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Covidien Reviews

3.3

57% would recommend to a friend

(813 total reviews)

Omar Ishrak

78% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Covidien has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 813 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Covidien employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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813 reviews
3.0
4 Dec 2015

Covidien/Medtronic

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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

1.0
5 Aug 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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.

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