Overall good, but management can be top heavy and distant - Master Data Analyst McMaster-Carr Employee Review

4.0
Apr 5, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits and pay, highly efficient and dedicated people

Cons

Management is top heavy and often consists of people who are hired as managers rather than promoting people with actual down to earth work experience within the company. Experience really depends on who your boss is and can vary wildly. If your boss doesn't like you it can really mess with your career

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5.0
Jul 15, 2026
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Pros

Excellent people, great opportunities internally and externally to learn. Met some of my best friends there.

Cons

Can be stressful, long hours, and of course at times competitive.

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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