No Betriebsrat, horrible HR, no career opportunities. - R&D Engineer MED-EL Employee Review

1.0
Jul 9, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Chilled environment and nice colleagues. Perfect if your only goal is getting your salary at the end of the month.

Cons

The company is not able to handle such a fast growth in a short period of time. Nevertheless, if you want to get a career, forget about it. NO BETRIEBSRAT: by law, all the companies with more than 50 employees need to have a union of workers that defends the employees' rights, Medel does not have it. Horrible HR, their role is to negotiate your (low) salary and defend the company and its management. This means that abuse of power, workplace bullying and general harassment do not exist, you get fired for REPORTING that. Micromanagement over the top, the CEO has to approve even the small little things and encourages teams and groups to compete against each other on the same projects. This means that several teams can work on the same things without sharing any information, so they end up in a conflict, being afraid of getting fired if they "lose" the competition. The only one that loses is the company, that doesn't get the value that it could get if these people would join forces instead of repeating each other's mistakes in such a political environment.

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5.0
Apr 27, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Friendly people, challenging work, important mission. US headquarters is a beautiful building. Dedicated teams/departments working together to bring hearing to hearing-impaired adults and children through advanced technology. Management cares about the company culture.

Cons

No real downside to working here. Compensation and benefits for the geographical area are competitive, but could be a bit better.

4.0
Apr 8, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The benefits offered were great.

Cons

You only get paid once a month

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