Very frustrating - Anonymous employee McKesson Employee Review

1.0
30 Dec 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

McKesson is a large company with a relatively stable revenue stream in the Distribution Services business. The Technology side of McKesson can be a lot more chaotic, however the breadth offerings are unmatched in the industry. If they ever figure out how to go to market as a coherent offering, it could be unstoppable, unfortunately today the technology business is very fractured and often competes with itself.

Cons

McKesson is an incredible large and slow moving bureaucracy. It's essentially a holding company with no plans to integrate different business units. Almost all growth comes from acquisitions, and cost cutting usually involves layoffs, selling unprofitable divisions, or combining groups (and layoffs). Career advancement is very limited.

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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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