Cult - Finance McMaster-Carr Employee Review

1.0
Nov 1, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Benefits and nothing else... really.

Cons

When I think of McM... I think of the company in Gremlins. Micromanaging at its best all by managers under 22 years old, who just graduated and have zero people or management skills. McM hires Ivy league managers in hopes that they will bring new ideas to their operation. Instead, you get the same ideas and processes tried and retried over and over. The managers are brought in and courted as they are "special" with a cliquey mentality. They only socialize with one another and act like they are in some special club aka Mean Girls/Boys. McM is so full of themselves because there is no other company that can compare to their processes however, that is all they are. A company of processes who doesn't care for their people. Never mind that you too may have a degree or bring in management experience, if you were not hired in as a Management Trainee you will not be considered. If you have a family, just know that you will not be allowed to leave early and God forbid they are sick and you have to call in. You will pay dearly for choosing your family or your own health come review time. Ugh... I could go on and on about this unethical arrogant place...

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4.0
Jun 16, 2026
Recommend
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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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