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Pros
"Excellent work/life balance, great people, enjoyable job" (in 48 reviews)
"Long-term; good benefits; was a terrific company as Valleylab when the employees owned it (before it went corporate" (in 47 reviews)
Cons
"Not a lot of work / life balance" (in 43 reviews)
"Covidien culture was eradicated in Medtronic purchase" (in 30 reviews)
Pros & Cons are excerpts from user reviews. They are not authored by Glassdoor.
"Very Good Company"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Covidien full-time for less than a year
Pros
1.Good work environment 2.Good pay 3.Very good product range
Cons
I had a big territory so travelling was quite a lot .
"Great company to work for"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Covidien full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Industry leading training, great bunch of colleagues, enjoyable conferences, excellent uncapped commission, nice company cars, good management
Cons
Wasn't any particular ones, don't think I would have stayed for 6 years otherwise. Would gladly return.
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"Covidien/Medtronic"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookI have been working at Covidien full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Good work life balance and the salary and benefits
Cons
Very political, job promotion based on who you know and not down to ability. Extremely American corporate - needed to be a bit different to all the others
Continue reading "Medical Sales"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookI have been working at Covidien full-time for more than a year
Pros
Good work life balances. Colleagues are great fun! really nice people. great sales meetings
Cons
IT systems with sales target never work, frequently running blind. targets set in Q3 of financial year one time where management could not decide. sometimes take on unrealistic projects. some managers no good
"Great company"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I worked at Covidien
Pros
Good culture and benefits and opportunities for progression
Cons
Red tape and long approval process
"Opportunities"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Covidien full-time for more than 10 years
Pros
Huge international company, plenty of opportunities to progress your career in numerous directions. Established HR, L&D support. Hard work is recognised and talent encouraged.
Cons
The usual investment / production / quality of product issues.
Continue reading"Profits not People"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Covidien full-time
Pros
- A decent salary and opportunities for advancement for people wishing to work within this environment.
Cons
- Lack of training and an assumption that you are able to jump straight in and work at the same target-driven fast pace as other long-term employees upon commencing the role. Lack of clear information about the role and what it involves at interview stage. - High staff turnover (during my time at Covidien I witnessed two employees quit with no immediate job lined up for them and several employees suffering from stress-related illnesses). - High frequency of meetings and lack of time and appropriate staffing levels to complete the workload. - A highly target-driven environment, right down to the lowest level roles, and a general workplace culture observed of working extra unpaid hours on a daily basis to keep on top of the workload. Overall I would strongly advise considering whether this working environment is right for you before accepting the job.
Continue reading- Helpful (1)
"excellent innovative company, lots of change each year""
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Covidien full-time for more than a year
Pros
excellent training & people development, innovative products, fair salary, great sales team environment
Cons
constant change, lack of consistency with division and territory set ups from year to year.
Continue reading - Helpful (2)
"Poor leadership - especially by those who have been around since TYCO days. Very detached from customer relationships"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendDisapproves of CEOI worked at Covidien
Pros
Generally people in the Medical Device industry feel that time with Covidien is good experience
Cons
lack of decision making, far too many meetings not enough action, very poor attitude towards the most important stakeholders - customers. Inability to market innovation without buying companies who have done this for them, inability to retain talent, inability to take any sort of risk, extreme politics, high turnover of staff, inability to be yourself and work in a relaxed team, lack of communication, excessive report writing and complicated internal paperwork and policies - especially expenses claims, Management have a detached relationship with employees - complex internal law and anti trust policies, and constant change all resulting in stress and lack of job security.
Continue reading Pros
Yes it's good work. No problem.
Cons
No, jo problem. It's good.
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