Covidien Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Excellent working atmosphere."

What do you like about working at Covidien?

"Great learning opportunity and contribution is highly recognized."

What do you like about working at Covidien?

"I enjoyed having a territory to myself."

What don't you like about working at Covidien?

"Selling against the generic equivalent is challenging."

What do you like about working at Covidien?

"Interacting with the client onsite."

What don't you like about working at Covidien?

"Being that it was a small startup company the career growth opportunity was not available."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management was great but more opportunities for career growth should be provided."

"Great company, poor GBU!"

What do you like about working at Covidien?

"Corporate level executives care about the business and its success."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Watch your back. There is backstabbing throughout the company."

What don't you like about working at Covidien?

"Managers with different cultural backgrounds."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Treat employees with respect and trust/guide your management team to new levels of success."

What do you like about working at Covidien?

"The technology and industry, working with smart engineers, working with machining suppliers."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Sharpen your Six Sigma skills and be familiar with the GMP manual."

What don't you like about working at Covidien?

"I like everything."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Walk around more and talk to individual employees."

What do you like about working at Covidien?

"Excellent training opportunities and very strong system."

What don't you like about working at Covidien?

"At times too much relocation necessary."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"This is a great company and I strongly recommend it. The only reason I left was due to the fact that several production plants were closing down for restructuring purposes."

What do you like about working at Covidien?

"People."

What don't you like about working at Covidien?

"Having my position eliminated after 16 years."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep up the good work."

"Manage the safety, process safety, health, emergency response and environmental groups"

What do you like about working at Covidien?

"Is a site that in terms of safety and environmental, brings on a daily basis new challenging opportunities due to the complexity of the operations."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be willing to get directly involved in the daily safety and environmental activities."

What don't you like about working at Covidien?

"I enjoy working at the site because every day is a new experience."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I could suggest to management to keep up with the continuous improvement efforts, due to the age of the site (1856)."

"Work ethics are subjective, and would say good luck if accepted."

"True words from a previous employee who loved making Covidien a more compliant place of work."

What do you like about working at Covidien?

"Freedom to complete my tasks with very little oversight."

What don't you like about working at Covidien?

"Did not address federal regulation discrepancies by posting recall of devices that did not comply. They had a lack of integrity to quality that was outweighed by product sales."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Retain the loyal workers and be true to a quality product."

"Great experience with organization in transition."

"When I went to the interview, I knew this was the best place for that moment in my career."

What do you like about working at Covidien?

"I love the lab, and I enjoy the work that it takes to make the production a success."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be flexible, be on time, and be productive"

What don't you like about working at Covidien?

"The down time, I rather be working"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Take the opportunity to know your employees"

"Good place"

What do you like about working at Covidien?

"Bosses, benefits"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Good luck"

What don't you like about working at Covidien?

"Nothing"

"This plant/company needs a lot of work on employee relations."

What do you like about working at Covidien?

"The employees want to do a good job, but are held down by upper management"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Apply there only as a last resort."

What don't you like about working at Covidien?

"Upper management - replacing people who have worked hard so they can put their favorite employees in the replaced employees positions."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Have more faith in your employees. Quit the political tug of wars."

"good"

What do you like about working at Covidien?

"It was a relaxed casual atmosphere, people were friendly."

What don't you like about working at Covidien?

"it was a contract position."