Medtronic Reviews

Pros

Overall, everyone is friendly and knows what they are doing.

Cons

I was stationed at 2 different departments. The first area I encountered was pretty bad. There were only 2 employees there and the lead was often gone. Sometimes the lead is in the building but just not in the production floor and the lead didn't even know me nor notified the team there was a new person arriving. Second department encounter was okay but the lead in that department put quantity before quality, the lead was always rushing the team to make the numbers and if we just communicate for 5-10 minutes, the lead complains that we were not working. Overall the experience I had with this location was very disappointing, especially the leads.

Pros

Solid benefits, including 401(k) and ESPP. Worked with some really wonderful people and learned a lot. The Mission, when applied, is great, but it felt more and more towards the end of my tenure like they forgot to address the employee aspects.

Cons

Limits access to certain positions if you don't have a degree. They tell you they'll work with you to go back to school to get that, but with the workload, good luck ... Management also definitely play favourites, including with growth opportunities. Shortsighed approach to the business: management is too focussed on immediate profit margins and continual growth to actually look at what they have and address problems that might allow for efficiencies. Staff gets too burned out fighting fires to actually effect meaningful change. Constant high stress, heavy workload, and threat of RIFs is not healthy or condusive to a good work environment.

Pros

Large Company with 70 years of history/success (stability) Leader in the Market for many of their product lines/divisions Focus on Product Quality

Cons

Poor communication and broken promises on product development Constant reduction in force (RIF's) every year (Multi-division) form continued changes in Sales Force Many sales managers/executive leaders that have been around 20+ years, so they are narrow-minded in diversity hires, and supporting women Reduction in commissions/pay every year for reps ENT division consistently making poor decisions on product acquisitions, and not developing products in-house Difficult to get things done quickly for customers or make final decisions; everything moves at a snails pace due extremely overly cautious views on laws and regulations

Pros

There are may pros working at Medtronic ~ Pay; Benefits; Co-workers

Cons

Employees are just a tool...moved Complaint Handling duties to Philippines to save money.

Pros

Enjoyed the work and the pay was competitive.

Cons

Not treated as a member of the team, disrespected and treated poorly by co-workers. Calls were uncomfortable with our system vendor as team members were very unprofessional referring to them as incompetent. Our manager was present for this and did not put a stop to it. Also, when the new CEO came in, team members and our Manager/Director made very inappropriate comments about him making a name for himself, etc based on some of the decisions he had made. My manager did not meet with me for more than 3 months and was non-responsive when I would reach out to her. It was a very disappointing group to be a part of that resembled that of "the mean high school group" as opposed to a professional organization. There was some team members that were great and others that were very threatened and territorial and would regularly target contractors. Overall, contractors were not treated as human beings or respected as team members contributing equally.