Cardinal Health reviews

3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(4,964 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 4,964 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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5K reviews
3.0
Aug 4, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Cardinal is a large company so there are a variety of positions available. The benefits are very competitive with a great 401k matching.

Cons

Information sharing at Cardinal is horrible. The company is basically a holding company for many different businesses that have been purchased independently. While they are trying to become "one cardinal", information sharing is dismal. For instance, if I want to know all the cardinal business taking place at one customer, there is no way for me to know this. There is no corporate-wide CRM. For a company this size, I believe it's one of the reasons why we are not more successful. As in many companies, advancement is less a factor of skill than it is corporate politics.

3.0
Jun 5, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Because it is so large there are opportunities to switch departments internally pretty easily. Good WLB as it was mostly remote when I left. Caveat, this may not work well if you are a young professional looking for the "office" experience.

Cons

Average benefits, minimal diversity, and below-market compensation. Not many young professionals, mostly family aged workers. C-suite could be more transparent about hot topics and need to articular clearer sense of goals and directions during quarterly calls. Worked with some wonderful people and some superstars, but certain groups have toxic management. They perpetuate a cliqueish/ groupie mentality and you are protected if you are well liked by management but if not, you are generally first to go during RIF. Departments seem to "change structure" too often. Company seems to respect people with long tenure and will place them in roles if affected by RIF.

1.0
Mar 19, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some of the people at the non management level are pretty great people. The health insurance is alright but costs me over a hundred dollars a month, and I barely make over 2 thousand on a non-overtime month.

Cons

This company, specifically the third-party logistics element, has an outdated operations model and responsibility structure. The management class is primarily derived of yes men of yesteryear, management friends from outside the company with little relevant experience, or blood relatives of current management with no vision of the future requirements of a rapidly changing market. They will continue to let inefficient practices drive the business into disorganization and confusion at all costs to avoid taking the responsibility of being the corrective party. This company and their culture prioritize public perception, office talk, and catchy quips over hard corrective action and their responsibility to maintain and promote a stable pharmaceutical chain and deliver medications on time and intact with consistency.

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