Would not recommend - Product Information Generalist McMaster-Carr Employee Review

1.0
Mar 19, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Nice coworkers, annual office parties, raffles for sports tickets, nice in office dinning hall (like a dorm dinning hall) at discounted prices

Cons

Management are all hired straight from college, do not understand the employees work that they manage. Everything is very micromanaged, they make you track what you’re doing every minute of the day and they are on top of you if you are below expectations. The worst is that your basically expected to make zero mistakes and completely work very fast. This leads to high pressure to be locked at your desk all day. There is no vertical movement, your only allowed to move teams when it’s on their terms and it could be to a completely new team you’ve never heard of.

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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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