Enjoy your "golden" handcuffs. - Business Operations Specialist McMaster-Carr Employee Review

2.0
6 Feb 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You'll work with some really awesome, and intelligent people. The salary is much higher than one would expect for the job you're doing. The benefits are outrageous- fully paid healthcare, uncapped tuition reimbursement, fully funded retirement, end of year profit sharing. No more than 40 hours a weeks is expected of you.

Cons

The work environment is extremely volatile. The level of expecitation is seemingly unreachable, and you'll receive constant feedback which is never positive. Your job is in jeopardy at all times, and this is the type of environment McMaster-Carr fosters. There is no rooms for promotion unless you're hired into the MD program. You'll be managed by recent college graduates, must of whom have never held a job until now, but did attend a prestigious university. In short, most days the benefits don't outweigh the culture McMaster-Carr has. I feel sorry for each and every poor soul who walks through during an interview, as they know now of what they're considering.

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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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