Ok for the short term... - Warehouse McMaster-Carr Employee Review

2.0
Jul 16, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pay, benefits, profit sharing. Tuition reimbursement.

Cons

Lack of respect shown to employees by management. They treat people like children. They tend to fire people for no apparent reason, this keeps the rest of us subdued and paranoid. Don't get me wrong, most people who get fired are underperforming. However, it seems like some people get fired randomly for no reason. They pay well and the benefits are great, but that's about it. Hard work means nothing to them. You can work your butt off all year and get a horrible review because your supervisor is a 21 year-old kid with no work experience who wants to practice giving someone a bad review. It happens here. All in all, it pays the bills and the benefits and hours are good. You just have to practice biting your tongue and forget about self-respect once you walk through those doors.

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5.0
Jun 14, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

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

Cons

3 days in office and potentially long commute from the city

4.0
Jun 16, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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