Chicago
AUA: $142 billion
Employees: 40
Years won: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Category: Money managers with 20 to 49 employees
Popular perks:
• Organizes fun social outings, such as go-kart racing, mud runs and WhirlyBall.
• Provides employees with access to a pingpong table, Nintendo Wii, cornhole and golf billiards.
• Puts an emphasis on community service and coordinates group volunteer activities, such as packing meals for those in need.
Employees say:
• "The organization is constantly asking how to make Cardinal a better place to work."
• "Cardinal is made up of people who are very intelligent and hardworking, but who also have great personalities and can be a lot of fun outside of work."
• "Cardinal (is) 45% women-owned. Forty-eight percent of total employees are women. In a year where harassment, sexism and discrimination have come to light, I am thankful to be working in this organization. The balance between women and men adds diversity, empathy and understanding to Cardinal in an industry where that can be rare."
