Medline Industries Reviews

Pros

Good company with amazing people

Cons

No Cons as of now

Pros

Easy place to work at.

Cons

There is nothing bad at all.

Pros

Gym and cafeteria, oh and we have some fun company wide activities like EAW. The campus is nice too. There are some great people within the organization.

Cons

Where do I begin?! Working at in marketing at Medline was probably one of the worst decisions in my career. The culture is terrible, leadership doesn't lead instead they are reactive and can't even manage themselves, and employees are overworked and there is a weird competitive childlike dynamic between the teams. I am most disappointed in leadership, they really foster a poor working environment. They allow bullying, team divides and encourage working 12 hour days as the bare minimum. Yet, they aren't able to manage themselves, constantly changing direction, missing deadlines and cannot move forward on anything. They are reactive to what their 'clients' (which are literally our colleagues) will think, sales and business leadership. Marketing wants to be strategic so bad but they never will be because we are not empowered to do so. Instead we do as we are told, we are not partners with the rest of the business. The company doesn't even have any D&I groups, its all about work. Very traditional, must be by your phone and answer within 2 rings. C-suite micromanages and will be upset if people within a division are gone by 5PM.

Pros

Nice people, ok benefits, interesting work

Cons

If you’re considering a product management job at Medline, look elsewhere. Medline has a very toxic work culture. They demand your full day of non stop work. The teams are consistently understaffed and you are expected to constantly work late to take on the extra work. There is no work/life balance at this company. So much so I have heard a Division VP say that to succeed at this company you need to “give up other parts of your life”. They will keep you at a lower pay/position as long as they possibly can and only promote you once they feel forced to do so. The only way to get promoted quickly is to know someone in upper management or be a family member of someone in upper management. The company consistently puts making just a little bit more in profits over making their employees lives better. Management is also very out of touch with lower employees. Every manager at this company has dedicated their life to Medline and expects each employee to do the same at the expense of a work/life balance. Most teams/product divisions don’t hit the 10% bonus that are based on product performance/sales since they often set highly unrealistic goals. There is very high turnover at Medline and it is not surprising at all why. Avoid this company if you want to be happy in life.

Pros

The food on site in subsided. Sadly this is the only thing I can come up with after working here nearly 5 years. After applying elsewhere when looking for my exit I was genuinely shocked of offers exceeding 15% of my current salary at the time, better 401K matching, and perks at work.

Cons

Management - Abysmal is the best way to put it. An absolute cesspool and echo chamber for lack of better words. If they don't like you, they will make your life living heck. Sourcing - China is the answer to everything to save money. Yes, the product is assembled in the USA (mostly by operators with GEDs & High School diplomas at best). Not sure I would trust their product in my body or operating room. Here we are midway through 2023 and they still mandate the COVID vaccine(s). Again, if you have a personal opinion or strong beliefs elsewhere, you will be ousted, or your job made miserable. If you're capable of puckering up your lips to suck up and sell out on beliefs you'll be OK. If your idea of fair and competitive wage is an ice cream come or food truck stopping by and Medline paying $5-10 for your meal every 4-6 months, great place to work. If you expect 3-5% increase to keep up with cost of living, look elsewhere.

Pros

It’s a good company overall

Cons

WORST MANAGEMENT EVER‼️ At THE SOUTHAVEN location you are not allowed to just go to work and do your job….The management wants you to be a suck up in order to advance or move up with the company….I have literally seen so many GOOD people over looked for a higher position because one manager may not like you or they want to put THEIR FRIEND in the position….The leadership there is HORRIBLE no one is really professional….They’ll lie about the work hours at the beginning of the shift…You’ll never really know what time you will be getting off…and it’s so much other stuff that is going on that’s horrible JUST RUN‼️

Pros

Flexibility is really amazing at the job and only reason I am here still.

Cons

Will give you a raise lower than inflation even if your performance review goes amazing. Interview was a lie about the bonus you will get so do not take the job if the bonus is a big draw. They say it is performance related but it is not, I doubled almost my bonus goal and am getting about a 3% bonus when they said it is up to 10%

Pros

Responsibilities, opportunities for growth and advancement

Cons

Cheap pay. You bring more value than you are paid

Pros

Great pay & bonus, cool people

Cons

Leadership was a little janky, no real experience

Pros

Market capture, growth, positive momentum

Cons

Culture shift, senior leadership, talent planning