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Updated May 16, 2013
Cardinal Health – Groveport – “Great Place To Work”

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77% Approve of the CEO

Cardinal Health Chairman & CEO George S. Barrett

George S. Barrett

(133 ratings)

54% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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Former Employee – worked at Cardinal Health full-time for more than a year

ProsThey allow the numbers and stats to drive change. You don't have a manager picking an arbitrary number out of the air and requiring you to meet that standard.

ConsIt's never enough or what have you done for me lately.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Former Employee – worked at Cardinal Health part-time for more than a year

ProsPTO, bennies are decent. Some good co-workers.

ConsLower level employees don't get any recognition for their work. You can bust your tail, and nobody notices. Lifting heavy lead filled FDG cases will eventually impair your health. Pay is sub-standard for all the responsibilities you have.

Advice to Senior ManagementTake the time to recognize when employees are doing a great job, after all, they are the one's who make the company successful. And a raise in pay wouldn't hurt either.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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Current Employee – been working at Cardinal Health full-time for more than a year

ProsBenefits, Compensation, Expenses, Management, Team, Customers!

ConsHave to be willing to search for the answer, teaching yourself, and be laid back.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Current Employee – been working at Cardinal Health

ProsGood benefits, promote within, good culture in the business

ConsBelow median pay, poor recognition

Advice to Senior ManagementCompensate talented employees

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Current Employee – been working at Cardinal Health full-time for more than a year

Prosgreat environment, great travel, lots of great clients.

Conswas involved in a reduction in force

Advice to Senior Managementquit with the team building games

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Current Employee – been working at Cardinal Health full-time for more than 3 years

ProsYou may see this as a pro - Very little management involvement with the sales force which means free time.

ConsNo Pay - No Growth - incorrect sales tracking - Poor Employee Attitude - Bad Customer Opinions

Advice to Senior ManagementDevelope a pay structure that rewards sales representatives for their hard work. The current pay structure is well below industry standards. For a Diagnostic Specialist for example to be at plan and on schedule to make less than $100,000 per year is an injustice. For a sales rep to work night and day fixing company mistakes instead of selling and growing business and not make $100,000 per year is a joke. If your goal is to hire employees who work themselves to the bone and not pay them, you are doing a great job.

Yearly Salary fo a Sales Rep between $50,000 and $65,000 per year is below industry standards.
Yearly Salary for a Diagnostic Specialist at $70,000 is well below industry standards.

My advise would be to stay away from Cardinal unless you are right out of college or un-employeed.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Current Employee – been working at Cardinal Health full-time for more than 7 years

ProsGreat opportunity with a Fortune 40 company. Great benefits and great industry...

ConsUnless you are in "a circle" you won't progress. Also, not the best paying industry due to minimal margins.

Advice to Senior ManagementWish they would pay internal employees to match market conditions and value to company. Took an OPEX Black Belt role after earning my MBA while working at Cardinal and was not compensated for enhanced skillset even when encouraged to do so by the business.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Former Employee – worked at Cardinal Health full-time for more than 10 years

ProsGreat training programs. Aggressive company and good people there to work with.

ConsCardinal is famous for letting their experienced people go. There is constant change there in job titles, and they lay off too many people that have gained much experience there.

Advice to Senior ManagementToo many people are placed on an artificial "fast track" for advancement. I've had more than a dozen people that I reported to in 12 years. Directors are promoted to departments in which they've never done that type of work. How can they possibly lead that team of workers? Cardinal needs to promote from within their department, so the people running the department knows what the issues are, and how to fix them.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Current Employee – been working at Cardinal Health full-time for more than 10 years

ProsPay isn't terrible, if you can get in via a college program, good for career growth to learn and move on

Conslong hours, terrible work life balance. Really need to be young and willing to work 70 plus hours a week to keep up

Advice to Senior ManagementStop changing so much

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Current Employee – been working at Cardinal Health full-time for more than 3 years

ProsI learned a lot about the core functions of my career path. My Cardinal experience has been highly respected. Many interviewers and recruiters have said that have wanted to work there themselves and were impressed.

ConsI was ridiculously underpaid.
 The corporate political climate was the worst I have experienced within my 8 year career.

Advice to Senior ManagementI don't even know where to begin.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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