McMaster-Carr reviews

2.8

29% would recommend to a friend

(1,365 total reviews)

Jay Delaney

30% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

McMaster-Carr has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,365 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The McMaster-Carr employee rating is 24% below average for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

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1K reviews
2.0
Jan 13, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Salary, bonus, deferred profit sharing, tuition payment

Cons

Culture is toxic and fear based. The company has no mission statement, we buy screws from one place and sell them to another with a markup - there is no intrinsic motivation to come to work.

2.0
Oct 17, 2025

Not what they used to be

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pay is the only thing that would have continued to keep me there

Cons

They hire Ivy League grads with zero experience to manage You may never meet your supervisor, manager, or HR partner in person because they spread them out across the country to seemingly make it easier to fire you for no real reason & feel nothing since they've never made an effort to get to know you. They don't make an effort to train you further past your onboarding into the department You will need to jump through hoops every couple of months when management changes again, and go from one "great idea" management had that didn't work the previous year, just because they weren't in the department when it was last in place. Even if you earn higher degrees while with them, they will not take that into consideration that you may have worth wild ideas that may make a real difference

1.0
Oct 13, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay and benefits. Hybrid opportunity.

Cons

Horrible management majority of which do not have the experience or communication skills to be in management. No opportunity to for advancement.

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