“They think dumb and happy works” - Anonymous employee Stryker Employee Review

1.0
Feb 9, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

I get paid a salary to work about less than 3 hours a day (and the salary isn't bad either). The work is easy, no issues with work-life balance.

Cons

Where to begin? A former employee quit, they had known I was feeling uneasy about my job. The complete lack of job satisfaction. It was summed up well “they think dumb and happy works” while amusing is true. There is no sense of urgency on projects. My senior will ask me questions about the system or basic questions. How are you supposed to be my senior? This place is a boys club and sadly, you have to play politics to get ahead. I don’t believe in that, I believe hard work and a strong work ethic will get a person far but not here. Knowledge isn’t shared and people will decide to throw you under the bus or make you the scapegoat. I’ve met some nice people who have cared about my success at the company. But for hecks sake, learn how to be a company and learn how to fire a employee if they have no productivity, don’t just decide not to because they’ve been there “too long” or it’ll be a poor reflection of yourself as a manager. You will never be a successful manager, good thing you’ve played politics.

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