Horrible Place Where Your Career Just Dies - Anonymous employee McMaster-Carr Employee Review

1.0
Nov 4, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are beyond incredible. While deductibles have risen, you don't pay a dime in premiums. The 401k is 100% company-sponsored, and they put in 20% of your annual salary. The biggest golden handcuffs? The annual profit-sharing in December! Even though it's not guaranteed, it's typically between 3-5 months of your annual salary.

Cons

Be prepared to leave your self-dignity and pride at the door. You're just part of the head count they project the need to do the daily work. If you're not one of the few golden children, then you're invisible or targeted for firing. To say this place has low morale would be a complete understatement. While you never take your work home with you, the stress will bleed into your personal life and affect you adversely. Most employees are taking anti-depressants of some sort.

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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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