Great pay, not great culture - Manager McMaster-Carr Employee Review

2.0
10 Dec 2025
Recommend
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Pros

the company has great pay and benefits; rotational program allows you learn a lot

Cons

the culture is very toxic. people are nice to your face but will go to HR over the smallest thing. HR is very involved with any and all gossip in the departments they serve. You can't trust your mentors because personal conversations between you and your mentor will be publicized when deciding what goes in your review. The turnover is super high. Very talented people are hired from Ivy leagues and other prestigious universities, but only 1-2 people survive more than 3 years. The company pretends to care about diversity but somehow all people of color hired into management are fired within 1-2 years. I wouldn't say anyone is overtly racist but the racial bias is ingrained in everyone in leadership. It's rare to see people of color make it into senior leadership... super rare.

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5.0
14 June 2026
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Pros

At least in the Systems department, it’s a helpful and collaborative environment.

Cons

3 days in office and potentially long commute from the city

4.0
16 June 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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