Like anything else, the good with the bad. - Anonymous employee McMaster-Carr Employee Review

3.0
4 Aug 2009
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

This is a very solidly performing company-- not just for its industry, but compared to ANY industry. You'll take a lot of pride in working for a company that treats its customers like customers should be treated, like you wish you were treated by all businesses.

Cons

Not an environment for everyone. You must be very detail oriented because this company gets the big things right. Although the company will deny it during interviews, the management track is up or out, there are very, very few lifers at McMaster Carr, or for that matter management personnel over the age of 35. (no different than most top tier consulting firms).

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Cons

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Good salary, guaranteed bonus, opportunities for overtime

Cons

Management changes constantly, managers are either fresh out of college or have never done your role or both, so I felt like I was managing myself. The metric standards are so high you have to essentially be perfect month after month. The standards are completely unrealistic, robotic, and leave little room for a bad day. There is PTO but you are only allowed to take it if there are “available hours” for that day - everything is about capacity and squeezing out as much work from as many people as possible. Taking time off affects your metrics for the month, which I did not know until after I took my first week-long vacation - they are always looking at your performance in terms of the past year, so I had to try to overwork and correct the bad month I had, when in my opinion your PTO should be completely YOUR time and have no adverse effect. Mentally and physically strenuous, whether you are on the warehouse side or office side - go to the bathroom too many times in a day and it will become an issue - they expect you to be glued to your desk/post. Like I said, no room to be human.

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