Dead Effort, Toxic Environment - Stay Away, If You Value Your Well Being - Technical Lead McKesson Employee Review

1.0
Nov 28, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

None. Pass on McKesson Technology Solutions (now Ontada)

Cons

Politically charged, toxic environment Vacuum in leadership - senior leaders and managers act out of fear and ego, rather than authority, and practice only "selective" empathy, based on what is easiest for them Workers who do little to nothing complain loudly, and are taken seriously, while others are worked until they become (literally) sick, and unsupported in their roles The project lead left, after being worked sick, and after he'd had enough of these issues, and the modernization project is now effectively dead The company is bleeding engineers - the most honest and experienced workers have left, due to other issues in this list At least one SVP-level leader quit, due to issues related to this list New P-level leadership, as a stop-gap, for the failing modernization effort, is attempting to monetize the data Aggressive, dishonest HR, which is heavily abused between coworkers, some of whom make completely false claims against one another In 2004, as McKesson, was found guilty in an employee-initiated lawsuit, for HR dishonesty and aggression issues similar to the above

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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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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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