Great Benefits, but bad boss can ruin your time here - Management Development Program Trainee McMaster-Carr Employee Review

3.0
Oct 21, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Great work hours, never had to work overtime and they don't schedule meetings at ridiculous hours Tuition reimbursement is their best benefit by far, definitely take advatange of this while you're here. Awesome healthcare benefits as well not to mention the annual profit-sharing. If you don't care about having interesting work and being intellectually challenged, but just want a comfortable job and salary this is the place to be.

Cons

Having a toxic boss is enough to screw you over. Saw many other friends get written off because their boss decided randomly they weren't a good fit. At this point there's usually nothing you can do and it's only a matter of time before you're let go for not meeting performance standards. I did meet some really great and kind people I enjoyed working with so it was unfortunate that things turned out the way they did.

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5.0
Jun 7, 2026
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Pros

Salary, benefits, coworkers, work/life balance

Cons

micromanagement at every level and job is boring at times

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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