Covidien reviews

The amount of red tape and bureaucracy can be demotivating at times. The understanding of procedures is not harmonized between functions and within functions. Culture: An element of an "old boys club" among the ranks, over-focused on diversity which creates a sense of inequity among the group. Managers who are just unable to deal with conflict .

Many legacy employees are resistant to change and spend their time putting out fires. Few people have long term vision, failing to identify systemic issues and invest the time to resolve them. Instead they experience the same issues over and over again. In terms of culture, there is a vast difference between the business units and regions versus the corporate office. Corporate has too much bureaucracy and people working in silos. Across the organization different groups of people are working on the exact same project, but are completely unaware. No coordinated PMO to support business processes (just IS projects).