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    DePuy Synthes Reviews

    Updated August 13, 2017
    275 reviews

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    DePuy Synthes CEO Alex Gorsky
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    Pros

    • Good work life balance generally (in 14 reviews)

    • DePuy Synthes (a J&J company) is a top medical manufacturing company (in 24 reviews)

    Cons

    • Poor work/life balance despite Creedo (in 14 reviews)

    • Company Reorganization - J&J let many good full time employees go and replaced with contractors (in 17 reviews)

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    1. "Sales Consultant"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at DePuy Synthes full-time

      Pros

      Great products, education support and surgeon training.

      Cons

      Contracts with hospitals reduce the CPU and this trend has been continuing the last 8 years or so. Hard to make more money.

      Advice to Management

      Have less people working in the field to allow for higher compensation for loyal representation.

    2. Helpful (2)

      "Lost"

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      Current Employee - Principal Engineer in West Chester, PA
      Current Employee - Principal Engineer in West Chester, PA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at DePuy Synthes full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Great co-workers
      On par pay and benefits

      Cons

      Directors are just cashing a paycheck. There is a disconnect between the upper management messages and what the directors say and implement. There is little to no room for advancement.
      Very inefficient organization that cannot react to the market. Lost touch with the customer

      Advice to Management

      Go back to your roots and take care of the customer. Stop creating silos in the organization that do nothing but swell the ranks of middle management.

    3. Helpful (3)

      "J&J Purchased SYNTHES USA - DePuy Synthes"

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      Former Employee - Administrative in West Chester, PA
      Former Employee - Administrative in West Chester, PA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at DePuy Synthes full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      DePuy Synthes (a J&J company) is a top medical manufacturing company. Pay and Benefits are very good - inline with large corporations. Many employees had worked for Synthes and had been there for many years and had helped to build the company.

      Cons

      Company Reorganization - J&J let many good full time employees go and replaced with contractors. Most likely these contractors will never be officially hired and won't receive benefits, bonuses, etc. Difficult to advance if you are not a permanent, full time employee.

      Advice to Management

      Treat your employees the way you would want to be treated. Using contractors to save money on benefits may be smart business practice but doesn't seem like a fair deal for the contracted employee. Show some compassion.

    4. "Medical Device Pakager"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend

      I worked at DePuy Synthes full-time

      Pros

      -Paid time and a half.
      -Everyone is close to each other.

      Cons

      -Most of the all the time I was there we were mandatory overtime. (10 hr+ days)
      -Constantly changing procedures and requirements.

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    5. "Going through transition"

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      Current Employee - Engineering in Monument, CO
      Current Employee - Engineering in Monument, CO
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at DePuy Synthes full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Good benefits for time off.

      Cons

      Stressful long hours with seemingly high attrition rate. Base pay is not great.

      Advice to Management

      Unrealistic expectations may temporarily boost productivity but have long term impacts on staff morale. Need to fill open positions as to reduce the load.

    6. "Good Company, Unethical Distributor"

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      Current Employee - Territory Manager
      Current Employee - Territory Manager
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at DePuy Synthes full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      DePuy has a good name in the industry.

      Cons

      The distributor was unethical, who could not be trusted. Not too many new products coming out. Surgeon training was horrible!

    7. Helpful (2)

      "Review of job"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at DePuy Synthes full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Restoring movement to patients worldwide.

      Cons

      Hard to advance to the next level.

    8. Helpful (1)

      "Contractor"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at DePuy Synthes full-time

      Pros

      Great product line and customer base.

      Cons

      Poor leadership/management talent and structure.

      Advice to Management

      Clean leadership house.

    9. "Great Work Experience"

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      Current Employee - Sales Representative in Oakland, CA
      Current Employee - Sales Representative in Oakland, CA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      Pros

      Potential To Grow
      Face to Face Sales
      Grow Relationships

      Cons

      Unknown times of working
      Long Days
      Rare Recognition of Hard-Work

      Advice to Management

      Non

    10. "Trauma"

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      Current Employee - Sales Consultant
      Current Employee - Sales Consultant
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at DePuy Synthes full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Global Standard for orthopaedic trauma

      Cons

      Call Schedule, enormous company (JNJ) with a big "Corporate America" feel to it.

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