Cardinal Health reviews

Terrible local culture. Cardinal “corporate” as they call it is located in Dublin, OH and offers a modern workspace with great flexibility options and a wonderful work-life balance. The Twinsburg location values sitting at your desk regardless of whether you’re actually performing. Don’t even think about working from home or taking an afternoon off. PTO must be authorized weeks in advance or it’s unapproved and held against you. Despite being given a laptop, you must sit at your desk in the building to do any work. Unless they ask you to work weekends. Workspace is crowded and outdated. Desks are tiny and never dusted or wiped down. Some employees are given standing desks but I can’t figure out how to get one approved for the life of me. Culture is very authoritarian. If you challenge a viewpoint or offer an alternative, prepare to be written up for insubordination. Expect zero tolerance policies for things like hitting traffic or being sick. While Cardinal as a whole has been a great company to work for, steer clear of the Twinsburg office. You’ll regret your decision to work there every day.

-Many managers are unqualified and are in their position due to politics. If you have a bad manager at Cardinal, it can severely hinder your experience and career path. The number of bad managers and rampant poor management is a little alarming. -Most folks under the Director level are underpaid. This is not speculation, but can be compared to similar positions at comparable companies in the industry. -Communication and collaboration between teams is somewhat terrible. Granted, there have been efforts recently to remedy this, but when I left it was very much lacking. -Upper-level Execs are frequently given too much on their plate. Positions will get eliminated in an effort to save the company a bit of money, which results in one person taking on too much responsibility. This results in teams/products/etc suffering. -When the company is suffering financially, trying to find a new job internally is extremely difficult. -Top-level talent is currently leaving at a rapid rate -Whether they've had a great year or bad year, budget always seems to be very tight. Folks are constantly trying to solve problems or improve products/systems with no dollars, when in reality it's putting band-aids on severed limbs. -East Campus (Pharma) is much older/dated, while West Campus (Med) is new/modern