Company does not value quality individuals - Bin Ops McMaster-Carr Employee Review

2.0
Jan 29, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great benefits, competitive salary, Mon-Fri schedule

Cons

in the Bins Department, where they place most of their new employees, you either meet their one error/month quota, or you will be put on written warning and subsequently let go if you don't improve. No exceptions! No room for advancement unless you are a manager favorite. They say they don't pressure you to work faster, but if you don't, you will have a supervisor breathing down your neck, also other fillers will get frustrated with you if you aren't picking up work as fast as they are. So you are constantly working fast, regardless of how heavy the materials are (and they get very heavy depending on where you are). Not for the faint of heart or physical ability.

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4.0
Jun 16, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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