McKesson Reviews

Former Employee – worked at McKesson full-time

Pros – Generally stable, no payroll issues

Cons – Poor career advancement opportunities
lower end of the salary scale

Advice to Senior Management – listen to your staff

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at McKesson full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Fairly stable, good people and benefits. Processes make the work orderly, without the need for so much politics.

Cons – Not so dynamic or state-of-the-art.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at McKesson as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – Directly working on software that improves the efficiency of doctors, thereby helping a wide range of people with medical problems.

Cons – Requires an inquisitive mind to pursue training opportunities. There is a heavy emphasis on system mastery over general technical knowledge and skills.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at McKesson full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – -A jr employee can get some good lessons and learn how to make it
-Travel benefits and lots of OT
-Processes are detailed and can allow younger less experienced people the chance to learn

Cons – -People hide behind the big machine that is the company
-Medical Imaging business unit is not run well
-Promotions are given to yes men, and not based on merit
-Strategic account management is truly lacking - especially at the Senior Level
-People look at you with Mr. Clean like smiles and lie to your face
-The company will burn out younger employees and senior managers will stand on their shoulders

Advice to Senior Management – -HR needs to be more active and listen to employee complaints
-McKesson Corporate needs to review their leadership selections at the MIG business unit level
-Exit interviews necessary

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at McKesson

Pros – Excellent products developed by top-notch engineers.
If you want a lifetime job or to move around from job to job within the company this is your place.

Cons – If you have a career path in mind, move on to another company as there are next to no opportunities to advance a specific career here.
Tendency to promote "lifers" into management without a thought as to their suitability to manage others. As a result, there are a number of managers here without the skills or abilities to lead or manage their reports.

Advice to Senior Management – Examine the suitability of potential managers. Just because someone has filled a seat for x number or years, does not make them suitable to manage others.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at McKesson

Pros – Respectful coworkers. Lots of good people and good intentions.

Cons – Responsibilities and expectations aren't very well organized. Inter-department communication is lacking, and team coordination is troublesome as management is constantly looking for someone to help out with some project or another.

Advice to Senior Management – Consistency is key. We're not consistent and even in our efforts to figure out how to be consistent, we're floundering.

Current Employee – been working at McKesson full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Leadership, Project work, Creativity and innovation, Collaboration

Cons – Can't think of any at this time

Advice to Senior Management – Thanks for all you do to make this a great place to work

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at McKesson full-time for more than a year

Pros – easy to work from home, good processes and products. excellent vision

Cons – very micro managed. I was a nurse that was in a massive lay off. I do not think the way they did this was appropriate. They spent 15000 each nurse to have them licensed in every state then they laid us all off. When things looked better for the company, they did not call any of us to come back. They hired new nurses with less experience. They invested all of that money in us , along with training and then discarded us like trash. Unfortunately, the ones who got laid off had better metrics than the people they kept because they went by seniority. Not a fair process at all.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at McKesson

Pros – Work environment is very laid back, with alot of work. Work schedules are very flexible. Good family oriented environment.

Cons – No room for advancement if you are trying to advance futher in medical field. You have be employed with the employer a number of long years before you can advance. Employer does not promote from within. The pay rate is very low.

Advice to Senior Management – Management need to start considering promoting from within instead of hiring from outside, and losing time, money, and training employees who stay with the organization for a short period of time, and then leave.

Current Employee – been working at McKesson full-time for more than a year

Pros – Free on site parking. Cafe & gym located in the building.

Cons – Very bad management & very expensive health care benefits. They do not promote within. It is evident that managers show favoritism to certain employees.

Advice to Senior Management – Hire managers with actual management experience.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company