Great benefits, backbreaking labor - Anonymous employee McMaster-Carr Employee Review

3.0
17 June 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are amazing. Unlike anything I've had before or since. Medical is unmatched, as are additional lucrative bonuses of various kinds, though the vestment period is a bit long.

Cons

The labor is poorly managed, excruciating, and the line managers are from wholly different fields, fresh out of school, wildly inexperienced and completely unwilling to listen to staff. There is absolutely no possibility of upward mobility or the ability to transfer to another department. The position you interview for will likely not be the position offered.

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Cons

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4.0
16 June 2026
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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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