Boston Scientific Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Boston Scientific full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great working environment
lots of perks
good work/life balance
flexible schedule

Cons – too many layoffs
salary freezes
turnover
moving up slow

Advice to Senior Management – n/a

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

Current Employee – been working at Boston Scientific as a contractor for more than 7 years

Pros – Company uses Lean Product Development techniques. There is ample opportunity to practice and build your engineering skills.

Cons – There are frequent market changes.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep supporting innovation.

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

Former Employee – worked at Boston Scientific full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great people in middle management. They are willing to develop people, and put an emphasis on promoting internally. Overall a great work environment.

Cons – Lower margins for their products have lead to a series of layoffs. The company is big and bureaucratic, so they are trying to lean-out the organization. I saw 4 significant lay offs while there. They seem to be shifting to acquisitions rather that develop new technology internally.

Advice to Senior Management – Stop buying back the stock and use the savings to invest in new products.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Boston Scientific full-time

Pros – six percent company 401k match
can buy more vacation
great bonus plan for salaried employees
lots of on site learning opportunities to advance your career

Cons – a long string of layoffs

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

Current Employee – been working at Boston Scientific full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Good benefits, flexible work schedule, many divisions

Cons – Poor management, org structure constantly changing, limited career ladder, limited positions to move up to

Advice to Senior Management – Follow through on what you tell your employees

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Boston Scientific full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – able to learn a lot
some good people

Cons – culture is awful
there is recognition but they dont move you up the ladder
it's all about who sucks up more, not who does the most amount of work

Advice to Senior Management – learn to read your employees and reward them for their progress.

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

Former Employee – worked at Boston Scientific full-time

Pros – Many bright people, trying to do the right thing. Recent leadership changes may signal progress. Some good new hires recently may drive growth, for example in Asia Pacific.

Cons – History of leadership changes has eroded confidence. Challenging markets in the two largest businesses (interventional cardiology and cardiac rhythm management).

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Boston Scientific full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Good job experience and benefits.
Company has purchased interesting products that benefit patient care and safety.
Salary is in line with competition, along with benefits.

Cons – Sales continue to trend downward in the largest segments of the business. There is still a need to trim more employees. This limits career advancement and many leave every year to obtain higher level jobs at competitors. Currently too much emphasis in bringing inexperienced people on board to save money. There is a need to retain experienced employees.

Advice to Senior Management – Too much politics, too little room for career advancement, too little experience in incorporating recent company purchases into the BSC family. Too many layoffs, too many procedures that are not well written, are much too long, up to130 pages.

Current Employee – been working at Boston Scientific full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – The people ar nice. They have good benefits. There is a great link to pateint care and the difference the company makes in minimaly invasive medicine.

Cons – There is a lack of core competencies and depth of knowledge in leaders/managers; It is difficult to work in a very corporate ruled organization that is slow moving

Advice to Senior Management – Limit required programs sites must implement; Managment should realize the amount of work required to make small changes and properly resource.

Former Employee – worked at Boston Scientific full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Worked with a lot of very bright, talented people. Very fast paced environment. Parent company likes to acquire smaller companies to acquire technology, but doesn't necessarily want to keep employees from acquired company. Excellent benefits.

Cons – Frequent changes in management & therefore management styles; corporate management not always in touch with field employees.

Advice to Senior Management – Stabilize mid-level management & improve communication with field employees.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend