Degrading, Horrific, Soul sucking, and Suicidal!!! - Warehouse Distribution McMaster-Carr Employee Review

1.0
10 Sept 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good Pay, Cafeteria, and great Benefits

Cons

All the good pay and great benefits means absolutely nothing if you feel like committing suicide while you are there, and a worthless peasant when you get home. You are treated like scum by management (which is their job to do specifically), and they demoralize you with every word that comes out of their mouth. They expect you to work 110 mph all day everyday except for when you are on your break. Don't let the nice building and nice lunchroom fool you like it fooled me. If you want to sell your soul, get treated like crap, and feel like you're in a sweatshop, than this is the company for you.

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5.0
14 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

At least in the Systems department, it’s a helpful and collaborative environment.

Cons

3 days in office and potentially long commute from the city

4.0
16 Jun 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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