Shareholder friendly but employee unfriendly company - Anonymous employee Medtronic Employee Review

2.0
Jun 10, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- if it aligns with your values, mission can be inspiring - Great company to retire - things move slow, but generally safe place to work

Cons

- Medtronic is brutal at enforcing their culture - Generally most benefits are designed for VP levels and above - Extremely frugal especially towards lower and middle level management employees - Too many levels and hierarchies and too big for employees to be noticed - Newer offices have workspaces that are open and extremely basic. Offices do not have enough meeting rooms or areas for private conversations. - Whether you are Executive assistant or Director - all get same basic work space and general benefits

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5.0
Jun 8, 2026
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Pros

The best company I’ve ever worked for.

Cons

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3.0
Jun 24, 2026
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Pros

Generous, old-school benefits. Almost twice the PTO as other places I've worked, excellent healthcare, 401K matching, etc. Many high-quality colleagues and a generally mellow, polite business culture.

Cons

Multiple competing bureaucracies, internal consultancies, a computer-illiterate 'stakeholder' class with permission to disrupt anything, and perverse incentives driving waste.

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