McKesson reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(6,034 total reviews)
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Brian Tyler

81% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

McKesson has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 6,034 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The McKesson employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Healthcare industry (3.5 stars).

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2.0
May 19, 2018

Toxic Work Environment

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Modern facility and strong brand.

Cons

Extensive changes in the last year have caused instability, confusion and low morale. New management exhibits very poor leadership and provides little, if any, direction to subordinates, but have very high expectations and micro-manage to drive results. If you question their decisions or show concern, you will be skapegoated or blamed for the problem(s) and suddenly told you have poor performance and/or put on a PIP, then turn to bullying you to get you to leave or simply let you go. This is happening to very bright, hard-working, productive and caring individuals. It has been tragic to see this. HR will do nothing. If upper management finds out you have contacted HR, they will reprimand you. A few people do all the work, while others take the credit. No work/life balance. Very silo’d organization with duplication of roles and data (data is a mess with disparate systems across the enterprise), with no documented processes and procedures to navigate or understand who does what and how to get what you need. Spend a lot of time talking and in meetings, but little “doing”. Medical insurance cost very high.

1.0
Mar 1, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

if you stay there long enough (over 5 years) you get a decent amount of vacation, I guess

Cons

They track and nitpick everything you do, no matter how inconsequential. They actually had spyware installed on everyone's computer to track every single click you made on your computer. Petty micromanagers at almost all levels. You can also pretty much expect to not advance in your career at all if you don't have a college degree - even if you're smarter and better at your job than every college grad they hire - they will promote them ahead of you and leave you in your dead-end position with your meager 2% annual raises (if you're lucky.) Meanwhile, the CEO gets over 100 million dollars of stock bonuses every year. They are constantly talking about doing more with less (i.e. if someone in your department leaves or quits, they will not be replaced, their work will be redistributed to you and when you say it can't possibly be done, it is literally impossible they will act like you are being lazy and treat you even more like garbage.) They're constantly saying they want people to make suggestions to improve processes, etc., but when you do, they just say it can't be done or dismiss it. Your input is not actually wanted. Then they constantly wonder why morale is low and why they score so poorly on the employee opinion survey every year. Eventually, they will outsource your department to India, give you a pittance of a severance and send you on your way, but you will be glad to get out and not have to go to that soul-destroying hellhole anymore.

1.0
May 9, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Unfortunately, the only pro is the frequent flier miles and hotel reward points accumulated due to the constant travel (eventually, the cons negate this pro)

Cons

- High turnover due to hiring experienced/overqualified people in an entry-level role that they disguise with a Senior Auditor title. Senior Auditors in other organizations are responsible for supervising and planning audits, reviewing workpapers, report writing, and presenting findings to senior management/leadership. Senior Auditors at McKesson only perform test work and document work papers. "Managers" at McKesson perform the role of Senior Auditors at other organizations. This is where the disconnect occurs because the Managers at McKesson are "trained" to "coach & mentor" the Senior Auditors (I guess it's assumed that they are unskilled when it comes to audits). Senior Auditors are talked to and treated as if they have never audited before. This leaves a bad taste in new hires' mouths, considering they came from environments where they performed the roles of the "Manager" title at McKesson. - An event that occurs twice a year called "All Hands". I believe the goal of All Hands to function as a team building event. Unfortunately, the week of All Hands feels like 4 days of prison. You are required to participate in all events starting at 8am until around 10pm. I don't even spend that much time with my family, so why would I want to spend that much time with coworkers, in which, many of us have nothing in common other than our job. I would like to note that I am not the only person that feels this way about All Hands, pretty much everyone in the department feels this way, but no one speaks up in the department. That leads me to the next con... - The department is full of "yes men". The few, including myself, that decide to speak up will ultimately be looked at as the black sheep in the department. - I could go on and on with cons, but I won't. Just one last note to show how dysfunctional this department is, within the first few days/weeks of coming into the department people stated that they knew they made a big mistake accepting the job offer. I think that says a lot considering it takes most people months before they realize they've made a bad decision accepting a job offer.

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