Zimmer Biomet reviews

3.5

62% would recommend to a friend

(2,491 total reviews)
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Ivan Tornos

63% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Zimmer Biomet has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 2,491 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Zimmer Biomet 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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2K reviews
1.0
Apr 29, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-GREAT products -Respected in the industry

Cons

-the morale of the sales force is horrible -Reps are stretched way too thin, with an enormous bag of products (and little support or resources) -the distributor model is no longer effective, new reps are not given fair opportunities to grow or make money -transparency is poor (half the time customers know more about what's going on with Zimmer before you do) -I don't even know what Zimmer's mission is and I've worked for the company for 5 years.....I guess patient care and the purpose of our products don't matter to shareholders??

2.0
Feb 12, 2014

A company that went from the best place I ever worked, to the worst.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

paycheck, can be used as a stepping stone to get experience for another orthopedic company, which many have done. Pretty good pay for small town.

Cons

extreme stress, everyone in management afraid to make decision. gestapo like leadership at top. Every year since present top management took over employees have seen benefits taken away, such as medical insurance for retirees, paid holidays, and shares of stock options that had previously been given as incentive for good work. The lawyer and his minions want it all. The company has been sued twice in last 5 years for dishonest practices. Go figure.

2.0
Jan 15, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great Products. At least there is a qualified person at the helm, trying to give the board some good info on how to run a company before "number one" runs it into the ground.

Cons

No Career path. Extraordinarily poor management. They don't listen, and nothing ever changes. Robbing peter to pay paul is not sustainable long term, and definitely not a business strategy. Although our new leader is trying to rectify years and years of mismanagement, it could be too little too late.. Its been bad for 5+ years and it keeps getting worse. Inventory system is terrible....you need what you need, when you need it....end of story! Morale is bad and most people are not happy. Culture: Corporate middle management, distributors and their management chew up substantial amounts of revenue when reinvestment in the business is slim to none. They pay the bill at restaurants(if they can't figure out how to pawn it off on the sales force attending the dinner), fly around all over the place to do nothing at meetings, and never have an answer to any question one could ask related to the core business. However, there is not enough inventory and the people that could answer questions no longer work for Zimmer. When Average selling price is going down year after year, failing to adapt is still failure. We work twice as hard for less and the distributor/company keeps more.

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