Great benefits and pay, not an exciting place. - Developer McMaster-Carr Employee Review

4.0
25 Sept 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Incredible benefits, good pay and bonus, great job security in any economy. Free PPO including vision, dental, full tuition coverage for any class subject matter at accredited schools. End-year benefits up to 30% of yearly salary! Company has solid cash flow even in bear economy, so jobs are very secure. Company is old, over 100 years. There are folks that have worked there over 30 years, turnover is very low.

Cons

Not a technology company, so management is not technically minded and moves slowly on the technology front. They hire non-technical people to work as developers and managers of developers, which leads to a lot of frustration.

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5.0
7 Jun 2026
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Pros

Salary, benefits, coworkers, work/life balance

Cons

micromanagement at every level and job is boring at times

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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