Carestream Health reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(564 total reviews)
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Todd Clegg

48% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

Carestream Health has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 564 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Carestream Health employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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564 reviews
1.0
Dec 31, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

They don't (yet) physically chain you to your desk - so you are still free to leave when it becomes unbearable.

Cons

In my experience Carestream was a very unpleasant place to work. The American senior management operate a culture of bullying and oppression which puts a great deal of unnecessary stress on workers. HR in Carestream is in a very, very sorry state, with a bizarre method of appraisal that simply doesn't stand up to any logical scrutiny. I left Carestream a few months ago and now work in a similarly high-pressure role, with one BIG difference - the company I now work for is managed by people who actually understand the market and actually understand how business works. The result is that, whilst I still have work pressures, the stress levels are way, way lower than at Carestream. If you're thinking of leaving Carestream for any of the reasons mentioned above, my advice - based on my own actual experience - is DO IT!

1.0
Oct 9, 2015

I would not recommend this company to my worse enemy.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

For me it is the location and the wonderful cafeteria staff. The building is kept clean. Security is very nice.

Cons

Lets see, where do I start? This company sucks the life right out of you. Unapproachable leadership team. No one wants to make a decision. Terrible culture and the leadership team does not care. HR has lost some great people over the past several months and they simply don't care. This has caused a huge void because I worked very closely with one and I know she truly cared about me and others. Get a HR leader in there that cares about people not one that has absolutely no HR experience and leads by fear.

1.0
Aug 3, 2015

Terrible Leadership

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The best part of Carestream are the people you work with. Also good salary and average benefits.

Cons

Over the past year, the working environment has changed considerably. Upper management is willing to compromise their morals and integrity to meet business needs. The unfortunate part is that these objectives could be met quicker and with better quality without the negative environment. HR has become a puppet organization blindly following direction from the CEO. They were proud last year that they prematurely rolled out a consistent performance review process that was a disaster. The joke here is that each business still changed the process to meet their own objectives. After the review was complete, they changed the performance definitions of the lowest ratings to justify firing people. The performance review process itself is based on one-on-one competition -- the only way to get a higher rating is to throw someone above that spot under the bus. This is actually quite easy to achieve given that any manager can make up any issue for the performance correlation without any previous discussion with the employee or the employee's manager. Many organizations, especially the functional organizations, have built a rule by fear approach. People can be fired at any time - and are - without any reason. Legal - yes. Ethical -- no. Some groups have resorted to firing people to avoid the separation costs associated with a lay off. If you are considering a job here, keep your resume handy

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