Dexcom reviews

3.6

60% would recommend to a friend

(1,464 total reviews)
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Kevin Sayer

79% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Dexcom has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,464 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Dexcom 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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1K reviews
4.0
Jul 26, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Definitely pushes me to be better at my job and progress to the next level of my career. Sink or swim kinda thing. Well compensated. My group is both supportive in this fast paced, challenging environment and allows for work/life balance and encourages taking time off. I hear that may not be true company wide (con), but if you can find a manager like that, this place is a win.

Cons

No 401k (yet, but company stock more than makes up for it... if you get it). Culture doesn't really provide an opportunity to slow down and reflect or methodically work through a problem. It's all go go go go go. I am luck with the group I'm in supporting a "slower" more thought-out, methodical process. It really adds ballast to what would otherwise be an imbalanced culture. That's going to be group specific though. Your manager will allow the space for work/life balance... or not.

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Dexcom Response
8y
Thank you very much for your thoughtful and constructive review. I am glad that you feel your work group is a great fit for you and that it is keeping you challenged!
1.0
Mar 2, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great device that improves the quality of life for patients. There are some great people that work for the company.

Cons

Senior mgmt is clueless when it comes to field sales. They are more concerned about metrics that do not matter. Never seen a company that has so many inside managers trying to justify their existence within the company. This company is a joke to work for and they screwed up what was working just fine before they introduced IMS data that has clearly handicapped the business and our ability to do our jobs.

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Dexcom Response
9y
We appreciate this feedback and have taken it seriously. We are proud of our products and we do have a great team of people who have made us the fastest growing company in our industry segment for many years. We have a constant flow of new products, new FDA applications and new clinical studies to drive even greater sales. We are sorry that you have this impression of our management and metrics, and hopefully this will change as you continue to work with both – we have a very talented sales force, and we have an equally talented group of leaders who care deeply about our sales force. Each field sales team member has an assigned territory and manages sales and relationships with health care providers and clinics in their territory. Our space has become increasingly competitive, and we constantly search for new tools and methods to assist our field sales force in being more effective. Our use of IMS data has helped us focus our sales efforts, while giving appropriate credit for such sales, and over time should enable our sales team to achieve greater sales more efficiently. We will continue to improve our use of data and market research and find additional ways to help our sales team, and we welcome specific feedback on ideas you and all of our sales team may have. However, increasing competition and regulation will drive us to continuously revise our selling process, and successful sales team members embrace and lead our change efforts.
2.0
Feb 16, 2017

Perspective from Customer Operations -- A Mixed Bag

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Disclaimer: Much of my experience at Dexcom is only applicable to customer operations as I've only ever worked in this department. All the other departments—finance, HR, legal, manufacturing, engineering, etc.—have different leadership, cultures, and even occupy different buildings, so my subjective experience is mostly applicable to customer operations only. With that said, here are the pros about working at Dexcom: Great health insurance benefits. Above average pay and paid time off. Usually you're surrounded by amiable colleagues with a lot of upbeat personalities. It's a great feeling knowing you're part of a very worthy cause. Dexcom continues to grow and so job security has never been an issue. I believe the senior management in customer operations really does want to make Dexcom a better place to work.

Cons

No 401k match. There is very limited opportunity for career growth, but at least there are plenty of opportunities for lateral moves to different teams within customer ops (e.g., the most common one I see are Customer Service Representatives becoming Account Specialists or Reorder Sales Specialists). However, don't expect to move up. While there are openings for supervisory roles that come up once in a while, there's generally very little in the way of moving up in this department. Dexcom prefers to hire external candidates that are way overqualified and have tons of experience rather than hire internally and develop their existing employees. Lots of Patient Sales Specialists are interested in moving to a field sales position, but Dexcom has not hired an inside sales rep for the field in years. I have also witnessed other departments such as regulatory and clinical not hiring candidates from other departments; even though the candidates might have the requisite educational background, they are declined a position because they don't have the experience. I don't know if Dexcom has been burned one too many times with internal hires not panning out, but Dexcom tends to shy away from developing talent from within. Work/life balance is meh. I suspect most people probably feel the same way. I asked for a permanent shift change and was denied because my supervisor felt that having an earlier shift would change the perception of my internal customers towards me. I guess I can understand the rationale, but I was the most tenured person on my team, and preference for shift changes have historically gone to the people that have worked here the longest, and I really don't like sitting in traffic for an hour or more because my shift ends close to 5 PM. Also, only certain salaried positions have the ability to work from home, but this isn't too surprising. You will encounter apathetic colleagues, or colleagues with very poor follow-through, or folks that simply don't communicate very well. This is pretty much true of every company, although I was surprised at the number of salaried/career type people this applied to. Customer ops is an open concept floor plan and essentially a giant cube farm, so if you like that environment, great. For the rest of us... not so great.

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