McMaster-Carr reviews

2.7

28% would recommend to a friend

(1,363 total reviews)

Jay Delaney

31% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

McMaster-Carr has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,363 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The McMaster-Carr employee rating is 27% below average for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

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1K reviews
1.0
Jan 19, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits, good pay, some good people (but you never know who you can trust because it’s a dog eat dog environment). You won’t take work home, but will take home the feeling that you’re worthless, because they will deliberately make very intelligent people feel inferior by design.

Cons

Incredibly toxic environment, fear based culture, zero accountability. The company throws money at people instead of addressing any actual employee feedback, but creates new PR schemes to make it seem like they care (like the owner gaslighting a group of people talking about diversity being the focus because “it’s the right thing to do,” but having it only matter if/when it brings in profit). Any progress that moves the company in a positive direction (from the genuine people who do actually care) is quickly undermined, and those people are forced out. You also have zero say in your career trajectory, and they target people who see their value and want to do more. They hold financial control, just like an abusive relationship, and discredit your talent until you question your worth. Run.

1.0
May 21, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay, tuition-reimbursement, insurance is good

Cons

Management is worst part of working here, they’re paid a ton of money to talk and hangout with other departments. They provide little to no value to customers. Environment is chaos, but as long as orders get out by end of day they do not care. Only talked to when there’s an issue, never get a good job or anything. Lots of good people taken advantage of because pay is good.

1.0
Oct 25, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Salary/bonus and no contribution to healthcare

Cons

Not a place to work for as a pregnant black woman with health issues. I watched other women get accommodations that I was denied. Their performance evaluations were unfair for life changes. HR and management are cold hearted and unsympathetic. They will accept doctors notes that will lead to a short term disability accommodation. I do not recommend accepting the Bin Filler position if you’re unfit to do the physically demanding responsibilities. If you’re skilled in other areas, college educated and not looking to do hard labor then advocate for yourself during the hiring process! Do not accept anything less than what you’re worth just because they’re offering a high salary. Your performance will suffer and you will be treated inferior/inadequate by HR and management. If your performance is poor, you will not be considered for other roles outside of Bin Filling. As a black woman, you be stuck and they will not accommodate by any means. You can achieve 65k and work in the office elsewhere, don’t settle.

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