Highly quirky but for right employee, great - Anonymous employee McMaster-Carr Employee Review

5.0
Jul 22, 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

A privately-held company anxious to avoid press--even positive press--McMaster-Carr is devoted to work-life balance and deeply engaged in the community. As a corporate citizen, McMaster-Carr is truly exemplary and from that perspective would recommend this employer unreservedly. And the perks for employees are superb, including medical benefit vesting on day one.

Cons

McMaster-Carr is a very agile organization in which yesterday's rules are almost never carved in stone. The downside to that is because of this relentless devotion to improvement, it can be extremely challenging to learn the ropes for someone new.

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Pros

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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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