Business Generalist - Anonymous employee McMaster-Carr Employee Review

3.0
Aug 13, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Ridiculously good benefits package, good work-life balance, behind-the-curtains perspective into a wide swath of business partners.

Cons

Zero room for advancement unless you come in through the management program, very little opportunity to develop professionally, very little chance to exercise any creativity or independent thought, the realization that your success is defined by your ability to repeat mundane processes as quickly and correctly as possible.

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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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