I wish I never worked there - Anonymous employee Stryker Employee Review

1.0
15 Jan 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Salaries are competitive Good vacation policy - and you will need the break!

Cons

_ RIDICULOUS amount of office politics - lots of backstabbing in senior management - Extremely stressful work environment - be prepared to work and work and work, it's never enough -Lousy communication and lots of micromanaging -Human Resources is never on your side - this includes local HR as well as senior level HR in Corporate (which by the way is a joke). They never try to get both sides of any story, nothing remains confidential, and they don't inform you of any issues that are occurring -They allow too much to be swept under the rug and they don't investigate issues you're having unless you're a manager. If you tell them about a problem or inappropriate situation it falls on deaf ears -People play games to get to the top and they will throw you under any bus to get ahead -Tons of lying and talking behind backs -The environment here is very similar to junior high school, it's gossip gossip gossip - lots of infidelity going on too -Unprofessional - let managers get away with bad mouthing former employees or people who still work for Stryker but are now in a different department. What kind of company thinks that's okay?

Explore other reviews about Stryker

5.0
2 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great experience where they invest in your growth

Cons

Not many opportunities for full time after internship

3.0
17 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The individual contributors you work with are fantastic people and the products we work on are really interesting and have significant impacts on patient care.

Cons

Sports Medicine has unfortunately changed from a dynamic and collaborative group to one being led by toxic leadership. Rather than working together and trusting team members, they now have an in group and out group. If you’re in the in group, you can say anything you want without being questioned and be automatically trusted even when your track record says otherwise. If you’re in the out group and your message doesn’t align with what the leadership wants to hear, then you are automatically wrong and not to be trusted.

4
See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All