Get what you can get and leave! - Writer McMaster-Carr Employee Review

1.0
15 Aug 2013
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Pros

The benefits are great! The company paid for my master's degree. The year-end bonus is out of this world.

Cons

The atmosphere is horrible. As an employee, you are not allowed to talk or laugh ever! Also, if you come in as an employee, you cannot get promoted. The superviors and managers are conceited babysitters, who ridicule and harass employees. You NEVER get positive feedback.

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Pros

Challenging work, great pay, awesome benefits

Cons

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4.0
16 Jun 2026
Recommend
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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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