Worst company to work for. Toxic work environment - Management Trainee McMaster-Carr Employee Review

1.0
22 Feb 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pay and benefits. That’s it.

Cons

- Everyone is out to get you from day 1. Very toxic work environment with people ratting on you and you are constantly walking on eggshells or watching your back because management promotes toxicity -Warehouse work is not only laborious on your legs but also gross. Know if you are joining the management that you might be put in the warehouse which is literally a horrible, noisy, filthy, and annoying place to work. It feels like you are working in a prison with barely any windows. It’s like the opposite of working in a nice office in a nice building. - Lack of actual learning and development. If you work in management, you barely know anything about hard skills because the company uses a very antiquated system and barely gives you opportunity to learn anything transferrable. Their inventory management system was discontinued by the developer because it’s so old and outdated. This company does not invest in technology or innovation and is fine running inefficiently. - People are toxic and it seems very cliquey like you are in high school. Rarely will you meet your coworkers outside of work since the work place environment is so toxic that everyone just wants to be away unless required to be there

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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
CEO approval
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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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