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On average, employees at Smith & Nephew give their company a 3.7 rating out of 5.0 - which is 5% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. The happiest Smith & Nephew employees are Sales Representatives submitting an average rating of 0.0.

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3.7
Average Rating
(based on 18 Smith & Nephew Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.7
Growth Opportunities
3.4
People You Work With
4.2
Person You Work For
4.1
Rewards You Receive
3.3
Support You Get
3.9
Way You Work
3.7
Work Setting
3.6
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Engineer Intern

"Good internship experience"

What do you like about working at Smith & Nephew?

"It was a smaller company which made it easier to learn about other departments and cross train. Also, I felt like the managers there were approachable. As an intern, I felt like they did value our work and that we were a necessity to the group."

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

"Be enthusiastic and ask questions. Be willing to work hard."

What don't you like about working at Smith & Nephew?

"My job involved a lot of busy work which didn't allow me to pursue other avenues of interest or growth."

Senior Product Development Engineer

"Started Aug 2009. Ok so far. Jury is still out... ask me in 6-12 months."

What do you like about working at Smith & Nephew?

"Medical product design, access to customers & reseach opportunities. Excellent hiring manager."

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

"Bring medical skills set to the table, or don't waste your time applying. They don't hire folks into product development without medical product experience."

What don't you like about working at Smith & Nephew?

"Company culture is disfunctional. High attrition. OPS is disfunctional to an extreme."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Do a better job researching department specific demographics before relocating offices. Fix company culture disfunctionality (OPS needs a lot of work)."

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

3.7
Smith & Nephew (33)

4.5 Highest Rated in this Industry is Newport Medical Instruments (7)
1.3 Lowest Rated in this Industry is Roberts Home Medical (5)
3.7 Average of All Companies in this Industry (4,317)
Quality Control Analyst

"This company was a good place to work."

What do you like about working at Smith & Nephew?

"The QC Microbiology (my department) manager was well liked and did a good job."

What don't you like about working at Smith & Nephew?

"Limited technical experiences in QC (not many methods were used)."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Space limitations in the QC departments was limiting the amount of equipment that could be used. QC Chemistry in particular could have benefited from higher technology equipment."

Sales Representative

"smith and nephew review"

What do you like about working at Smith & Nephew?

"Money was good"

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

"ask for previous years numbers in territory they try to give you."

What don't you like about working at Smith & Nephew?

"management was mostly bad"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"stick with a plan, listen to the reps who are actually out there"

Associate Representative

What do you like about working at Smith & Nephew?

"I loved the office staff and physicians I worked with. We developed close working relationships."

Rework Clerk

"Long over do."

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

"Please be fearful of marking your race on the application,because it does matter to them."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I feel that your company is very predjudice.When I worked for Peoplemark temp.service,who hired me to work at Smith and Nephew,I truly liked my job,but because of predjudice feelings do to both Peoplemark and Smith and Nephew Iwasn't able to be hired for a job that I had worked as a temp for nine months!Of course the job went to a caucasion,that had no experience at all."

Sales Representative

"Great job to have in the OR."

Inventory Specialist

"Interesting"

What do you like about working at Smith & Nephew?

"new frontiers. Always evolving"

What don't you like about working at Smith & Nephew?

"You could be out of work at a moments notice. Too many manager changes"

Sales Representative

What do you like about working at Smith & Nephew?

"The people and leadership"

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

"Solid overall company"

What don't you like about working at Smith & Nephew?

"Being on call 24-7"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Call rotation"

Manufacturing Engineer

What do you like about working at Smith & Nephew?

"Great Management Team!!! Nice working enviroment. Everybody was trusted and respected"

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

"be yourself"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep that way!"

National Sales Manager

"perspective from working directly for the Smith and Nephew parent orginization"

What do you like about working at Smith & Nephew?

"very receptive to creativity and a strong camraderie...lots of pride within the orginization"

Research Associate

"okay"

What do you like about working at Smith & Nephew?

"not there at this time"

What don't you like about working at Smith & Nephew?

"new projects"

Technology Manager

What do you like about working at Smith & Nephew?

"Loved working as Manager there, loved working with the people, menaing the customers and my staff"

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

"Just know the history of the company, and where the company is trying to go today."

What don't you like about working at Smith & Nephew?

"Too much politics, by the executive. They outsourced my area to India"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Do not allow personal feeling to prohibit you from steering the company in the direction that is conducive to the success of the company itself."

Customer Service Representative

What do you like about working at Smith & Nephew?

"nothing"

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

"ask allot of questions"

What don't you like about working at Smith & Nephew?

"the lack of management"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"need to work it out themselves"

Technical Support Supervisor

"Company went to China"

What do you like about working at Smith & Nephew?

"Good working conditions"

What don't you like about working at Smith & Nephew?

"Company not focused on employees focus on money for top managment"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Employees make the company not cheep labor"

Smith & Nephew Reviews FAQs

Is Smith & Nephew a good company to work for?

Smith & Nephew has an overall rating of 3.7 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 18 Smith & Nephew Review Ratings left anonymously by Smith & Nephew employees, which is 5% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 83% of employees would recommend working at Smith & Nephew.

Does Smith & Nephew pay their employees well?

Smith & Nephew employees earn $61,000 annually on average, or $29 per hour, which is 8% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 11 Smith & Nephew employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Smith & Nephew Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Smith & Nephew?

83% of employees would recommend working at Smith & Nephew with the overall rating of 3.7 out of 5. Employees also rated Smith & Nephew 3.7 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.3 for Rewards You Receive, 3.4 for Growth Opportunities and 3.9 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Smith & Nephew?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Smith & Nephew is a Vice President at $215,000 annually. Browse Smith & Nephew Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Smith & Nephew?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Smith & Nephew is a Senior Sales Training Specialist at $11,000 annually. Browse Smith & Nephew Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at Smith & Nephew?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Smith & Nephew to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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