GREAT job, CRAPPY Career - Project Manager McKesson Employee Review

4.0
Feb 2, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

McKesson is a place where there are amazing things happening and you've got the freedom to get involved with as many as you'd like. That's a rare thing in my experience. The comp is above average, the bonus structure is generous, and the benefits are great (I remember having an obscene amount of vacation time). Many of the individuals at the lower levels are very sharp and just interesting people to interact with.

Cons

The ONE thing that McKesson does a TERRIBLE job with is internal talent development. They are quite generous with training and senior access, but someone needs to die for you to get a promotion. My theory was that, since McK grows through acquisitions, they tend to get very bloated with mid/senior managers from targets that they can't fire. To put it in context: the person in charge of assigning cubes was an SVP (isn't that something you could do with an excel Macro?). The result is that very bright junior people come in, perform, get wonderful training, and then walk out the door. Of the three people I was hired with, we all have three things in common: 1) We had the best employment experience and training at McK. 2) We are all very successful leaders in the healthcare information technology space now. 3) None of us are still with Mckesson.

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Cons

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1.0
Jun 3, 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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