Highly Matrix-ed very political organization
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)