Cencora reviews

3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(3,318 total reviews)
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Robert P. Mauch

73% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Cencora has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 3,318 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cencora employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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4.0
Jan 19, 2011

Loved the company when I worked there.

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Pros

The Specialty Group was a great company to work for before the recession hit. The pay was really good and the benefits were great. The majority of folks were as nice as they come.

Cons

I heard they had to lay some people off in late 2009 and 2010 so I'm not sure what it's like to work there now. Unfortunately, I worked for one of the few bad managers at the Specialty Group so my personal experience was traumatic. Which was a shame because I loved ABSG overall.

4.0
Nov 30, 2010

Frugal but Good to Work For

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Pros

Management and executives are for the most part very unpretentious and down to earth. As a result, it is a more relaxed and comfortable place to work. Distribution has been a low-tech, low paying industry, but ABC has been updating its business processes and personnel to become more in tune with competitors and other companies following the merger of ten years ago. Very stable company and will continue to grow as drug use grows and generics take more of the market. No risk of being acquired.

Cons

Distribution is a very low margin business, consequently that pervades the corporate culture. The CEO talks about pinching pennies, and he's right. Salaries are lower than comparable positions in other industries, as are benefits. Fight for as much salary and position as possible. There are a lot of VP's because it's the only way they can stay competitive with other companies on salary. They do have stock options, although less than other industries i'm famiilar with.

3.0
Nov 28, 2010
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Pros

There are opportunities to learn and grow professionally if you take the time and make the effort to do so. Job comes with some nice perks and atmosphere is nice. I have some great co-workers.

Cons

promotional opportunities are few and far between if you want to move up and usually there is already someone in mind for positions you may be interested in. Raises are meager even though company was doing very well, and will probably be worse now. People leave and come back A LOT. I think this may be partially becuase it's the only way you can really get decent 'raise'. Lash is very 'touchy-feely'. You always have to worry about someone's feelings, it's difficult to simply state a fact because the culture is to appear happy and bubbly always... simple facts can quickly be misinterpreted as negativity. Non-management employees often feel they cannot speak up which is disadvantages to senior leaders who have no idea why morale is so low. The company has grown quickly but tries to keep that 'small business feel' (not a good thing to me) and those who have been around since early on feel entitled. As a new employee you may feel disconnected if you are not in the clique. Introverts may find the general environment off-putting at times.

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