Ugh with the increase of fake reviews here!! - Operations McMaster-Carr Employee Review

1.0
27 Jul 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

For recent college grads who lack experience, or experienced workers who want very little mental stimulation...the pay may be worth if.

Cons

Disappointing to see the fake reviews adding any points to their score as no meaningful changes have taken place after the bloodbath last year. Please look at any of the more accurate and realistic reviews posted here or jump on over to reddit. Long story short, toxic culture... will not be changing. No innovation and it is a race to the bottom to get rid of whatever considerations that were in place (that previously existed in part to protect the well-being of workers) following the likes of amazon and other giants ... same games and gaslighting expect more benefits to continue dropping off as well as the years go by. The overall forecast of this company is not looking good for the employees based on the downward trend of negative changes taking place here. Changing around the distribution n of profit sharing does not change this fact either..

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5.0
7 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Salary, benefits, coworkers, work/life balance

Cons

micromanagement at every level and job is boring at times

2.0
4 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

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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