Great place to work - Operations Specialist McMaster-Carr Employee Review

5.0
May 22, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Really good covid response from them, sent everybody home basically immediately AND bought us work from home equipment. Really good pay. Great profit sharing bonus at the end of the year, and pension plan too which almost no one offers anymore. Total comp ends up being like 100k. Benefits are unmatched. Full tuition reimbursement. Financial assistance for first time homebuyers. They will even help you pay for your childrens undergrad! Although you have to be working there for 5-6 years before you can get that benefit. Really good work life balance too. You never have to work more than 40 hrs per week unless you volunteer to, and you get overtime pay for it.

Cons

If you are not hired into management it's very difficult to move up into a managerial role. Currently you can only work from home in the five states where they have a physical location.

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4.0
Jun 16, 2026
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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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