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
Mar 27, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Personally I like the job itself, but if you are stuck in the same area for too long due to lock of training b in other areas the time doesn't move.

Cons

Well I'm going to be completely honest here they work by an attendance point system policy and because of that the turnover rate is very high. You get four sick days and once those are gone you rack up points against you that don't go away till one year after you recieved them. Once you get to 8 you are terminated. I have seen good employees let go because of it and others who aren't very good but just show up have remained employed creating a longer work day for everyone. You will recieve multiple points for one day if you are out of sick time and can be terminated for missing 7-8 days in a one year period. They aren't very clear about the point system even if you have asked about it multiple times. You get vacation time but it can not be used whenever you want it or in emergency call of situations to avoid points it must be scheduled in advance.

4.0
Dec 27, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Decent pay Bonuses Sometimes has interesting projects to work on.

Cons

1) Management doesn't value employees. Especially senior management. Rare to give (meaningful) Kudos, they come and go so often the company path looks like that of a sailboat heading into the wind (tacking back and forth). Almost no reason to learn the name of your VP, by the time you get to know them they move on (and leave their mess in their wake (how about that, two sailing references in one review - a sign!). 2) No job stability. I've been @ McKesson for a long time but there are constant huge lay-offs that have nothing to do with job performance. At the same time, have a look at our CEOs salary. Now that he's getting a big fat tax cut (along with the company) it would be great to see him reduce his salary and stop laying us off 2x/year. 3) It is pretty much impossible to change positions. Whatever you are hired on as you remain (forever). You can climb the management ladder if you're located in the (current) correct place but first level managers are highest risk with their jobs IMO. Very dangerous (and the job sucks).

1.0
Nov 5, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

the woodland, tx location is in master-designed community, there is a small gym in first floor, and a cafeteria.

Cons

high work-load, no work-life balance; top-heavy large company bureaucracy with very limited promotion opportunities for team member. A few groups in IT Dept is very toxic due to toxic manager abuse employee, especially DBA group: performance review is not fair, the toxic manager micro-manager by adding workload to team member until one day you can't handle it, unless non-stop working 24X7! suppressive working atmosphere. Don't join! after I quite, my health, emotion and family life all improved.

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