Highly Matrix-ed very political organization - Senior Manager Cardinal Health Employee Review

2.0
Nov 24, 2014
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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)

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Cons

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Pros

-Remote (may be slowly moving away) - weekly pay - family-friendly/flexible. I didnt feel pressured to work if I had obligations and needed to take off - good managers

Cons

-team members can be passive agressive on calls/talking over each other or arguing in teams chats, and speak negatively about others on calls. -tech team off shore. Makes it harder to get answers or have to schedule meetings only in the mornings. -no set structure or ground rules on team processes. They change rules on process on the fly. No approvals from leadership -Retention policy is very short. Saving work in multiple places and no real source of truth. - Gaps found after development - Teams lack experienced leaders who genuinely want to help others. -Claim to run agile but doesnt follow it. -not much diversity -benefits through the contracting company were not affordable at all

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