Current Supervisor - Warehouse Supervisor McMaster-Carr Employee Review

1.0
23 Aug 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Great temporary job used as a spring board for further education and real career elsewhere.

Cons

I would like to shoutout the Atlanta branch specifically for being an especially soul crushing place. There is most definently a select group of people in management that promote one another and look out for eachother at the expense of everyone else. This is definitely a "boys club" environment, even though company tries hard to look inclusive on paper. People, do not be fooled. It becomes very evident in a short amount of time that several of my peers have been promoted that were clearly not qualified or competent enough for said roles. The biggest problem for this company is the bloated salaries of middle management who literally do not financially contribute anywhere near enough (as in comparison to staff) to justify said roles. It is a twilight zone here.. be prepared to work hard but not while actually using a modicum of your intelligence. Briefly I would like to warn future job seekers, these complaints and criticisms are 100% real and the abnormally postive reviews on this site just aren't.

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5.0
14 June 2026
Recommend
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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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