Fortune 20 company seeks communication advisor. - Software Engineer McKesson Employee Review

3.0
Jan 8, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Very large company with a number of diverse positions, so you can easily try different jobs while staying within the same company. Good place to learn about the healthcare industry. Many of the employees are very friendly. Pay, benefits and work-life balance are good. Perfect company if you're the type of person who works to live.

Cons

It's a corporation, so there is pleanty of bureaucracy and hoops to jump thru, which leads to a lot of inefficiencies and wasted time. Communication is very poor, both between management and coworkers. Employees tend to horde information and are not willing to share it. Company culture is extremely resistant to change. Culture also has a mentality that is the exact opposite to "the buck stops here."

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Pros

1. relatively aloof culture for ICs to grow on their own 2. on and off few people are good 3. Actually consultants in india are better than some full time hires to work with. The h1bs in full time roles and some GCs/Americans are just 1 step away from unemployment line but there are some good quality consultants who can be directed well to bring in good work. Problem is lack of direction when middle management is just running after money.

Cons

1. top most management is clueless to what is going post the middle tier 2. middle tiers - VPs/SVPs/Directors and Sr. Directors are among the worst. Mostly cast offs from Consulting firms/Tech cos/Other Healthcare firms, this group has some of the worst, clueless folks who just think very narrowly about how to get rid of problems, maybe craft a story for higher ups. Get rid of this layer ( so called people management ) and co. could shine better on the work of ICs, decent software engineers and regular rank and file. 3. Main money maker distribution is different from tech group and the IT here is almost comical - 2 years ago in 2024 there were "directors" bringing AI agents with 90% hallucination .. I mean that has got to be an industry first!

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McKesson Response
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Thank you for bringing these issues to our attention. We are committed to creating a positive work environment and are disappointed to learn that we fell short. We are taking your feedback seriously and are making efforts to address the concerns raised. Please feel free to reach out for a more in-depth discussion.
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