Not a career, Just a job - Individual Contributor McMaster-Carr Employee Review

2.0
13 Nov 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The benefits and pay are great. Although some of the benefits, such as Tuition reimbursement, have changed from benefits to perks. You have to be "meeting/ exceeding" company expectations in the review process in order to qualify these perks. They do take care of their employees financially and with incredible health coverage. That is the best part about working at McMaster-Carr.

Cons

Management is scattered and disorganized. Expectations are unclear or unrealistic and they can vary from person to person. They are more reactive vs proactive in their approach to operations and data driven decision making. Management has been seen making the numbers work vs being honest in order to promote growth and change. Very little room for career advancement if you are not hired as a manager. Managers get promoted quickly and often as the turnover in management is incredibly high.

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5.0
7 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Salary, benefits, coworkers, work/life balance

Cons

micromanagement at every level and job is boring at times

2.0
4 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good salary, guaranteed bonus, opportunities for overtime

Cons

Management changes constantly, managers are either fresh out of college or have never done your role or both, so I felt like I was managing myself. The metric standards are so high you have to essentially be perfect month after month. The standards are completely unrealistic, robotic, and leave little room for a bad day. There is PTO but you are only allowed to take it if there are “available hours” for that day - everything is about capacity and squeezing out as much work from as many people as possible. Taking time off affects your metrics for the month, which I did not know until after I took my first week-long vacation - they are always looking at your performance in terms of the past year, so I had to try to overwork and correct the bad month I had, when in my opinion your PTO should be completely YOUR time and have no adverse effect. Mentally and physically strenuous, whether you are on the warehouse side or office side - go to the bathroom too many times in a day and it will become an issue - they expect you to be glued to your desk/post. Like I said, no room to be human.

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