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I applied at McMaster hoping for a customer service position and went through an extensive interviewing process. They called me and offered me a position in the warehouse processing reciepts. I was delighted as I really wanted to work there. They treated the new hires very well and I thought I had found my dream job. One day after six weeks I was asked to come to the office. I thought they were going to review me and knowing I was a good worker, dependable and had done everything asked of me, I wasn't worried. I thought maybe ever a six week raise...Boy was I surprised when they told me they were letting me go because they didn't think I was a "good fit". I was so destroyed, my confidence shattered and so devistated. What a surprise. No one had said anything to me prior, no indication of anything amiss. It seemed that they hired a pool of many people and rooted through them, picking out maybe three from the fifteen they had hired, and letting the rest go. The workplace is intense. You are watched every minute and questioned if you have to go to the bathroom and it isn't on your break or lunch. The supervisors are distant and the guidance is limited. If you mamage to keep a position there do not expect any advancement from within..they recruit their management from colleges. A devistating work experience...