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Physio-Control

Acquired by Stryker

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Physio-Control Reviews

2.8

43% would recommend to a friend

(119 total reviews)

Kevin Lobo

19% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Physio-Control has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 119 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Physio-Control 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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119 reviews
2.0
18 Sept 2016

Management has Lost Their Way

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

We make life saving products for life saving teams. The office in Redmond is decent, we have a cafeteria and a gym.

Cons

We were acquired by Stryker earlier this year and we're waiting to see how the integration progresses. Brian Webster is no longer CEO (a good thing in my opinion), but Mitch Parrish former COO stepped into the CEO position (or whatever he's called now we're part of Stryker). Also not a good thing. The leadership - I use that term loosely - is lost. Directors and VP's run around worrying about golf rather than helping the team members with direction and goal setting. Very white male culture, shockingly so. It's amazed me how they get away with all the unprofessional behavior (gossip, trips, affairs with employees, etc.). HR is floundering as well - they can't complete the most rudimentary tasks so that leaves the managers struggling with even more to do. Recent new hires at the Senior Manager and Director levels have absolutely no medical device manufacturing experience. Since they receive no training, they don't know how to contribute for a good 6-12 months after being hired. Some of the "leaders" don't like the idea of Stryker owning us and have become active obstacles to the integration. The acquisition has brought the worst out in some of the leadership team and they surround themselves with people who do nothing but stroke their egos. Until Stryker makes some changes, I'd stay away from Physio-Control.

3.0
8 Mar 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

We make high quality, market-leading life-saving medical devices. Saving lives is always a good business to be in. I'm proud of the products we make.

Cons

way too top-heavy executive management. huge disconnect between the "business end" esp marketing/finance (the people who get in the way) and the product development and operations side of things (the people who actually do things). literally, the two groups are separated into two different buildings, it's like two different worlds. It's gotten steadily worse since we were bought by Bain Financial and emphasis has been shifted to bottom line financials.

1.0
22 Sept 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Mission is good. There are few non-management staff that are great.

Cons

VP is incapable and surrounds himself with all his buddies. HR has no teeth. VP does atrocious things and they look the other way. A manager was having an affair with a consultant in the open and the VP actively promotes him. Who voted for the current President? Has somebody interviewed him? Maybe the last president and he had a buddy system.

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