Excellent compensation, frustrating cultural flaws. - Anonymous employee Medtronic Employee Review

2.0
18 Sept 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some of the highest compensation packages in the Memphis area. Don't be afraid to ask. Depending on department, work-life balance is exceptional. Most individual contributors you encounter will be incredibly helpful and affable. Cross-department collaboration is not unheard of.

Cons

Over the last 7 years, there as been a MASSIVE exodus of expertise, and the positions have been filled with recent college grads in over their heads. It's ineffective and unfair to everyone. The "work-life balance" thing comes at a price: Layoffs. EVERY YEAR. Layoffs. And every year, it's the individual contributors who are targeted. There are entirely too many layers to "management." It's like a 10-transition point shaded spectrum of "who's doing what, again?" These layers are too often filled with people who lack the necessary expertise to perform their function competently, and none of them seem capable of telling you there's anything you can improve on until it's "too late."

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5.0
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Pros

The best company I’ve ever worked for.

Cons

Really can’t think of many. It’s heavily matrixed but that’s to be expected.

3.0
24 Jun 2026
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Pros

Generous, old-school benefits. Almost twice the PTO as other places I've worked, excellent healthcare, 401K matching, etc. Many high-quality colleagues and a generally mellow, polite business culture.

Cons

Multiple competing bureaucracies, internal consultancies, a computer-illiterate 'stakeholder' class with permission to disrupt anything, and perverse incentives driving waste.

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