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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

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.5

      Compensation and benefits

      3.1

      Culture & values

      3.1

      Work/Life balance

      3.1

      Career opportunities

      2.7

      Senior management

      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
      2.0
      Jul 19, 2012

      Old School Management

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Learning and training opportunities, at least until they decide to freeze all spending. A good place to start your career and move on. Very stable company with a lot of growth.

      Cons

      Old school management. A place where you can still find managers without a college degree. The place is managed like a "mom and pop" shop making it very difficult to implement any new ideas.

      2.0
      Jul 13, 2012

      Profitable business model, but dysfunctional work environment

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Covidien offers the compensation and benefits package that you'd expect from a larger corporation. Everyone gets a PPO health plan - no high deductible nonsense. There is a progressive premium structure; make more, pay more. You can further reduce your rates by going for a physical and taking an on-line health assessment There is also a dental plan and a vision plan. All benefits start on day one. Even if you don't contribute to your 401k, Covidien will contribute 3% of your salary. If you do, they'll kick in up to 3% more. You can purchase Covidien stock at a discount. There is also an on campus gym (for a nominal fee), multiple cafeterias with subsidized meals, and discounts on cell phone plans and software. I had no problem getting the salary that I requested. Most of the people tend to be nice, and the facilities (save a couple of the buildings) are in great shape.

      Cons

      Covidien is too large to generalize the experience everyone will have, but be forewarned that the company's business model can lead to frustrating situations for some employees. The model essentially revolves around acquiring profitable companies and trying to integrate them into the large conglomerate. The problem is that resources aren't sufficiently allocated to improve and update the existing company infrastructure. Covidien is profiting from its acquisitions, so why bother spending the money to modernize internal functions? Namely, this means that the IS department is in the dark ages. Functions like advanced data extraction that would normally be handled by IS units fall upon business analysts and managers. If you work with data be prepared for a very cumbersome process unlike the business systems and data analysis tools you've used at previous roles.

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