Covidien reviews

They are currently in the process of what they refer to as "right sourcing" which is a clever way of terminating employees and transferring their jobs to contract employees in India while keeping this practice very secretive from the media. Training is practically nonexistent and you are expected to learn new technologies on your own time (I was a non-saleried employee and they wouldn't approve overtime). They load too way much work on you with sub-par compensation. They expect email to be answered on your time off/vacations. Too many meetings that can easily be eliminated in simple face-to-face interactions.

It depends greatly on who you work for. Some managers are terrific, some are controlling, punitive, short sighted. People who stay often do so because they just coast along, not rocking the boat, doing as they are asked, being very cautious. I've worked for four global multinationals and Covidien was far and away the most political environment I've experienced. In many areas people are constantly worried about how they come across, what they say, what people think of them. At times it felt like I was constantly treading on egg shells. It constrains the company and makes it bureaucratic and risk adverse.