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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
Oct 23, 2014

COMPANY WAS GREAT WHEN FIRST HIRED - GOING DOWNHILL NOW

Anonymous employee
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Pros

When I worked there they had really good health benefits and other perks for the employees, the employees had a positive and healthy morale and the company was stable and successful with solid leadership.

Cons

After about 3 years there, the layoffs started slowly. In the end, more than 400 people were cut and whole departments were eliminated, putting a huge strain on many of the employees who now had to take on a great deal of additional work once done by full-time employees. They were constantly changing their online systems so right when you had something down pat, they would change it again which drove people crazy. Many employee perks just stopped with no explanation. Health benefits were still good when I left, but with all the layoffs, I am sure they have revamped the benefits as well and people are paying much more for reduced coverage. They changed leadership at the top, then the company moved and this was when everything literally went to hell fast. Management was constantly telling you that you have to "do more" and I was practically living there as it was. NO WORK / LIFE BALANCE AT ALL!! Work load expectations were completely unrealistic and the stress level was through the roof for all. Though I was of course disappointed to be laid off since I am self supporting, part of me was also very relieved. The new commute was awful and I was very happy not to have to deal with several arrogant people on our team anymore.

4.0
Apr 13, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Great people, great products. Definitely not the worst place I've worked. Decent pay.

Cons

Too much work and not enough people to do it. The work would be rewarding if there was more time to do it. Too many meetings.

3.0
Jan 20, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great people to work with, lots of diversity in tasks and products, and a strong customer focus to better understand the market and product environment.

Cons

Management is constantly changing its mind, so projects are started and stopped, then often started again. Very little continuity in workstreams, and often no accomplishments at the end of the project.

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