Very good place to work, happy to be here! - Anonymous employee Avedro Employee Review

5.0
Aug 1, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Diverse group of nice people to work with on products that make Lasik better and new technology that has promise to get rid of eyeglasses and contacts without Lasik surgery. Excellent work facility with a full service cafeteria, indoor parking and well equipped gym. The company has a catered summer picnic every year in Ipswich for employees and their families, a great Christmas cocktail/dinner party at the Taj in Boston for employees and their significant others, and every several weeks the CEO stops work early and gets all the employees together for a business update from him with pizza and beer. Benefits are some of the best: The company fully pays health and dental including family members; three weeks vacation (two for hourly people); 11 paid holidays; and half-day Fridays during all of August! Almost always 8 to 5, M-F.

Cons

It's a start up, things are always changing (but moving forward).

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5.0
Jan 5, 2023
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CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Providing patients with a one time disease halting therapy!

Cons

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5.0
Oct 13, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Lots of company change in 2016 has made for a very positive work environment - the old reviews here are very outdated. We now have US FDA approval, a new CEO who is a great leader with experience managing several other successful startups, flexible work environment (1/2 day Fridays in Summer), great benefits (100% dental, etc), colleagues with strong knowledge of ophthalmic space. With being a small company, it's easier to move departments and roles if there is an interest - great development opportunities.

Cons

I was hesitant to work here because of the negative reviews and the previous hostile work environment. Apparently the stories are true but that CEO is thankfully long gone! I made sure to address this in the interview process because I was leaving a Fortune 500 company to take a chance on Avedro. Once I met the people, I knew that it was a good fit. The people are great and the company is going at a fast pace. It's an exciting time to work here! It's just disappointing that the previous work environment is giving the company a bad rep.

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