Great Culture, Poor Compensation - Anonymous employee McGrath RentCorp Employee Review

4.0
Oct 29, 2024
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Family like environment Great individuals/teams to work with

Cons

Extremely underrated salaries. The salaries are not even compatible with the cost of living before COVID-19. They claim "We are not in the Silicon Valley so we pay less" while Livermore(the HQ) is just 15 min from Silicon Valley and everyone lives in that expensive area(Pleasanton, Livermore, San Jose, Fremont, etc.). The other annoying thing is you can find the majority of people working there for over 15-20 years which is very rare in the Bay Area but it comes with a huge disadvantage. While those people(mostly engineering) have already built their empires, they don't see a need to upgrade themselves or the technology they use. As a result of that, there is no space for growth after the 2nd year. Something else that was really obvious and annoying was that their Application team only hires from a certain ethnicity. During my more than 2 years of work, I never saw diversity in the hiring for that specific team.

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5.0
May 11, 2026
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Pros

Excellent Culture and a place that makes you feel truly cared for as an employee. The job can be stressful at times but it is rewarding and constantly presents new challenges.

Cons

Can be fast paced and the learning curve can feel steep on larger projects

5.0
May 7, 2026
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Pros

They were so kind and trained me well. Treated me like family. I only left because I had just given birth and did not have child care

Cons

The only con was I started during covid, so training was a bit harder, but I caught on fast.

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