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Covidien

Acquired by Medtronic

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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 Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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813 reviews
3.0
Feb 18, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

great brand, great products. good work life balance

Cons

1) poor management - senior management in Hyderabad within the reliability group lack corporate experience 2) Work is task based and the management has no vision for this center. 3) Most of the employees have little or no work 4) all the good work is done out of US and the center in hyderabad is struggling.

5.0
Feb 17, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits! Continuous learning on site. Most off all "most" co-workers are great to work with.

Cons

Watch out for the back stabers who pretent to be ur friends but throw u under the bus to get in good graces with their Directors. Lots of snitches who want to get promoted. Mgmt sucks top down!

1.0
Feb 17, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Their benefits package is good, I'll admit. The health insurance is top notch. And they match your 401K up to 6%, though that's basically standard with any large corporation.

Cons

There's very little work-life balance, especially if you're on 2nd or 3rd shift. You're almost always on overtime and you will end up working multiple six-day weeks in a row. Management is very sneaky and will often deceive employees. Decisions seem erratic and unfocused. No one plans anywhere in advance. Vacation days always have a knife held to them. There's very little room to move up for Tier 1 employees. There's only one job title they can claim, though they're more than willing to train an employee to fulfill all the duties then give them the same pay as a lower grade. You can request a transfer and those sometimes go through, but you'll just be moving to another part of the country to do the same exact thing you were doing before. It's a good place to end your career, but a terrible place to start it.

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