Does Covidien pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Covidien employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Covidien. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Covidien?

57% of Covidien employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Covidien 3.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Covidien?

Engineer (14) , Intern (11) , Manufacturing Engineer (11) , Customer Service Representative (9) , Production Supervisor (9) , Project Manager (9) , Manager (8) , Sales (8) , Field Sales Representative (7) , Quality Engineer (7) , Sales Representative (7) , Director (6) , Product Manager (6) , Product Specialist (6) , Marketing (5)

What are the pros of working at Covidien according to real employee reviews?

"Most benefits good." ((in 73 reviews)); ""Able to work with great people that are wanting to advance in their careers"" ((in 65 reviews)); "There is a good work/life balance and the company has summer hours where you can work 40 hours a week M" ((in 28 reviews)); "good salaries" ((in 21 reviews)); "Great opportunities in the medical device area for using creativity to improve products and management." ((in 15 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Covidien according to real employee reviews?

"Bad Management and totally mismanged" ((in 46 reviews)); "Getting a bad manager can ruin your entire career." ((in 25 reviews)); "Bc there is no leadership and managed poorly they cut and restructure constantly." ((in 19 reviews)); "existent, upper management has no clue to what the employees below are dealing with." ((in 18 reviews)); "At this point I would think promotions are scarce since there are several layoffs happening." ((in 13 reviews))

What are employees saying about Covidien layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Covidien layoffs and their outlook for job security at Covidien in 2026.

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Covidien

Acquired by Medtronic

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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Reviews by job title

813 reviews

1.0

Feb 8, 2014

Soon to be making only diapers

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Above average pay, good advancement if you can get into the "good ole boy" network. Work with some good people (but usually not for long, the good ones rarely stay)

Cons

No vision, no leadership, no support of rank and file. Company seems to exist only for profit of senior leaders and stockholders. No support for new product development: research money swings wildly from one year to the next...one time high, another time all money taken away.

2.0

Dec 29, 2012

Good products, good individual contributors, horrible management

Qa manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Historically the Boulder facility had been great. We launched a lot of new products, had a good flow of communication between departments, and made a lot of money. There are still some great engineers and marketers in the company.

Cons

There was recently a big layoff. While a lot of people who had been around for years and no longer contributed much were let go the management also took the chance to get rid of anyone who offered opinions differing from theirs. I saw some of my colleagues who, in internal departmental meetings, would proposed changes or different ideas than directors and VPs but go along with the VPs decision in front of the rest of the company get let go. It seemed really petty and now no one offers dissenting views. Creativity for the entire R&D organization has been put on notice.

2.0

Nov 26, 2016

Whew that was a close one!

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Favorite part of merging with Medtronic is the holiday party and bringing the patients in to tell their stories.

Cons

There is not training and advancement opportunities in certain areas of the company. Having a position that serves other Covidien employees, the rudeness from other employees calling in is lacking and professionalism forgotten. A few direct managers do not encourage growth and will only converse with you if there is something negative, no support. Also half the company is stuck in the dinosaur age of technology.

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