Heinous experience - Anonymous employee McMaster-Carr Employee Review

1.0
Oct 20, 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Benefits and that's about it. I cannot even make the 20 word minimum.

Cons

I tried to think of something polite and encouraging to say about the company but am unable to do so. I worked here full time for 7 years in the office and moved from dept to dept. I cannot think of one single skill I have acquired. Instead, I can tell you I've had 16 supervisors all under age 23- fresh out of college with zero work or management experience micromanaging every word I had to write. Don't ever be sick late or think you will ever attend your children's activities at school. You won't be promoted or encouraged. When you get home from work you will smile less and drink more. Don't ever ever work here. Ever.

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Pros

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Cons

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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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