Salary & benefits are great, company culture is terrible. - Bin Filler McMaster-Carr Employee Review

3.0
May 31, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

The salary and benefits are great, it's hard to find a job making that much money doing that kind of work. The benefits are unmatched, profit sharing, no cost insurance with a low deductible, and a yearly bonus.

Cons

The company culture is horrible. Management are all burned out and don't care about anything and the workers are constantly scared of being fired. One too many slip ups and they'll send you packing. There's very little training, they just throw you into things and expect that you pick it up quickly. Workers are stressed and management doesn't make that easier. They never promote from within, they always hire some ivory tower kid straight out of his Harvard MBA, so there is absolutely zero upward mobility.

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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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