DECEMBER 18, 2024 — 179 EMPLOYEES IN ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA; 83 IN ROGERS, MINNESOTA
McKesson Medical-Surgical in Rock Hill has announced another round of layoffs as part of plans to close McKesson’s Rock Hill, South Carolina facility. The personnel realignment will impact 179 employees on early March 3, 2025.
A company spokesperson noted, “As part of these initiatives, we have made the difficult decision to close our distribution center in Rock Hill.”
The company also lays off 83 employees as it closes its medical-surgical distribution center in Rogers, Minnesota. McKesson Medical-Surgical noted that company officials “made the difficult decision” to close the distribution center as it makes changes to its organization “to drive operational efficiencies and simplify our infrastructure” after a review of its strategic and operational goals.
“We informed our affected colleagues of this decision in September and are committed to supporting them through this transition with care and respect.”
APRIL 14, 2023 — 135 LAYOFFS
The company announced it would close its pharmaceutical distribution facility in New Castle, Pennsylvania, on June 1, 2023, and lay off 135 employees.
MARCH 28, 2022 — 225 TEMPS IN KENTUCKY LAID OFF.
225 material handlers provided to McKesson in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, by Elite Staffing, a temporary staffing agency, are being laid off due to decreased demand for COVID-19 vaccines.
According to a McKesson statement, “The temporary workforce has done an incredible job, and we thank them for their many contributions. We hope that their meaningful work — helping families, friends, and neighbors get back to normal — will be something they look back on with pride.”
DECEMBER 20, 2020 — McKESSON TO CLOSE TWO LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY FACILITIES. 52 LAYOFFS.
The company has announced the closure of two McKesson Rx Technology Solutions facilities in Louisville, Kentucky, with 52 permanent health services specialists layoffs. The layoffs will recommence immediately and be phased, ending on February 15, 2021.
The decision was driven by the abrupt loss of a client and the discontinuation of their prescription program.
NOVEMBER 21, 2019 — McKESSON MOVES HQ TO DALLAS, TEXAS WITH 329 EMPLOYEE LAYOFFS.
In a filing with the State of California, McKesson advised the state “that McKesson Corporation will permanently relocate its McKesson Corporate headquarters from its office located at One Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94104.”
“A total of 329 employees who work at the facility have been verbally notified, and those scheduled to be separated on January 1, 2020, will be notified in writing on November 1, 2019, of their upcoming termination. At this time, we anticipate that terminations will take place beginning on January 1, 2020, and concluding on January 1, 2021, with employees whose terminations are scheduled later in 2020 or 2021 receiving written notice 60 days or more in advance of the termination.”
NOVEMBER 26, 2018 — Original post …
Even though the company has denied reports and rumors that San Francisco, California-based McKesson Corporation, the distributor of pharmaceuticals, medical supplies, and the sixth-largest Fortune 500 company, may be considering leaving California’s high-tax and hostile business environment for Dallas, Texas. Fueling the scuttlebutt is the sale of their prestigious One Post Street San Francisco headquarters building in 2017 for approximately $320 million and executed a 10-year leaseback for an estimated 200,000 square feet.
The company already maintains an expanding $157 million regional headquarters in the Dallas area of Irving, Texas. Additionally, Brian Tyler, the current President and Chief Operating Officer of McKesson who lives in Irving will be succeeding current CEO John Hammergren who is scheduled for retirement at the end of the first quarter of 2019. And let us not forget San Francisco’s recently passed Proposition C which is a direct tax of $3000+ million on big business on behalf of the homeless who already treat the city as a combination toilet and needle disposal repository. Definitely, a time for California employees to remain vigilant.
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