High pay, but look elsewhere immediately - Anonymous employee McMaster-Carr Employee Review

1.0
Apr 5, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Nearly none. The pay is good but if you accept an offer here, start looking for another job quickly.

Cons

You will need an exit strategy almost immediately. There's no future here, micromanaging is extreme, your performance is largely dictated by people who have no interaction with you or your work. They are privately held and will ABSOLUTELY fire individuals for small and vague reasons despite how long they have remained. If you do any work in research, systems, or strategy you will need to find an exit path quickly. It's shocking how demeaning this company is, I know so many people in therapy because of this place.

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5.0
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Pros

Salary, benefits, coworkers, work/life balance

Cons

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4.0
Jun 16, 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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