Come for the Benefits, Stay because you're too broken to work anywhere else - Sales Generalist McMaster-Carr Employee Review

1.0
5 Mar 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The pay checks, the benefits. Nothing else.

Cons

The company does zero career planning with us. The future feels so vague and there's nowhere to go, no carrot on the stick, no promises of growth or promotion, or opportunity. Every single change has been relatively unwelcome unpredictable, and unreliable manner. At any moment our schedule or role could change and having gone through that so many times has given me serious work related PTSD. I have so much anxiety at this company. The pressure of trying to achieve lightning speed perfection has done so much damage to my self esteem and has raised my base line anxiety to a level that it has impacted my relationships outside of work. I'm worried about the long term effects the stress has had on me.

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5.0
14 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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
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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