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    Medtronic Reviews

    Updated July 22, 2017
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    Medtronic Chairman and CEO Omar S. Ishrak
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    • Work/life balance is incredibly challenging (in 113 reviews)

    • Like any large company - there are many layers to get things done but the people make getting things done so easy (in 66 reviews)

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    1. "Great people, great staff"

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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Post Doctoral Fellow in Minneapolis, MN
      Former Employee - Post Doctoral Fellow in Minneapolis, MN
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Medtronic full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Everyone was so nice, made me feel important

      Cons

      Low pay, low benefits and poor overtime

    2. "Engineer Technician"

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      Former Employee - Engineer Tech in Boulder, CO
      Former Employee - Engineer Tech in Boulder, CO
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Medtronic full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Good pay, good people & great flex time

      Cons

      Small crew of people per project due to budget constraints

      Advice to Management

      Hire more people

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    3. "Addicting pace, good benefits and culture, but could use more resources (people)"

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      Current Employee - R&D Engineer in Irvine, CA
      Current Employee - R&D Engineer in Irvine, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

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

      Pros

      If you're looking to enjoy seeing your coworkers every day, this is the pace to be. A very grass roots environment - there are great personal and professional development opportunities (talks, employee resource groups, etc), often sponsored by your coworkers, and people take bike rides and go on walks together before, during, and after work. Most of management cares about your development and will work to provide Medtronic sponsored opportunities (trainings, conferences, etc). It's up to you to take the initiative though.

      Cons

      Resourcing, resourcing, resourcing. You have one person doing the work of two sometimes three people. It can be addicting but people burn out. And parking is an issue.

      Advice to Management

      Empower more of your employees to make decisions so we don't have to hunt down upper management as often. And increase communication regarding high priority projects and de-prioritized projects)

    4. "Quality inspector"

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      Current Employee - Quality Control in Irvine, CA
      Current Employee - Quality Control in Irvine, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

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

      Pros

      Promise company with sustainable growth

      Cons

      Management does not care about details, only look the final numbers

      Advice to Management

      Set strong HR talent acquisition.

    5. "Sr. Engineering Manager"

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      Current Employee - Senior Engineering Manager in Minneapolis, MN
      Current Employee - Senior Engineering Manager in Minneapolis, MN
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Medtronic full-time

      Pros

      Good people to work with

      Cons

      Demanding workload and long hours

    6. Helpful (2)

      "Senior Director, Diabetes"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Sr Director in Los Angeles, CA
      Current Employee - Sr Director in Los Angeles, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

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

      Pros

      Good pay
      Great benefits
      Decent perks
      Culturally aware
      Fast pace
      Work along side smart, capable people
      Generally people are also very nice
      Challenging and rewarding work
      Mission driven
      Products you can stand behind

      Cons

      Senior leadership is unrealistic with what can be delivered to the street. This causes bad behavior by other senior leaders since they are unreachable goals. This overarching problem is deteriorating the culture. Continuous high growth mode year after year and severe challenges with getting work done in an overly matrix org. Underfunded enabling groups unable to keep up with demands.

      Advice to Management

      Make more realistic commitments to the street. Stop rewarding fire drills and management by exception.

    7. Helpful (3)

      "Assembly"

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      Current Employee - Team Leader in Augusta, GA
      Current Employee - Team Leader in Augusta, GA
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at Medtronic full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Good pay, overtime available.

      Cons

      Not a company for compassion. Business only.

    8. Helpful (3)

      "No longer Earl's company"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Minneapolis, MN
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Minneapolis, MN
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Medtronic (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Benefits, salary, onsite caribou, bank and day care

      Cons

      Regular RIFs and changing culture

      Advice to Management

      You are losing your best employees, and don't even seem to care

    9. "Transitioning Culture"

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      Current Employee - Manufacturing Manager in Minneapolis, MN
      Current Employee - Manufacturing Manager in Minneapolis, MN
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

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

      Pros

      Medtronic is a place that wants to make sure its employees are happy. It is also a culture that believes it is the best in med device. Senior Managment seems to have noticed that there are a few blind spots that could leave them vulnerable to being knocked off that position.

      Cons

      The rank and file employee has not seen what senior management has and does not want to change or adapt. It is generally a very tenured workforce that has been made very comfortable so motivating them to change can be difficult. This can also lead to disconnects where senior managers believe more progress has been made than is real.

      Advice to Management

      Middle managers and their teams are still struggling to identify how they engage with key metrics outside of their silo. More needs to be done to break these down.

    10. Helpful (2)

      "Program Marketing Manager"

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      Former Employee - Marketing Program Manager in Memphis, TN
      Former Employee - Marketing Program Manager in Memphis, TN
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Medtronic full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      The Medtronic brand name open doors
      Ok, base pay
      Decent Benefits for full time employees
      Good relationship with key customers

      Cons

      Marketing is extremely weak. Engineers often dictate work to Marketing. Also, career development is nonexistent. There is no cultivating of talent, even for high performers. Most in Marketing do not have advanced degrees, so they are unable to recognize and apply Marketing principles. Most managers got there because of who they know, not what they know. Finally, the support functions in Marketing like Market Research are an absolute joke. Decisions are not made based on data, but out of desperation. Not a great Marketing organization at all.

      Finally, leadership is extremely cost conscious and short sighted, which extends the time to get product to market. The Marketing budgets are so anemic, it makes it difficult to get anything done.

      Advice to Management

      Hire more MBAs from top tier schools. Implement Marketing training. Spend the resources on data to inform strategic decisions. Make Marketing support functions more a part of the team. Reward high performers. Cultivate talent. Promote managers based on their leadership skills, not simply based on how long they have been with the company.

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