Bizarre, negative culture, but great learning opportunity - Recensione dipendente - Management presso McMaster-Carr

3,0
11 giu 2014
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

-Excellent pay -Smart coworkers -Excellent learning opportunity to be exposed to the inner-workings of an efficient, well-established, complex operation -Fast upward mobility within the mgmt track if you prove yourself -Great work-life balance. Contained 40 hr wks and you're not allowed to bring work home

Svantaggi

-Bizarre culture -Negativity. Huge focus on exposing and reprimanding mistakes, as opposed to developing and capitalizing on strengths. Makes for horrible morale. -Strange dynamic. Management is young. Staffers are mostly middle-aged people annoyed with the revolving door of young managers telling them what they're doing wrong, when in reality, the staffers usually know the operation better than the young 'hot-shots' -Weird rules about the physical space. Maybe this has changed since I was there, but people were not allowed pictures or personal affects in their cubicles, a sweater on the back of their chair, or their purse/bag under their desk. Everything had to be clutter-free and sterile-looking. No coffee or food at your desk. Only water in a covered, company-issued styrofoam cup.

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5,0
24 giu 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Benefits were great! Hybrid work schedule.

Svantaggi

Really strict about metrics. You can get laid off for getting below 80% per quarter.

4,0
16 giu 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

- 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).

Svantaggi

- 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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