Medtronic Reviews

Cons

Geoff Martha, new CEO, is going to run this once amazing company into the ground! His decisions have hurt the organization and the people. Since he's been at the helm, the culture has become toxic. They don't worry about their employees and it's a shame. He has cut so many talented people and is losing thousands of years of tribal knowledge by making hasty cuts across the board regardless of the person's experience or performance. The downside to being at the world's largest medical device company is that we are just a number.

Cons

1. Base pay is something to laugh about when you have your bachelor's degree. 2. Commissions might bring you to 54k per year after the "bonuses" are given quarterly. Not enough to live on comfortably in my opinion. 3. VERY hard to meet quarterly and annual targets AKA HARD to get promoted. 4. They gave work-from-home employees notice that we should RTO because WFH is no longer an option even though I personally got an ADA accommodation to WFH due to (also) living with Type 1 diabetes. They are getting away with it! 5. There's lack of support from leadership. Inside sales supervisors get changed out so often. Over the past 3 years working here I went through 6 different supervisors to report to. All but 1 had my back/support but the last one was all business and did not care about his team. 6. A LOT of work to complete. Not only calling on leads and shipping devices, but a crap ton of other unnecessary administrative tasks to keep up with your assigned territory. You do not want to work for this company. Very high turn-over rate and they exhaust your patience with adding on more tasks/trainings to complete. They only care about meeting revenue targets and not boosting up their employees to promotions or pay increases.

Cons

Aside from a decent bonus, sometimes, they don't pay a fair rate going into a position. They also don't offer great raises after your starting rate. They have a lot of other job opportunities within available, but sometimes they ask for above standards to move into another position. Also, some managers make it difficult to transition into a new role, they don't like losing valuable team members.

Cons

Medtronic has been lost since Geoff Martha took over. Our stock has plummeted compared to competitors, our culture revolves around never ending org changes, and overall the morale at the Fridley location within Neuromodulation and Pelvic Health is at an all time low. Avoid at all cost.

Cons

Clinical Specialist/ Associates have been let-go, no assistant for a clinical case heavy/dependent product Lack of manufacturing efforts and capabilities have led to reps being unable to target/expand new business. Good luck hitting quota for the next 2yrs+ Contract "specialist" G. L. has continued to drop the ball on GPO's across the entire US, leading to competitors continuing to take market share Company continues to tighten budget on reps. Company is heavily invested into launching its Davicini robot competitor, causing stain on other divisions output abilities. Questionable quality control of product within recent years

Cons

Continuously cut cost by adding extreme amounts of work that do not fit the job description on to everyone's plate. Company fails to recognize inflation and will not re-evaluate pay. Pays significantly less than market value. Continuously cuts bonus pay and restructures bonus plans out of nowhere. Doing 5x more work for less money. Promotions are an absolute joke. You work 2 years MINIMUM for each promotion and they only give you 5%. Market rate is 10%. This company just launched the "game changer" of all pumps and they choose to overwork their employees and cut their bonuses to make it appear to shareholders that they are generating revenue. They also tell you when you can and can't use your PTO. The supervisors are great and understanding but any leadership above a supervisor does not care about how unhappy, overworked and underpaid everyone is.

Cons

You don't have a schedule. You're pretty much on call for 10 hours a day. Most of the people you work with are burnt out and are very overworked. Management is full of the most toxic positive people I've ever met. It became exhausting and made me feel like I was part of a cult

Cons

With the organizational changes, there is no guarantee you will have the same boss / colleague. Expect layoffs, resignations and high turnovers.

Cons

Low raises (less than inflation), poor stock performance (company performance), little to no chance for promotion. Benefit cost increases are horrific each year.

Cons

Benefits are only for actual 'Medtronic' employees and not employees hired by their hiring agency (Aerotech). All employees need to start off as contractual, and it can take years for people to convert from contractual (Aerotech) to permanently employed at Medtronic. I've met individuals who've worked there for five years and are still contractors. Aerotech isn't very helpful with employee disputes, work issues, or even at setting employees up for success. They're chatty before you go onboard, but their representatives (Aerotech) become very quiet when you've already started working. People might think this is all Aerotech's fault, but I believe Medtronic is complicit in this, because this allows them to hire easily replaceable, non-union labor personel.