Toxic Environment - Program Manager, IT Medtronic Employee Review

1.0
Oct 30, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good work life balance, summer hours (work until noon on Fridays). That is why I stay....

Cons

Leadership is awful. Two of my managers went through ethics investigations (and a third should have!). It starts at the top. There have been rounds and rounds of layoffs and there are more coming, especially in IT (due to the "transformation"). I would stay away from Medtronic - and also tell friends and family members to avoid using Medtronic devices until things stabilize! It is heartbreaking and Earl Bakken (the founder) would be disgusted.

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5.0
Jun 8, 2026
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Pros

The best company I’ve ever worked for.

Cons

Really can’t think of many. It’s heavily matrixed but that’s to be expected.

3.0
Jun 24, 2026
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Pros

Generous, old-school benefits. Almost twice the PTO as other places I've worked, excellent healthcare, 401K matching, etc. Many high-quality colleagues and a generally mellow, polite business culture.

Cons

Multiple competing bureaucracies, internal consultancies, a computer-illiterate 'stakeholder' class with permission to disrupt anything, and perverse incentives driving waste.

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