Edwards Lifesciences Employee Review

I worked at Edwards Lifesciences

Pros – Edwards always has new, cutting-edge products to work on. Compensation and benefits are very good. There are some really great people working there.

Cons – Edwards is all about corporate politics. Most of senior management subscribes to the philosophy that "perception is reality" -- and it's far easier to appear competent than to be competent. You will not do your career any favors by ever disagreeing with senior management. On product development teams, the schedule is written in stone and never in touch with reality. Once you get to mid-level, you are considered company property. Your supervisors will expect you to always be available, even if you are on vacation or at home. The CC division has extremely talented low and mid-level people, but senior management that ignores them on a daily basis. Management doesn't care about product maintenance, just getting the new product on the market. They have great older products that are left without any attention. Edwards is very top-heavy, and new senior managers are always suspicious of long-term employees, as if staying at Edwards for more than five years is a bad thing.

Advice to Senior Management – Fire the consultants, stop reading all the new managment books, and start listening to long-term employees. They're the ones in the trenches and know your products best. You have great talent there, but you can't use it if you won't listen to what it's saying.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend