Highly Matrix-ed very political organization - Senior Manager Cardinal Health Employee Review

2.0
Nov 24, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

It is never boring. You can always learn something new. Ability to move laterally is also a great plus. Cardinal started to offer flex working hours which was great.

Cons

Leadership team is a joke. There is no connection between SVPs and up and the high level professionals. Everyone gets the same annual increase which is announced annually. I was there for 5 years in total and merit increase was 2%, 2% and 3% respectively during the last 3 years. If you rock, you get an additional 25 basis points. So 3% becomes 3.25%. Unless you play the political game, you don't and can't advance. There was a director in our group that noone knew what he did after he got promoted a year ago. That is how bad the office politics is. Also, health benefits are one of the worst I have ever seen. The team that I was part of had 80% attrition rate within the past 2 years. The last but not the least, Cardinal started to take away laptops. They decided to move into a cloud system and told everyone to bring their own devices. There were multiple layoffs during my 5 years. (sales and marketing got affected the most)

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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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