
16 Feb 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Pays well. Great starting salary and profit-sharing bonus that can be close to 4-5 months salary at the end of the year. Wonderful perks to the job, such as company-provided health/dental/vision insurance, 100% tuition reimbursement and 25% of your yearly earnings placed into a retirement trust--no contribution required but it takes 6 years to be fully vested. Great "work-life balance". You will work exactly 40 hours a week. If you're asked to work overtime, it is 1.5x.

Cons

The work itself is not interesting. Management is comprised of many young individuals out of Ivy-league schools, and most of them lack leadership/people skills. There is a lot of micromanaging (I.e. people expecting you to constantly be at your desk, wondering where you are if you're simply using the restroom) and nitpicking (I.e. constantly critiquing your work and focusing on everything you've done wrong, spending little to no time focusing on what you're doing right). Scheduling is NOT flexible. Your shift is based on seniority, so if you are new, you'll be required to work the late shift (10-7pm). Vacation Day requests also based on seniority, so you may not have a great chance at taking off vacation during popular times of the year (ie. Christmas, New Years, etc.).

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4.0
16 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Pay/benefits are incredibly generous - People are generally easy/nice to work with - Note that the Systems department seems to be fairly isolated from the negative issues discussed in other reviews (e.g. tension between warehouse workers and management) - I haven't experienced any of those issues within the systems department. In my opinion, Systems is a great place to work and develop as an engineer. - Hybrid work style (3 days in office). Personally, I like hybrid more than both fully in-office and fully remote styles. - Great cafeteria with good food and cheap prices. - Good work/life balance (outside of being on call, I can leave work at work).

Cons

- Work is not super interesting to me. I come from a highly technical, but very different (not ecommerce/industrial supplies), background where I was doing work I was much more interested in. No doubt there are folks in Systems who love the domain though. - While I'm not on call a ton (1-2 weeks every few months), I really hate being on call. I like to leave work at work. Note that joining at least one reliability team is expected within your first year or so.

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