Medtronic Reviews

Pros

Good benefits. Good renumeration packages

Cons

No work life balance at all.

Advice to Senior Management

Look into a mirror

Pros

To know that what you do can actually benefit the lives of others.

Cons

People do not enjoy sharing the knowledge. The get all the knowledge they can, Then they sit on the can and watch you try to figure it out.

Advice to Senior Management

I believe "ALL" people managers should be given a yearly overview of their expectations as a simple reminder.

Pros

You're working for a Highly Regarded Company. Medtronic has Good Benefits. Some jobs like mine afford you a Flexible work schedule. The company pays you according to fair market value which results in a Competitive salary

Cons

The corporate atmosphere is negative due to recent layoffs. Other companies are coming out with similar competitive products. Too many old reps left over from the old days that don't know how to sell.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to your employees. Provide better incentives than Recognize points. Truly learn to develop your talents. Fire all of the middle managers who do nothing.

Pros

healthe care sector and I had work environment.

Cons

you can be laid off any time .

Pros

Great people to work with and interesting work to engage on. There is also opportunities to learn and try new things.

Cons

Management struggling to determine what direction to proceed. This results in confusion and stress among the rank and file employees.

Advice to Senior Management

After selecting a strategy to execute on give it time before switching to a new strategy. If you do need to change do lessons learned beforehand.

Pros

People are loyal with a strong work ethic
Line managed is usually encouraged to do what is right
Willing to take risk on innovative technologies

Cons

Lack of strategic thinkers
Very focused on quarterly financial results
Constantly reorganizes
IT managed treats people like they are boxes on an org chart

Advice to Senior Management

Omar's introductory address was great, follow through on what he said. Particularly treating people with respect and loyalty

Pros

Corporate mission, products that enhance lives, good reputation, co-workers.
Peers are supportive in helping address problems and sharing knowledge and experience.
Flexible work hours.

Cons

Seeming "good ol' boy" mentality with middle management; difficult to navigate career growth via upward mobility or cross-transfer between business units . . . incongruent with what is preached by management.
Some management seem very false/disingenuous in persona and in interaction with direct reports.
HR is as useful as HS guidance counselors relative to career advice.
Risk averse; innovation by acquisition.
Cumbersome policies to drive objectives and product development.

Advice to Senior Management

Re-capture the innovative culture and instill employee belief in direction and industry leadership of company. Stand behind corporate mantra and motivate your employee base. Drive cultural differentiation within industry rather than baselining to the competition.

Pros

- great pay
-good products
-smart people
-good reputation

Cons

- forward facing to patients, need clinical specialists

Pros

Fantastic people (not all, but most)
Mission driven - people really care about patients
Great pay and benefits
You can learn a lot - jobs are broad based and there are tons of people that will help you learn.

Cons

Company is plateauing and becoming commoditized. Without leadership's willingness to impact margins, they will continue to squeeze costs, meaning people. Layoffs wont discontinue until leadership takes the changing market head on.

Advice to Senior Management

Recognize that the market is changing. The margins cant stay where they are. Take the one time stock hit and realign yourselves with the changing environment. Otherwise continued layoffs will push the remaining people over the edge with too much work and too much stress.

Pros

Good benefits, great work culture

Cons

Too much politics, too many changes in the recent past

Advice to Senior Management

Communication