DO NOT JOIN - Operations Manager McMaster-Carr Employee Review

1.0
13 Aug 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits are not worth it! Everyone gets reeled in by the golden handcuffs, but this is such an awful place to work.

Cons

This is the worst company I have ever worked for. No one cares about your happiness and you only exist to serve the company. HR is astonishingly proud of the fact that they changed our slogan from "A great place to work" to "A place for great work." They promote a culture of fear, which results in extreme competition. Everyone in staff and management is willing to stab you in the back to advance themselves. You can't trust anyone and always have to watch what you say.

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Pros

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Cons

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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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