Get some experience, take your talents elsewhere - Anonymous employee Stryker Employee Review

2.0
16 Jun 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Lots of young people, new ideas - Office is pretty nice (free coffee, gym on site) - Good name on resume - Good way for a new grad to get some experience.

Cons

- Many people are overworked. The expectation is that you work until you complete your over-matched workload. Those who care about their work, have almost no work/ life balance. - Leadership is out to lunch. Complete leadership turnover in only a few years. - Too much middle management that can't get things right. Same people kicking around, not fixing problems. - Unless you are in sales, you will be underpaid for you role. Fine for a new grad that needs experience but once you're an expert in your role, it's time to look elsewhere. - Leadership will pick "pets" and favourites for all promotions and awards. - Way too many people in HR for the size of the organization. Maybe send one of them to help out one of the teams desperate for help? - Office culture is cult-like with a good mix of rumour mongering thrown in - New international model will keep putting more jobs at risk - Anonymous complaints to HR are not anonymous. Be ready for backlash from your boss! - People will wax romantic about the "old Stryker" and how great it used to be. Well, it's not anymore, time for some change! - Watch out for the overly positive reviews. Those were posted by HR.

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Cons

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Cons

After dedicating 8 years to Stryker, I was extremely disappointed to learn upon separation that only 40 hours of my accrued PTO would be paid out, despite having accumulated approximately 240 hours. What is most frustrating is that this was never clearly communicated during discussions with HR regarding my departure. Had I known this policy earlier, I could have made different decisions about using my earned time off. Employees invest years of service and should have complete transparency regarding how accrued benefits are handled upon separation. I am sharing this so current employees can educate themselves on the PTO payout policy before making career decisions, as this was an unexpected and costly surprise for me.

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