Pretty much everything else.
Within a year they took away insurance options and 5 of 8 holidays. This, after seeing a 24 and 19% profit increase in '24 and '25. Corporate won't be open those days however, surprise surprise.
I work at their new CHLC in Columbus, Ohio and it's one of the poorest building layouts I've ever seen. All of the aisles are one ways and we have turrets, order pickers, reaches, and dock stockers, as well as every department operating inside the aisles at all times. All you had to do is look at one of the many facilities around you figure it out from there. They cheaped out at the last second and didn't make the building tall enough, so we have AC units in danger of being hit during normal operations.
Couple that with none of their automation or WMS systems working as intended after nearly a year and you have a disaster. They have SAP, WES, Manhattan Active, and Score (that I know of) all trying to talk to eachother and do different functions and it is horrible.
The attendance policy is VERY strict. 3 pts in 12 months. Every department runs shorthanded at all times. They are also a company who uses the "until the work is done" end time and they strictly enforce it.
They value checking boxes over talent when promoting. Have seen this in several instances and it helps keep morale low.
Leadership is gross. They try to create this weird culture where they tell you they love you all the time and they don't even know your name. Truly odd behavior and they are very aware we feel this way.
There's really not much that I enjoy about Cardinal at this point aside from my coworkers. Most of us are actively looking for new jobs...
