Boston Scientific Reviews in San Jose, CA

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

Pros – Good culture, good compensation, values talent.

Cons – Medical device is a tough market. Difficult to see and feel proud of year over year revenue, income growth.

Advice to Senior Management – Be aggressive, deliver growth.

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 part-time for more than a year

Pros – A lot of opportunities for those that are willing to learn and can catch on to processes quickly.

Cons – Hard to change or take a different approach to company policies.

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

Former Employee – worked at Boston Scientific as an intern for less than a year

Pros – I interned for a summer after college. The pay was excellent ($26/hour), and my supervisors were very kind and helpful.

Cons – - There was too much online training
- My work was not challenging, as it consisted of lots of testing and very little analysis and design. I wish this were clearer in the internship posting
- There was only one other intern in my office, and there were very few planned events with interns in neighboring offices. Full-time employees were older, so it was difficult to make friends

Advice to Senior Management – Reduce the online training. Give interns more analytical and/or design work. Hire more interns and plan more social events

Current Employee – been working at Boston Scientific full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Lots of Training opportunities for soft skills like leadership and person to person relationships. Not so much training on products.

Cons – The more desirable benefits like child care and weight watchers clubs and others types of employee engagement programs are centered around the Minnesota and Massachusetts sites.

Advice to Senior Management – Varies by department.

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

Former Employee – worked at Boston Scientific

Pros – Products that save lives - heart products and catheters
Strong Quality Focus- all across organization
Nice building - parking is free

Cons – Absent Management
No clear directions
Layoffs - constant rounds of downsizing
Too much dependence on corporate, for any direction - no ability to make decision

Advice to Senior Management – Management should listen to long term employees and ask about strategy.
Over quality has been extreme
Need more dynamism to leverage people skills

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Boston Scientific

Pros – Innovative culture, nice co-workers, good benefits, decentralized structure

Cons – no long term strategic direction, too many management layers, paralyzed decision making

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Boston Scientific

Pros – Good people, good atmosphere, plenty of resources,

Cons – management takes long time to make decisions and then flip-flops.

Advice to Senior Management – Listen. Be decisive. Act.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Boston Scientific

Pros – Good people over all. Working for a company that makes product that truly impacts patient lives.

Cons – Limited career growth potential or lateral moves.

Advice to Senior Management – Like to preach about caring about employees and management philosophies on long term growth that seems great. In reality, the company seems to be in firefighting mode all the time, so short term results are more important.

Current Employee – been working at Boston Scientific

Pros – Great people, freedom to run projects, always time to through a new idea, good benefits, competitive pay, ability to take risks

Cons – Lack of communication from Sr Leadership, finger pointing organization, unclarity about the goal and objectives, dry pipeline, feeling that Sr Management never thought of the future

Advice to Senior Management – Talk to your employees, tell them the truth, tell them if you can not share but SAY SOMETHING. Too many rumours. Keep your good employees happy.