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
Jan 26, 2021

Awful Company

Anonymous employee
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Pros

You'll wear many hats giving a wide range of experience not gained with other employers in the same market space

Cons

ZB is a holding company that just happens to operate in the orthopaedic marketplace. The company is run by accountants and lawyers. You'll be underpaid relative to counterparts at other companies. Getting even the most simple things done is like trying to get a constitutional amendment passed. Your survivability relative to semiannual layoffs is essentially a game of musical chairs. There is legitimately little-to-no room for career growth and advancement opportunity. The high level performers are either let go or get frustrated and leave, while the few promotions that do happen go to the lazy, incompetent, and ineffectual and these promotions are due to the length of time served not accomplishments--this company is not a meritocracy. Warsaw employees will be paid dramatically more than you when you live in a major metropolitan area with a cost of living 2x to 3x that of the Warsaw, IN market. If you like working for the federal government, want the same level of red tape and idiocy, while not making a government employee pension, this is the place for you.

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Zimmer Biomet Response
5y
Thank you for your review, although we are sorry to hear of your ZB experience thus far. If you feel that something violates our companies' guiding principle "respecting the contributions and perspectives of team members," we encourage you to report these occurrences and discuss opportunities with your manager and/or HR business partner. It is with candid and constructive feedback that we can continue to improve and succeed as a company. While you are meeting with your manager and/or HR representative, we encourage team members to have conversations about career growth and opportunities, such as tuition reimbursement, utilization of the internal career portal and performance tools. After all, the responsibility to map out your career goals and development plan belongs to the individual and his/her manager. In the meantime, we hope to reassure you that our Total Rewards team continuously reviews our pay program to ensure team members are paid equitably in line with each location's cost of living and current market standards. We empower you to use your voice given the opportunity, such as the current total rewards survey.
1.0
Sep 16, 2020

Not a very nice place to work

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Pros

Some good people but constrained by egotistical,old fashioned senior management style

Cons

Management team not allowed to manage but must bow to one senior manager in all aspects including areas that he is not qualified

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Zimmer Biomet Response
5y
Thank you for sharing your feedback, and we are sorry to hear you are concerned with the leadership and future of Zimmer Biomet. We continue to believe that our leadership has the tools and experience needed to continue live out our mission and focus on our culture and standards of integrity.
1.0
Jan 31, 2020

What is professionalism?

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Pros

Great products and motivated sales team

Cons

Zero people management skills with people not valued. The worst culture in any organisation I have ever worked in with 30 years of work experience. Attrition extremely high with zero action to look at why this is occurring. Zero formal training department with out formal certification, sink or swim mentally!!! No accountability or ownership.

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Zimmer Biomet Response
6y
It’s our hope that all who join our team find a stimulating work environment focused on being the best for our customers and patients. We are sorry to hear that your experience was less than that. Thank you for providing us with details on your experience.
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