Does McMaster-Carr pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, McMaster-Carr employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at McMaster-Carr. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at McMaster-Carr?

28% of McMaster-Carr employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated McMaster-Carr 3.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.2 for culture and values and 2.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at McMaster-Carr?

Management Trainee (80) , Supervisor (67) , Manager (48) , Business Operations Specialist (46) , Generalist (39) , Operations Manager (29) , Operations Supervisor (28) , Bin Filler (22) , Customer Service Representative (21) , Distribution Generalist (21) , Warehouse Distribution Specialist (21) , Management (20) , Operations Specialist (20) , Distribution Specialist (18) , Sales (17)

What are the pros of working at McMaster-Carr according to real employee reviews?

"Pay and profit sharing are great." ((in 202 reviews)); "Great people and mentors to help you establish your career" ((in 87 reviews)); "Work/Life balance can be good (depends on the team)" ((in 78 reviews)); "Great salary and an excellent staff of people." ((in 66 reviews)); "Bonuses were great although taxed so high that it's almost not even worth it." ((in 56 reviews))

What are the cons of working at McMaster-Carr according to real employee reviews?

"Poor Management" ((in 124 reviews)); "Those are the people who last long enough to become promoted and perpetuate the toxic culture." ((in 110 reviews)); "Bad managers never last long there." ((in 58 reviews)); "aggressive and each department gets a new supervisor 2" ((in 49 reviews)); "Upper management was also oddly apathetic, someone in your direct organization could be fired, seemingly at random, and no one would ever acknowledge it." ((in 41 reviews))

What are employees saying about McMaster-Carr layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about McMaster-Carr layoffs and their outlook for job security at McMaster-Carr in 2026.

What are the top reviewed McMaster-Carr locations?

Elmhurst , Atlanta , Robbinsville , Santa Fe Springs , Aurora , Chicago , Los Angeles , Santa Fe Springs , Douglasville , Cleveland , Robinsville , Princeton , Norwalk , Jersey City , Trenton , Philadelphia , Edison , Lambertville , New Brunswick , Toms River , Vineland , Bloomingdale , Gurnee , Lombard , Mount Prospect , Park Forest , Elmhurst , New York , Phoenix , Atlanta

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McMaster-Carr

McMaster-Carr reviews

2.8

28% would recommend to a friend

(1,369 total reviews)

Jay Delaney

30% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.5

Compensation and benefits

3.0

Work/Life balance

2.7

Diversity & inclusion

2.2

Culture & values

2.1

Career opportunities

2.0

Senior management

McMaster-Carr has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,369 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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Reviews by job title

1K reviews

2.0

Dec 10, 2025

Great pay, not great culture

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

the company has great pay and benefits; rotational program allows you learn a lot

Cons

the culture is very toxic. people are nice to your face but will go to HR over the smallest thing. HR is very involved with any and all gossip in the departments they serve. You can't trust your mentors because personal conversations between you and your mentor will be publicized when deciding what goes in your review. The turnover is super high. Very talented people are hired from Ivy leagues and other prestigious universities, but only 1-2 people survive more than 3 years. The company pretends to care about diversity but somehow all people of color hired into management are fired within 1-2 years. I wouldn't say anyone is overtly racist but the racial bias is ingrained in everyone in leadership. It's rare to see people of color make it into senior leadership... super rare.

2.0

Jun 23, 2025

I had to unlearn everything I learned about managing people

Ops manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

health benefits were great salary was good for the first few years out of college, but you can make much more elsewhere by the time you're 30 employee discount on things like ziploc bags, which I'd otherwise buy at target

Cons

there are countless reviews here stating the arbitrary nature of evaluating ICs, and they're really all true. when I was a supervisor, the manager I worked for used a buggy, broken spreadsheet to hastily calculate everyone's performance metrics, and there were plenty of errors. people lost their jobs over it, probably mistakenly. once, someone made a pretty harmless, sarcastic joke about a colleague, and we had to have like 5 HR meetings over it.

1.0

Dec 11, 2024

Depressing

Management trainee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pay I guess, work life balance

Cons

The location, the people, the work

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