Watch your back - Purchasing McMaster-Carr Employee Review

3.0
Mar 22, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits and bonuses are the perks.

Cons

It was a great company when I started but soon became toxic when the Harvard mentality came into power. Then the inclusion phase started and became so much of the emphasis that it became distracting and nothing else mattered. Long term employees who had a folder full of positive reviews quickly come under fire when an intern supervisor decides you're no longer a good employee and upper management follows them instead of long term dedicated employees.

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4.0
Jun 16, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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