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Cardinal Group Companies

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Pretty good - Maintenance Cardinal Group Companies Employee Review

4.0
Dec 14, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Generally good pay and benefits. Company cares about diversity and inclusion. For certain jobs there are tons of promotion opportunity. Highest levels of management generally seem to care. Hiring and onboarding team seem to do a really good job. Usually seem open to suggestions. There can be some good fringe benefits for managers/upper level site staff.

Cons

Tone deaf about compensation sometimes. Tired of hearing about how culture is more important than compensation - probably true for the management team - not for your onsite staff. Middle management is not always very helpful. The company outgrows itself every 6 months or so it seems and that may leave you helpless when you most need it. Most of their properties are managed not owned so you are really at the mercy of the property owners, not cardinal. They are also organized by ownership and not region so any job that involves travel means you will be all over the place and never home, not to mention is very inefficient for onsite visits. I personally have not seen anyone from corporate for well over a year. Maintenance mid level support is sometimes lacking - the company pays lip service to facilities team being important but in terms of opportunities, company dialogs that doesn't seem to be true. Don't seem to pay for oncall anywhere which is pretty disappointing.

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Cardinal Group Companies Response
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Thanks for bringing your open and honest conversation, specifically about compensation. Our industry is a tough one for sure. You are asked to balance the health of the business and the well-being of the individuals we have as residents. It's not always easy and doesn't always seem equitable. I'm happy to say though that our team has partnered with PayScale, a nationally recognized pay equity firm to help address, then normalize compensation based on area, experience, and growth potential. This data will be used to better inform our clients about the payroll liabilities they will need to underwrite when creating the 2021 operating budgets and beyond. I'm hoping this comes as some good news for you and can't express enough the gratitude I have for all you bring to the team each day.

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Pros

I love working here. I feel lucky that I am able to work on projects I love and work with people who encourage me.

Cons

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4.0
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Pros

- Room for growth and promotions - Job security - Most of your coworkers are easy to work with

Cons

- Work life balance: depends on who your white label is and if you work strictly for cardinal they have a better work life balance. - Turnover rate in corporate - Learn as you go / 0 training in every role unless if you have a good manager - CYA mentality - High expectations / sometimes unrealistic goals - When corporate comes into town they are never hands on due to having too many meetings in a day

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