Grossly understaffed and awful senior management - Buyer Cardinal Health Employee Review

1.0
Dec 11, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Salary - at least on the surface, until you realize that you are expected to carry the workload of 3-4 peoples worth. There are many people there who want to do the right thing, but just don't have the bandwidth. Production floor people were hard working and very knowledgeable.

Cons

Speaking strictly for the Chicopee site only. Senior management has comprehension issues. Feedback is ignored. You will be expected to carry the workload of several people's worth and when mistakes happen you will be the scapegoat. Training is non-existent. MRP system is antiquated 1970's-80's ERA... (BPCS). No investment in the building and or efforts to properly staff across the board. Place is a ghost town. Site director created hostile work environment. If anything was missed it was finger pointing and then eventually progressed to yelling and aggressive body language, rather than how do we solve this. Repeated requests for help (proper staffing and training) were ignored. Others in senior management do not know how to stay in their own lanes and worry about their depts. Will send you on wild goose chases based on what they think they know. No update will suffice. The land of "what about this though?" "Maybe we should revisit this?" MICRO MANAGED TO DEATH. No training but quick to criticize if something is not done or done the way they think it should be done... You will be in meetings 5-10 hours or more a week. 36% attrition rates... Whole purchasing dept (3 people) quit in 2022 alone within 3 months time prior to my arrival. I was the fourth to quit in 2022.

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5.0
Jun 4, 2026
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Pros

Schedule, Culture, Location, Remote, People

Cons

Hybrid, I wish they were more competitive with Salary or else I might have stayed there.

2.0
Jul 6, 2026
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Pros

-Remote (may be slowly moving away) - weekly pay - family-friendly/flexible. I didnt feel pressured to work if I had obligations and needed to take off - good managers

Cons

-team members can be passive agressive on calls/talking over each other or arguing in teams chats, and speak negatively about others on calls. -tech team off shore. Makes it harder to get answers or have to schedule meetings only in the mornings. -no set structure or ground rules on team processes. They change rules on process on the fly. No approvals from leadership -Retention policy is very short. Saving work in multiple places and no real source of truth. - Gaps found after development - Teams lack experienced leaders who genuinely want to help others. -Claim to run agile but doesnt follow it. -not much diversity -benefits through the contracting company were not affordable at all

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