Medtronic reviews

3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(9,933 total reviews)
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Geoff Martha

53% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Medtronic has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 9,933 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Medtronic employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Produktion industry (3.5 stars).

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3.0
May 11, 2015

SMT

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits. A lot of overtime if you need the extra money. Food is provided normally during overtime as well. Cafeteria inside the building so you do not HAVE to leave for food. Nice location. Decent pay. Schedule flexibility is decent. The job its self is GREAT, but the staff makes it like high school.

Cons

FAVORITISM!! FAVORITISM!! That's really all this company is about. If you are not best friends with staff and supervisors - you will go no where within this company. It is really sad because there are some TOP performers who will never get a chance because they are not social butterflies. The company likes to manipulate employees and/for their time. For example, they will groom and prepare reps for a leadership or team lead position, give them all of the work and escalations, have them ACTING in that role for months before they can even interview for said position. The managers always pick their favorites or people they know - or when they decide on other people - there is little to no feedback on why or how to improve for you future interviews/chances. You have to be very direct with management to get anywhere or anything done. The supervisors are so-so. Some work hard - some hardly work. There have been a lot of firings lately which has helped some but there is so much more shady business going on that doesn't get addressed. The same reps who win employee of the month go to eat lunch with their supervisors outside of work - how is that not conflict on interest ?? Supervisors also date lower level reps here. VERY unprofessional. I was shocked to learn that a fortune 500 company does not have some type of no fraternization rule(s) - and if there is one, it is NOT abided by here. Same people "picked" for prizes/awards - it really ruins team and department morale when the people who win those awards are the ones who are not processing the patients orders correctly. Meanwhile, the ones who do not win or get recognition are the ones fixing those orders. Leadership makes promises and doesn't follow through on them. Has spoken of giving different work shifts and/or part time - they never do. The work load - depending on what territory or dept varies - I can say that the overall demand for work is HIGH. They demand/push for overtime so much, but if you do not give them overtime and practically live there, good luck moving up into any type of leadership.

3.0
Mar 4, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The various perks, benefits, and pay help to make working here a personally rewarding experience. The company also has a commitment to volunteering as well. On top of everything though, you know you're helping to save and improve lives.

Cons

The current and recent senior management types have had blinders on that apparently only allow them to see the number following the letters MDT. Nothing else matters to them but how high they can make that number, and that has made the company suffer. It's not limited to this company, as this mindset has destroyed much of what made America great, but it's still disappointing to see that it has infected the thinking here.

3.0
Feb 25, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you have good background knowledge you will excel in the company.

Cons

The double standards that go around in the building is absolutely ridiculous and their is constantly drama between the managers. The pay rate's are unfair because they make lower employee's do all of the work while some of the upper management don't do a damn thing yet get all the credit and all the $$$$. Some unlucky individuals get the short end of the stick and are constantly blamed for unnecessary issues while others seem to fly by with nobody caring. It's a roll of the dice. You may write some protocol's and reports that other employee's will take credit for and put their name on it. Don't trust anybody too soon. Also, temp employees get treated very badly and aren't allowed to participate in any medtronic activities, yet they do a lot more work than most of the full-time employees.

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