Risk / Reward - Anonymous employee McKesson Employee Review

4.0
2 Jun 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

McKesson provides a lot of opportunity to grow, especially early on in your career, if you learn how to navigate the company and network. Benefits are pretty good (discounted stock purchases, 401k, bonuses for mid-level and up employees). Broadly, there is a culture of being flexible with your work hours to accommodate different lifestyles (school drop off, leaving early for dr appt, etc.). There is a variety of roles and an emphasis on trying new things/experiencing different kinds of businesses McKesson owns so you don't have just 'one' way to move up. PTO is generous and you are generally encouraged to take it.

Cons

There are almost annual layoffs across different groups - no one is 'safe'. In my time with the company, multiple shared service groups have been outsourced or laid off, the technology group laid off 500 people last year and several months ago 800 people were laid off from within a business McKesson owns. Salaries are consistently lower and with less raises than similar roles in other companies. The culture can be really good, but McKesson is so big that it can vary greatly between organizations. If you end up in a good team, your work/life balance can be great. If you end up with a bad manager, you could burn out and get no help in growing your career/building your brand in a positive way. Regardless of teams, there are inevitably politics to navigate, though it's not always inhibitive. There can also be a huge variation in how much you are expected to come into the office - some teams are totally virtual, others are back in the office full time.

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5.0
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Cons

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1.0
3 Jun 2026
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Pros

1. relatively aloof culture for ICs to grow on their own 2. on and off few people are good 3. Actually consultants in india are better than some full time hires to work with. The h1bs in full time roles and some GCs/Americans are just 1 step away from unemployment line but there are some good quality consultants who can be directed well to bring in good work. Problem is lack of direction when middle management is just running after money.

Cons

1. top most management is clueless to what is going post the middle tier 2. middle tiers - VPs/SVPs/Directors and Sr. Directors are among the worst. Mostly cast offs from Consulting firms/Tech cos/Other Healthcare firms, this group has some of the worst, clueless folks who just think very narrowly about how to get rid of problems, maybe craft a story for higher ups. Get rid of this layer ( so called people management ) and co. could shine better on the work of ICs, decent software engineers and regular rank and file. 3. Main money maker distribution is different from tech group and the IT here is almost comical - 2 years ago in 2024 there were "directors" bringing AI agents with 90% hallucination .. I mean that has got to be an industry first!

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Thank you for bringing these issues to our attention. We are committed to creating a positive work environment and are disappointed to learn that we fell short. We are taking your feedback seriously and are making efforts to address the concerns raised. Please feel free to reach out for a more in-depth discussion.
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