Medtronic Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Medtronic

Pros – Diversity is embraced. Great place for someone in engineering and science bacground. Engineering is the life and blood of this company.

Cons – It's cold in Minneapolis. No, seriously MDT needs to get their act together in investing in talent that can bring new innovations to the market quickly. They have an aging employee population that is very talented but will have to retire soon.

Advice to Senior Management – Look out for fresh ideas and keep fuelling innovation.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Medtronic

Pros – The medtronic mission is a compelling and very much supported reason to come to work
Community involvement by Medtronic is significant and the technologies impact real people with real medical conditions

Cons – Very many silos - Business A doesn't know what Business B does. Mobility between businesses is limited. Sites outside the Twin Cities can get neglected.

Senior Management frequently leaving the company or being forced to leave make consistency of message difficult.

Advice to Senior Management – Dear Senior Management - Each year when you spend 3 months on strategic planning, then 3 months on annual operating plan, then 3 months restructuring (Layoffs) only leaves the entire company in limbo - and results in 3 months of real, active program work by those whose programs haven't been renamed or put on hold this year. Try this instead - spend 2 or 3 months on the strategic and operating plan - then the remainder of the year managing the development teams for success. Your competitors are ahead of your technologies in most every business today - roll up your sleeves and get to work Medtronic - you can do it.

Current Employee – been working at Medtronic

Pros – Exciting technology, great people, awesome culture. Medtronic is a well respected company for a reason. I can't say enough good things about the company.

Cons – Working for a large company in a highly regulated industry means you have to deal with a lot of red tape.

Advice to Senior Management – Consider implementing engineering leadership development rotational programs, similar to the LDRP for MBAs. It would be nice to get the broad exposure rotational programs offer.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Medtronic

Pros – Passionate leadership, believe in the mission.

Cons – Difficult to naviagate upwards in career

Advice to Senior Management – Develop internal employees

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Medtronic

Pros – The people who work at Medtronic are very hard working, results oriented, and yet very fun to work with. Everyone is dedicated to what they do and know that what they do is making a difference in someone elses life that will use the products we develop and manufacture. There appears to be this unspoken global sense that all employees share in that they know that they are making a difference in a strangers life for the better and that feels good.

Cons – It USED to be a company that you could grow with, raise a family around, and work your entire life for knowing that you would retire from there someday. However, with the recent lay-offs, that is no longer the case.

Advice to Senior Management – This is an American based company, founded here in America, by an American. When there's a need to cut back on expenses, can't we please try to cut some place else other than here in America? Can't we please try to keep the majority of manufacturing jobs here in America? We should never forget where we came from as our mission may be altered.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Medtronic

Pros – Great future pay opportunities. A job as a Kyphon rep can be very lucrative an rewarding. Medtronic is a leader and pulls a lot of respect in the field.

Cons – I did not have any problems with Medtronic

Advice to Senior Management – Thank you

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Medtronic

Pros – Helping people is a great way to spend your day. Technology and resources abound for technical oriented profressionals.

Cons – Slow and bloated. Uncertain if sloth like pace is due to indecision or highly litigious nature of most strategic decisions. Always seem to be a new intiative and a new VP over each group every two years. If there was a consistency in initiatives or messages it may be more effective.

Advice to Senior Management – Focus, focus, focus. Management should be more focused. The mission hasn't changed in 50 years but how you plan on executing to it changes every 50 days.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Medtronic

Pros – Good work environment and overall happiness.

Cons – Recent pressures and industry hits.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the good work.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Medtronic

Pros – For those who like so work for a company that makes them feel like they are helping the world, Medtronic satisfies this need. They work hard at making you feel every day like the work you do helps people with a lot of visibility to the end customer (the patients). Salaries high for level of work expected.

Cons – Like any large company, management competence varies very much depending on the business and department. Overall, Medtronic has tried to revamp upper management in the past few years by hiring externally. Always seem sure that someone from outside can fix issues, when causes have not been fixed. Overall, much of middle to upper management at Medtronic does not set high enough expectations and relies on high profit margins to cover a lot of flaws.

Advice to Senior Management – Continue to focus on the patient to keep employees motivated. Increase expectations of what employees deliver in exchange for high salaries. Improve employee growth. Not just through salary and promotion, but by actually helping them to become better employees.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Medtronic

Pros – Mission driven business that puts the patient before profitability

Cons – Slow, bureaucratic, risk averse, unrewarding

Advice to Senior Management – Take some risk..