A Vortex of Incompetence - Product Manager Alphatec Spine Employee Review

1.0
Feb 19, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

I was able to make some great friends while I was here and get some decent experience. That's about it. This would make an excellent business school case study in the "what not to do" category.

Cons

Where do I begin? The HR department is 10x bigger than it should be and is run by robots. Seriously, they might be robots. Management and their "Strategic Pillars" aren't fooling anyone. When you lack all ability to execute and have the vision of a dictator, it makes for terrible consequences. To make up for the Company's terrible financial position and complete disregard of the meaning of shareholder value, Management pushes products out the door too hastily. Things break, cases go poorly and surgeons get mad. Let's keep in mind that these are class II/III medical devices being used in patients, not Ikea desks you're going to get rid of in two years.

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