Finance - base pay is ridiculously low with zero work like balance - Finance Advisor Cardinal Health Employee Review

2.0
Feb 26, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great people. Offer mentoring programs. Cardinal promotes within (but depends on your leader). Great systems; use SAP. Health/Medical Benefits are average. Dublin headquarters building is very nice: workout facility; cafes in each side of the building, cube environment, clean, small break rooms, etc. PTO (Paid time off) days are great.

Cons

Base Salary - It's bad. Not consistent among the different Finance groups within Cardinal. Management doesn't care about what you make as long as you get the job done. I've only seen one leader fight to get their employees up to par with their peers. Work/life balance - Hard to see other groups in Finance (Accounting and EIT) have work/life balance and nothing be available to the FP&A teams. Bonuses - Anyone below a manager does not receive an annual bonus. This is not common for employees in a professional group such as Finance. Long hours - Expect to work at least 45 hours a week. You're not recognized for working extra hours. Everyone Matters Rewards - These are monetary rewards to be used to recognize employees for going above and beyond. Unfortunately in FP&A they are used in the wrong manner. I've seen them used to keep employees in their role rather when they mention they are looking outside of the company due to low compensation. I've seen them to used to recognize people for improving their demeanor. One last example, is seeing them used to recognize someone for saying they'll go the extra mile when later down the road, after they receive the reward, they don't go that extra mile. Cardinal is losing amazing talent because of not recognizing their true talented employees.

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Cons

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Pros

Interesting work: nobody hears this job title without a little curiosity Independent: once you're trained you're mostly given tasks and allowed to work whatever way best suits your needs Unique: you won't find another job that does exactly this in the area Benefits: pretty standard, but kick in on day 1 Growing field: by all appearances, this is a growing field in pharmacy, so job stability isn't an issue Management: Leadership at this location strives to make this a good place to work

Cons

The hours: most technicians will work from 2:30-10 AM. The pay: rate is decent, a little less than hospital rates, a little more than retail, but in general you will be capped at 35 hours a week. Independence: while there is a lot to say about the benefits of working on your tasks alone, there is also little in the way of any real supervision. This means that all interpersonal issues devolve into a one employee's word against another, leaving management reluctant to act. Management: Leadership at this location does its best to make this a good environment to work, but they do it at the expense of holding employees accountable.

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