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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
Sep 6, 2017

Decent company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexibility to do your job. Some very smart people.

Cons

Very much boys club atmosphere. Promotions are not necessarily based on talent. Not a lot of work / life balance.

2.0
Aug 30, 2017

Principal Product Engineer

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Explores new manufacturing options when developing a new product

Cons

Poor project timing. Projects overlap and compete for resources. No loyalty to employees. Eliminate entire teams without warning to adjust expense spending budget.

2.0
Jul 13, 2017

Not good anymore

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If they need you they pay you good.

Cons

No value of employees right now. Became more customer centric(service based) instead of being product based company. No work life balance.

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