Great Experience - Anonymous employee McMaster-Carr Employee Review

5.0
Sep 27, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great work hours Great pay No other company in the world can touch the benefits Free college tuition Free college tuition for any of your children

Cons

If you are not used to a company that strives for perfection then McMaster-Carr is not for you. They are highly analytical and metric based. Everything is tracked. But then again why would you care? It make the company profitable and everyone (and I mean everyone) got 5 MONTHS salary as a bonus last year in addition to the 25% that you get for deferred profit sharing. Do the math.

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Pros

At least in the Systems department, it’s a helpful and collaborative environment.

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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