Great place to start - Management Trainee McMaster-Carr Employee Review

4.0
4 Nov 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great work-life balance You work with great people, from diverse professional backgrounds Great Perks: cash bonus & free passes to local attractions Company wide commmunity service days Company takes care of its people (generous maternity leave, vacation days, and even offers scholarships for children of employees)

Cons

Critieria for Promotion and lateral moves is cloudly Not the best at developing new people

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4.0
16 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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