Is McKesson a good company to work for?

McKesson has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 6,637 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months. 67% of employees would recommend working at McKesson to a friend and 61% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about McKesson have been left by employees working as Intern , Business Systems Analyst and Inside Sales Representative .

Does McKesson pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, McKesson employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at McKesson. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at McKesson?

67% of McKesson employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated McKesson 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at McKesson?

Material Handler (240) , Customer Service Representative (141) , Director (96) , Account Manager (74) , Software Engineer (74) , Project Manager (73) , Business Analyst (71) , Case Manager (71) , Manager (67) , Senior Software Engineer (57) , Operations Supervisor (54) , Analyst (52) , Warehouse Worker (42) , Warehouse Associate (40) , Insurance Specialist (34)

What are the pros of working at McKesson according to real employee reviews?

"The benefits are good as most corporations go and follow most company benefits for vacation etc.." ((in 754 reviews)); "there are a lot of great people with a lot of knowledge that are very committed to the company." ((in 391 reviews)); "Good pay and fast HR response time" ((in 379 reviews)); "Good work/life balance (although this is is showing strain under the pandemic)" ((in 231 reviews)); "Culture is great and inclusive" ((in 190 reviews))

What are the cons of working at McKesson according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and lack of trust." ((in 310 reviews)); "The vision and passion of our executive and senior leadership is completely lost in translation on the way to implementation" ((in 129 reviews)); "Some managers have been here for 10+ in the same position" ((in 120 reviews)); "CEO is the 13th highest paid in the U.S. while stock is flat and layoffs are frequent." ((in 108 reviews)); "Poor upper management." ((in 95 reviews))

What are employees saying about McKesson layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about McKesson layoffs and their outlook for job security at McKesson in 2026.

What are the top reviewed McKesson locations?

San Francisco , Alpharetta , Irving , Scottsdale , Dallas , Atlanta , Richmond , Jacksonville , The Woodlands , Houston , Louisville , Phoenix , Westminster , Pittsburgh , Carrollton , Fort Worth , Charlotte , Memphis , Columbus , Livonia , Moon Township , Oklahoma City , Olive Branch , Nashville , Duluth , Kansas City , Suwanee , Golden Valley , Aurora , New York

McKesson reviews

3.6

67% would recommend to a friend

(6,052 total reviews)

Brian Tyler

81% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

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McKesson has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 6,052 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The McKesson employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Healthcare industry (3.5 stars).

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6K reviews

1.0

Oct 19, 2010

bad for business... even worse place to work

Anonymous employee

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Pros

The opportunity to learn about the Medical field Stable company... almost The immense community involvement by way of blood drives, fundraisers and volunteer work

Cons

WOW this is too easy so I'll keep it to the first ten things that pop into my head... 1. Inadequate PC Hardware/software 2. Poor management that overlooks and promotes bad behavior including violating HIPAA regulations 3. Lack of understanding of what is required to get the job done 4. Lack of knowledge of work 5. Lack of focus on important issues such as insurance contracting problems 6. Lack of coordination with projects 7. TERRIBLE pay, as a lead I make less than $10/hr 8. ICARE principles are a JOKE!!! A member of the ICARE committee routinely disregards all rules 9. HR team that is more interested in making friends than following trough on complaints 10. Inadequate training; the lab department doesn't even have a trainer!!!

2.0

Oct 11, 2010

Standard corporate kingdoms and conflits

Anonymous employee

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CEO approval

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Pros

McKesson is a relatively stable, huge company. Being in the medical field, the company should see growth over the next years. It offers a pretty good benefits package, though the medical insurance is not as awesome as you would hope. It pays for tuition and has average or slightly above average vacation/holidays. It's generally not a cutting edge technology company. Your mileage may vary. Every department at McKesson is different, and the culture varies greatly between locations. This is very true for divisions McKesson recently acquired or reorganized. The company went through a top-leadership shakeup a year or two ago. There's a little hope that the new leadership will be better, and provide a more consistent, cross-company approach to improvement.

Cons

McKesson is largely a standard bureaucratic multi-national corporation. McKesson's software division has maybe 10% of the revenue of the medical side of the company. This meas that its easy for your tiny departments accomplishments to go unnoticed outside of your team. In general, employees are treated like at any other huge company. Performance reviews are artificial, and use the GE rating system as a way for managers to leverage power, rather than offering real mentorship. Those considering working at McKesson should really get to know the existing team, the team's turnover and the team's product line and how that product line fits into McKesson global plan. You probably would want to avoid working on a dead product line (at best, as a maintenance programmer, at worse soon to be made redundant).

3.0

Oct 9, 2010

Decent Job, Not a great place to work though

Anonymous employee

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good Salary job isn't going anywhere improving in most of the areas that they had fallen down on actually listen to employee suggestions

Cons

Management can't find their butts with both hands Ancient source control product originally coded by offshore group, and sucks takes forever to get anything down

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