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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1.0
Apr 6, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Benifits are good. That's it!

Cons

There is a huge communication gap between the senior management and the functional management. There doesn't seem to be a coherent plan or common vision. It's almost as if there are individual little companies within the San Diego site; each doing whatever they want to do. There is also not enough accountability in this company!!!!! People don't have to have appropriate skills or education for thier jobs and people are promoted to management positions when they have NO experience in the field necessary for thier team. It's extremely frustrating if you ARE an educated, trained professional and you are unfortunate enough to work for someone who has NO IDEA what the best practices are for your field and are not willing to invest the time to learn, listen, or follow-through with actions. I see this situation a lot in the San Diego site.

3.0
Mar 25, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Cardinal Health offers industry-competitive pay and benefits. In addition to base pay, financial incentives available to all employees include 401K contribution match and employee stock purchase plans. Other perks include back-up child care and generous paid-time-off (PTO) allowance. The best thing about Cardinal Health's PTO system is that there is no differentiation between the different types of PTOs (sick days, vacation days, floating holidays). Instead, all PTOs are grouped into one big bucket. In other words, if you're the type to never get sick, you can use the time originally allotted for sick days as extra vacation days with no guilt. Dublin, OH, in which Cardinal Health is headquartered, is arguably the nicest part of Columbus, OH. It is meticulously city-planned and has some of the most extensive parks and bike trail systems you'll find in any city. Dublin is only a 20 minute drive away from downtown Columbus.

Cons

Cardinal Health's culture can be a little "button-up", or stuffy. Similar to most big companies, Cardinal Health can at times be bureaucratic and hierarchical. In other words, getting things done may not always be as straight-forward as it should be, especially when cross-functional or cross-divisional work is involved. The new Cardinal Health building next to the existing building is a haven for cubicles. Several Cardinal Health business units will move out of the leased locations that currently house them into this new building upon its scheduled completion in April. There has been some consternation among certain employees, Vice Presidents and Directors included, about moving into cubicles.

3.0
Feb 23, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The benefits package is better than most. 401K contribution is above average. Company contributes an additional 3% on top of matching the first 4% as well as additional contributions to a health savings account. There is a lot of flexibility with the job and ability to telecommute. The company is large enough that if you are willing to relocate you have the ability to pursue other careers within the company. They reimburse for all tuition to further your education and put an emphasis on additional training. Overall Cardinal Health is probably a good place to start a career but probably not a place where you would want to stay for the long term.

Cons

Their salary structure is horrible and the changes that have been made recently to their human resources department are atrocious. Upper management doesn't really seem to have a clue to the internal problems that run rampant through individual departments. The corporate structure is such that you have to weed through multiple layers of departments to find the right person to help you get a simple job done. A lot of the time requests are submitted and closed without ever having the work get completed.

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