McKesson reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(6,034 total reviews)
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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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6K reviews
2.0
Jun 5, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits are comparible. The use of Vitality will significantly lower your medical insurance & matching is 2:1 up to 3%. Work life balance is highlighted but unreasonable in this role.

Cons

No bonuses. No inflation increases. No merit increases for earning additional certificates (CPA) or degrees (MBA). HR is horrible at diffusing situations and are quiet arbitrary when it comes to merit increases for said certificates or degrees especially when you do not get along with your supervisor.

2.0
Feb 23, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

+ Career development, i.e. Six Sigma training is available to pretty much everyone + Fortune 15 company on your resume + Opportunity to work on different projects across teams + Opportunity to get high visibility if that's your thing + Opportunity to advance but don't be in a hurry, it could take a while. + New emphasis is being put on talent development + New structuring of HR allows for less partiality when it comes to a need for mediation

Cons

+ They fired everyone in the AP, Audit & Controls area and replaced them with younger workers who no doubt cost less. No one knows what they are doing. This review is general but a lot of it is stemming from these areas. + Bad treatment of employees: after firing all the seasoned people, the few senior managers that were left pretty much quit/walked out. The few non-exempt employees who managed to keep their jobs were left & they're so angry and scared of being fired, that they do not share their knowledge - if anything, they train new people incorrectly out of anger or because they think it will make them look that much more valuable. + Bad treatment of employees: some of the newer supervisors like to pick with & demean their non-exempt employees. I think some of it is them taking out their frustrations & deflecting (b/c they don't don't what they are doing) on the easiest target. I'm guessing the rest is they know newbies are eager to please & keep their jobs, blind, and sometimes don't understand that there should be mutual expectation (especially the younger ones). + Bad communication: new expectations are unveiled but no one can clearly define what they are, automation is the goal which means future cuts, but one wants to talk about that either, new processes are put into place but they make no sense & few people are even aware... just overall bad communication. + Lack of job knowledge: from the top down (since everyone is new) and lack of direction, well communicated expectations, and the tools/support required to carry out tasks, complete projects, and meet goals... I mean there aren't even any current, or sometimes any at all, SOPs in place. + Lack of team building, or the feeling of cohesive, unified departments - no one trusts anyone, and it's understandable when management fires everyone, people are quick to "throw" each other "under the bus," no one talks, its a stressful environment where most people keep their head down.

1.0
Feb 19, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Free filtered water - Pretty views from the high rise building in downtown SF.

Cons

- First off, Mckesson is an old-boys club. The upper management men keep to themselves, and only promote very young, very inexperienced men with freshly minted MBAs. The inexperience leadership is very weak and short sighted.. - The ethics line and HR will not help you if you are discriminated against. HR and employee relations only work for McKesson, not for you. - Titles are highly inflated. On my floor of 65+ people, 75% are directors or managers. - No one is held accountable for their work - Leadership moves numbers and money around to reflect them in their favor - Departments are run with low budgets because that's what invesors want. - Very, very, very low pay. No bonuses if you aren't in a certain pay grade.

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