Horrible - Anonymous employee McMaster-Carr Employee Review

1.0
Feb 11, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are good Some people who are not in management are competent.

Cons

The company is run through corporate politics and nepotism. People who do not deserve to have that power. Speaking of "Power" if you challenge people in management they will just fire you. They don't consider you a human-being. The most manipulative, artificial people I have ever been around. They hire kids just out of college from "prestigious" schools and put them in supervisor roles with no experience at all. They actively reinforce a privileged class system while claiming to be diverse. People from other teams do not talk to each other. They forced everyone back to the office for "collaboration." I would sit and stare at my screen doing exactly what I could be doing at home and have superficial conversations with artificial supervisors. All communication could be done over a zoom call but no, because these insecure managers want to feel important, we had to come to office. Many people were forced to quit because they were promised remote but now had to drive 3+ hours to sit in a jail cell cube. As far as the job goes, good luck developing any useful skills to be used in your next job. They do crazy high-performance reviews every month, so you are managed through fear. If you miss one tiny detail, it could ruin your month. There is no encouragement of innovation. No motivation to improve. Their network system is beyond slow and unreliable. I feel bad for the people on the bottom of the organization who do the tangible work. The people in senior management need to understand that your fancy title and ability to navigate the cesspit politics does not mean you produce value. You are not important and more artificial than actual AI which will hopefully replace you. Actually, MCM will never adapt to new tech and will likely be run over by other companies who will innovate and be run by competent leaders. Run away from this company or you will be chained with golden handcuffs.

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