Modern Day Carpeted Sweat Shop - Bin Filler McMaster-Carr Employee Review

1.0
Oct 25, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Salary/bonus and no contribution to healthcare

Cons

Not a place to work for as a pregnant black woman with health issues. I watched other women get accommodations that I was denied. Their performance evaluations were unfair for life changes. HR and management are cold hearted and unsympathetic. They will accept doctors notes that will lead to a short term disability accommodation. I do not recommend accepting the Bin Filler position if you’re unfit to do the physically demanding responsibilities. If you’re skilled in other areas, college educated and not looking to do hard labor then advocate for yourself during the hiring process! Do not accept anything less than what you’re worth just because they’re offering a high salary. Your performance will suffer and you will be treated inferior/inadequate by HR and management. If your performance is poor, you will not be considered for other roles outside of Bin Filling. As a black woman, you be stuck and they will not accommodate by any means. You can achieve 65k and work in the office elsewhere, don’t settle.

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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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