Great Company | Smart People | LEAN | Fiercly Political
Pros
Very interesting work and really smart people. Complex projects most of the time, so work keeps you thinking and learning. You interact with a lot of different people, so you make a lot of new relationships. Top performance is expected always, from everybody. Good pay and benefits, with healthcare costing less if you participate in the wellness program and make healthy choices. Generous matching and profit sharing. Ability to work remotely, initially 1-2 days per week, and potentially full time after you learn the ropes and build confidence with your manager.
Cons
There is SO MUCH work and too few people to get it all done. McKesson as a whole runs LEAN! That causes a challenge to work-life balance. I worked 50-60 hours at warp-speed almost the entire time I was there; so that work from home option allows you to work the hours at home that you would have spent commuting, etc. If you state that you are concerned about producing quality work with the amount assigned, you are coached to do things more productively, partly because they can not hire. Our team ended up with half the people and all, plus more, of the work to be done. Work is redistributed as they RIF or fire to reduce costs. Time and energy is wasted because of the continuous re-visiting of work, due to lack of adequate staff to get it done and off the list, to go on to the next. The politics are fierce and gets in the way of getting things done. Reorganizations are continuous (2-3 per year in our group) and disruptive, often times seemingly to avoid accountability by leadership. It is a very slow ramp to learn the company, how to get things done, and who to go to for what (partly due to reorgs). The business units have individual management teams and the leaders are very competitive with other business unit leaders, likely because a handful rotate each year to another business unit, and in part simply due to the culture.
