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Greg Lucier
44 Ratings
Pros
Gym, free healthy snacks, great pricey food in the cafeteria (in 12 reviews)
The technology and product developed here is industry-leading, with a sharp focus on improving patient outcomes and transforming spine surgery (in 12 reviews)
Cons
Work life balance can be challanging when working to hit deadlines for projects (in 17 reviews)
Due to the fast growth of the company, there are times where working long hours are expected (in 12 reviews)
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"Great, but always room for improvement"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at NuVasive full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Great people work here! We are encouraged to share our ideas, share our failures and learn from them, etc. As an engineer your head isn't in the computer all day and at times are required to be a project manager, marketer, innovator. Great teamwork across cross-functional groups. Constantly changing business - a con for some but I think it keeps it exciting. We get to work directly with surgeons and see the fruits of our labor in the field. Great place to learn. Great overall culture.
Cons
We're expected to work startup hours and do exceptional work on "average" pay, they're slowly taking away perks (cutting costs) - yes, we're noticing it.
Advice to Management
More women in leadership, more incentive programs since salary is average, don't have enough exposure to senior management
NuVasive 2017-08-16 19:34 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Development Engineer"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at NuVasive full-time
Pros
Fast growing company, full benefits, motivated and hard working team of employees, large company but still feels small, a lot of training and growth opportunities, and great coworkers.
Cons
High deducible on the health insurance, but they have Health Savings accounts to help.
NuVasive 2017-08-08 16:53 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Not as bad as these reviews state...."
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at NuVasive full-time (More than a year)
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I enjoyed the people I worked with in IT. All very smart, capable people. The work is challenging and takes place in a fast paced environment. I can only speak in terms of IT as that is where I was, but management did seem committed to top notch systems, processes, governance, and people. I can't agree with other reviews bashing management. Were there some not-so-good managers? Yes. There are everyplace. But overall it was not a bad place. I left on good terms and one day may try to re-join.
Cons
Hated taking that Spine exam! Hated my commute as I am up North of Escondido and it was a nightmare some days. I resigned as a family member became seriously ill and I felt I needed to be closer to home.
Advice to Management
Turnover did seem to be a issue that needed to be addressed. Perhaps it is now. Otherwise, I enjoyed my short time there :-)
NuVasive 2017-08-08 15:41 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Growth Opportunity"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at NuVasive full-time
Pros
You are going to do and learn a lot. This company, while perhaps too fast paced for some, provides uncoupled opportunities to lead projects, stretch yourself, make an impact in the organization, and all the while doing it with great people.
You get out what you put in, which is quite gratifying. People are generally given free reign and not micromanaged.
The leadership cares about share owner engagement, while needing to balance being a fiscally responsible public company.Cons
Change management could use more communication at the manager-direct report level
Advice to Management
More communication on the front end of change and during change.
Proactively retain your start share owners.NuVasive 2017-08-07 12:25 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Manager"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at NuVasive full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
Lower and mid mgt is where the heart and soul of is of this company.
Cons
Senior leadership so far out of touch regarding the spine business. Also, could care less about the well being of employee's.
Advice to Management
Make changes to take better care of people and add more experiece to your key leadership positions. Don't surround yourself with yes men and women!
NuVasive 2017-08-11 14:46 PDT![NuVasive Logo]()
"Company on a Mission to Do Great Things"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at NuVasive full-time
Pros
incredibly ambitious, smart, entrepreneurial team working to develop and commercialize life-changing spinal products and services.
Cons
Expectations out-pace the market while compensation does not. Excessively frenetic. Speed is great, but oftentimes we conflate change with progress
Advice to Management
Love the vision, love the culture, great company to work for. Execution and internal alignment is an area for improvement.
NuVasive 2017-07-27 08:39 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Changing of the guards again..."
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at NuVasive full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Friendly culture, good people, life changing products/services. CEO is bright & forward thinking. Everyone works hard & demographic is younger. ESPP, gym onsite, cafe on campus.
Cons
Poor work life balance, frivolous spending leads to budget cuts again & again, but only below the Executive level. Benefits have been changed for lower cost to the company, resulting in sub-par benefits for employees. Execs have the VIP benefits so they don't really care though. Still weeding through the old regime vs. the new regime drama...
NuVasive 2017-08-07 14:42 PDT![NuVasive Logo]()
"Good job"
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Really advanced work, great facility
Cons
I have no idea why some people were hired. Technicians were awful
NuVasive 2017-07-23 00:37 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Love it Here!"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at NuVasive full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
People first, Great work environment
Cons
HR/TA both need help.
Advice to Management
Stop having single point failures.
NuVasive 2017-07-07 09:36 PDTHelpful (5)
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"Revengeful Management"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at NuVasive full-time
Pros
Location was good. Snacks were good.
Cons
Make sure you do your research first...any company with annual turnover of 25% and above; there is a problem here. IT senior management all have personalities like Jekyll and Hyde. PMO is a absolute joke run by nut. HR all came from Thermo Fisher and are horrible. Many write reviews on here to try and keep the star rating from falling!
NuVasive 2017-07-28 14:39 PDT
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NuVasive Response
Aug 17, 2017 – NuVasive
Thank you for sharing your experience. We would love to discuss your feedback in person if you'd like to continue the conversation. Feel free to email us at people@nuvasive.com!