Chosen as one of Montreal's Top Employers for 2012:
By Richard Yerema and Kristina Leung, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors
Highlights. Mediacorp editors have confirmed that this employer:
invests in ongoing skills development with tuition subsidies for job-related courses (to $3,000), subsidies for professional accreditation and a variety of in-house training programs
also manages an academic scholarship program for children of employees who pursue post-secondary education (to $1,000)
lets everyone share in the company's success with a share purchase plan available to all employees and offers additional financial rewards including signing bonuses for some and referral bonuses (to $2,000)
helps employees save for retirement with contributions to a defined contribution pension plan
Background Information
Industry:Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers.
Established:1833.
Parent company:McKesson Corporation.
Full-time employees in Canada:2,401.
Full-time at this location:305.
Part-time employees in Canada:246.
Longest serving employee:51 years.
Number of applications received at this location last year:460.
Average age of all employees:44.