Please fill us in on some of these issues. It was really bad when Barrett was ruining the good name of this company. What more should the unsuspecting investor or even job applicant know about Cardinal?[/QUOTE
It is going to take years for CAH to regain it's status in the stock market. Something worse or another type of epidemic is going to have to happen for people to forgive our type of business. I do not work for the pharmacy division which is by far, the bread and butter of the company and accounts for around 95% or more of revenues if my math is anywhere near close. Generics and future pending legislation could completely devastate us if any type of forced healthcare is created (that's a whole other discussion).
The company culture in my segment, at the grass level (where I am) used to be totally different. You make your number and do good and all is right in the world. And it was fun. I still love working with my amazing co-workers but instead of calling each other to say congrats we now call each other to say, "WTF?"
Now it is endless hours spent filling out reports or updating SFDC which I understand could be better but we bought the cheap ass version of it so it sucks. Click on this, then click on that, then go to another page to fill in this and that and now go back to the home page and click on some more stuff - exhausting. And if I understand correctly, it is to be part of my compensation next year but they still can't accurately track it. When the highest user on our team is a person who doesn't even use it, you know it is wrong.
Our systems don't talk to each other. What I get paid on is not what I see but no one can show me how my numbers are calculated. But when business is lost at the corp level it is me who ends up paying - while the marketing and management team goes home with their nice salaries with no consequences for losing the business. Or even better - they write down the business and I lose money but still have to tend the product/account even though it now ends up hurting me. I end up in a take-back situation which last for year or more given the strange way CAH pays. My favorite part is getting paid at 85% even though I'm hitting 95%. I'm not sure management even has a clue on how to get contracts anymore. Is that enough for you to chew on because you sure do sound like management asking. BTW, I love the new zero buzz words... nice way of saying restructuring cause we can't make the numbers. It's a page right out of every other company playbook in a zero to single digit growth market.