All it takes is one person to sink you - Anonymous employee McMaster-Carr Employee Review

2.0
1 June 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great benefits. Great pay. Great co-workers.

Cons

Popularity contest environment. It only takes one person in management to not like you and it's all downhill after many years of great work reviews. All though they cannot use FMLA against you...trust and believe they'll search high and low and make up another reason to "get" you. Don't plan on ever being sick. Don't plan on being anything less than perfect in their eyes. Don't expect to move up or around. It's all decided for you...if ever. Be prepared to plan vacations and days off a year in advance with little to no flexibility.

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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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