Former employee - Sales Associate McMaster-Carr Employee Review

1.0
5 Sept 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good working environment, pay, benefits, perks

Cons

Managers are straight out of college with no life experience, but all of the answers. They are puppets on a string and the strings are pulled by unethical, greedy, dishonest puppet masters. If you want quick money and do not care if you are used and abused, go for it. Do not expect to stay long or to climb the ladder. They do not care what you think.

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4.0
16 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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