Cardinal Health reviews

3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(4,960 total reviews)
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Jason Hollar

79% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Cardinal Health has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 4,960 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cardinal Health 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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2.0
May 7, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

PTO and benefits are good. People work hard. Opportunities for travel in many jobs.

Cons

Poor top down communication. A lack of innovative spirit fueled by the "One Cardinal Health" attitude flowing down to folks in acquired companies. A lack of integration between divisions. Few opportunities for career growth in many areas due to geographic dispersion of field based employees. Bonus and incentive pay has been taken away since 2004.

4.0
Apr 28, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

In my limited experience here, and prior to a recent hiring freeze, Cardinal was working toward hiring most of the contractors in my particular department. That is not something I was accustomed to in my specialty. Not only were they working towards hiring contractors, but they were doing so at a fair market rate. I slipped in as a full-time employee before the hiring freeze took effect. Since that time (a couple of months), I have been offered more opportunity than I can handle. I have been given multiple opportunities which have been laid before me on a defined and understandable career path. Needless to say, there is room for advancement. The benefits are Cardinal Health are comparable to most large companies in this city and diversity is a strength.

Cons

As I write this, Cardinal Health is feeling the pinch of a strained economy, as are most companies. They have had to make numerous decisions on where to cut costs. Fortunately, the cuts which directly affected myself and my co-workers were to benefits and not to a loss of resources. In my particular field, overtime is often necessary and expected. The non-exempt employees for Cardinal Health, with whom I work directly, have been given an order not to incur any over time costs. This makes it challenging, at best, to accomplish what needs to be done. The atmosphere is tense as the sconomy worsens in the health care sector.

1.0
Apr 12, 2009

They don't have a clue

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

What you do as a specialist helps other people.

Cons

Senior Management does not explain their actions. A major RIF just occurred and the "roll out" of the event was horrible. Local management was told when and who to fire. People were let go with over 10 years in the company. There seemed to be no sense in who they let go. Everything is about the bottom line. They are so revenue driven they forget real people do the work and real people have to service the customer.

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