"I've worked for Intuitive Surgical, working with this company has enhanced my skills in many ways. ISI was truley a great company to be in, but there is also many great opportunities out there. ISI has been around for about 16+ years, The company employs about 1200 people with a few locations, sunnyvale being the corporate location."
"I've worked at Intuitive for almost 2 years. They treat their engineers very well. There is a very open environment as represented by the CEO of the company running the quarterly employee meetings and appearing at other division meetings as well. The only negative is the amount of documentation required for relatively simple engineering changes."
"Excellent company, however to advance far expect to have a PhD."
What do you like about working at Intuitive Surgical?
"Almost everything was great, may return someday. Left of my own choice and can be rehired."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Just be honest, if this is the right place for you it's wonderful but if not they will send you down the road."
What don't you like about working at Intuitive Surgical?
"Non-PhD holders are seldom if ever promoted beyond Principle Developer level. Management and architect positions are almost completely PhD filled. This is probably a natural result of being in the medical device business."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"The philosophy of being a barbarian (ask in the interview) is slipping away, beware that."
What do you like about working at Intuitive Surgical?
"An amazing company which is transforming peoples' lives and health."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Bring your best work ethic ideas and discuss how you can make improvements"
What don't you like about working at Intuitive Surgical?
"Unable to think anything I don't like about the company."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Perhaps the company might hire additional ethnically diverse professional staff"
"Great company to work for, no opportunity for growth, high turnover of managers."
"I miss working for this company."
What do you like about working at Intuitive Surgical?
"Great technology, sales management doesnt care about the feet on the streets"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Keep on closing for the job"
What suggestions do you have for management?
"You can reduce turn over, by providing support to the sales force"
What do you like about working at Intuitive Surgical?
"Autonomy to do my job - given responsibility and accountability."
What don't you like about working at Intuitive Surgical?
"Took too long to change management that was not working."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Company is closed."
"Not Recommended"
What do you like about working at Intuitive Surgical?
"Free coffee and leftover food"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Don't"
What don't you like about working at Intuitive Surgical?
"Ethnic and age discrimination"
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Don't be hypocritical"
Intuitive Surgical has an overall rating of 4.2 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 23 Intuitive Surgical Review Ratings left anonymously by Intuitive Surgical employees, which is 8% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 96% of employees would recommend working at Intuitive Surgical.
Intuitive Surgical employees earn $65,000 annually on average, or $31 per hour, which is 2% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 17 Intuitive Surgical employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Intuitive Surgical Salaries by Job Title.
96% of employees would recommend working at Intuitive Surgical with the overall rating of 4.2 out of 5. Employees also rated Intuitive Surgical 4.2 out of 5 for Company Culture, 4.3 for Rewards You Receive, 3.6 for Growth Opportunities and 4.3 for support you get.
According to our data, the highest paying job at Intuitive Surgical is a Senior Director of R&D at $251,000 annually. Browse Intuitive Surgical Salaries by Job Profile.
According to our data, the lowest paying job at Intuitive Surgical is a Shipping Clerk at $20,000 annually. Browse Intuitive Surgical Salaries by Job Profile.
According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Intuitive Surgical to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.
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