Don't drink that koolaid - Information Technology McKesson Employee Review

2.0
Jun 15, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

If you just wanna coast in your career to retirement, it could be good assuming you aren't laid off first

Cons

McKesson has lay offs every few years and the most recent one was in May 2022. Someone in the McKesson executive staff, who also is on the board of a different banking company, will talk nonsense about daily affirmations at the beginning of meetings but will also sell $1 million of stocks soon after announcing a lay off. How lovely this person is! Seriously don't work here unless there are no other options. If you have to, leave in 1 to 2 years, or management will force you to leave anyway. This company sucks.

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5.0
Feb 9, 2026
Anonymous intern
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Pros

Great management and team, would work full time

Cons

Felt like a small cog in the company.

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McKesson Response
4mo
Thank you for your valuable feedback. We’re so happy to hear your experience with McKesson has been a pleasant one.
1.0
Jun 3, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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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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McKesson Response
1w
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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