Does Edwards Lifesciences pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Edwards Lifesciences employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Edwards Lifesciences. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Edwards Lifesciences?

70% of Edwards Lifesciences employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Edwards Lifesciences 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Edwards Lifesciences?

Engineer (52) , Intern (49) , Manager (25) , Quality Engineer (23) , Clinical Specialist (22) , Director (22) , Production Assembler (20) , Engineer II (19) , Analyst (18) , Engineering Intern (17) , Principal Engineer (17) , Project Manager (17) , Internship (16) , Senior Engineer (15) , Senior Manager (14)

What are the pros of working at Edwards Lifesciences according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits are good and Irvine Campus is nice" ((in 182 reviews)); "Great culture and amenities." ((in 162 reviews)); "great people and leader ship." ((in 128 reviews)); "great campus with onsite subsidized cafeteria and gym(very small but you can use it);" ((in 102 reviews)); "I had a good pay" ((in 71 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Edwards Lifesciences according to real employee reviews?

"“Managers” always hide their poor management behind other people back." ((in 86 reviews)); "No work life balance and no worker appreciation" ((in 80 reviews)); "Management doesn't really care about being good managers." ((in 37 reviews)); "Long hours at the company" ((in 23 reviews)); "Value employees who are the loudest and make drama and have their way with senior leadership" ((in 23 reviews))

What are employees saying about Edwards Lifesciences layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Edwards Lifesciences layoffs and their outlook for job security at Edwards Lifesciences in 2026.

Edwards Lifesciences reviews

3.8

70% would recommend to a friend

(1,548 total reviews)

Bernard Zovighian

66% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Company ratings over time

Ratings trend for the last 6 months (1,548 reviews)

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Edwards Lifesciences has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,548 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Edwards Lifesciences employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Produktion industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

2K reviews

4.0

Aug 2, 2015

Principal Biologist

Principal biologist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Growing company Excellent stock purchase program Focused on patient welfare

Cons

Some departments are overly political

1.0

Jul 31, 2015

Statistical SAS programmer

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

No programming practice and standard, which means you have degrees of freedom to work.

Cons

Lack of standards and bad programming practice. They do not show any respect and do not want to spend money on programmers. And that they push too much. work load is close to CRO but management is messy. stay away from this company.

5.0

Jul 30, 2015

Edwards review

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fast paced and creative environment with good work life balance. The company and management value its employees and look to provide good growth opportunities.

Cons

Larger corporation and can be difficult to quickly iterate new ideas or designs. This can be very business unit dependent though.

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