The worst management structure out there...terrible terrible terrible - Operations/Technical Help McMaster-Carr Employee Review

1.0
Feb 2, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Smart staff, good staff level people. Clean work environment.

Cons

No future. All politics. If you challenge your management to be as good as you or better, you are an enemy. There should be a union there, sadly seems like that would being positive change with power from numbers. They could then oust the TERRIBLE management and break down the worst hiring process. Use talent from within. These reviews are like broken records, HR (or the owners) display gross negligence by not making a simple adjustment of using talented people to manage the company.

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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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