Applied Medical reviews

3.5

69% would recommend to a friend

(934 total reviews)
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75% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Applied Medical has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 934 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Applied Medical employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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934 reviews
2.0
Aug 9, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

-Relatively friendly to hiring new grads, so this is a good back-up option for your first job out of college. -The company is always expanding its capabilities and bringing on new processes, so if you'd like to 'step up' and take leadership where there is none, you can. -The poorly defined job roles allow you to wear many hats and perform multiple engineering functions, providing diverse experiences. -Friendly college campus vibe among engineers. The average engineer is in their mid-20s. (I'm genuinely surprised when I come across anyone older than 30.) You can grab a beer and talk smack about the company with most of your coworkers. -CEO seems like a nice guy.

Cons

-Management loves to micromanage and pretend they're just a small company. A mom and pop medical supply shop with international distribution and a billion dollars in assets. -Management is bad at managing and embarks upon major multi-million dollar projects without a clear plan or realistic expectations. $15 million project with no defined project manager? That's fine, I'm sure things will just work themselves out eventually... -Management at the highest level are all related somehow. Being family-owned has its pros and cons, but just remember that a penny saved is a penny earned (of inheritance) when the president rejects your purchase requests and tell you to check eBay for critical equipment (on multiple occasions). -Very low pay and un-competitive benefits package. They will match a whole 1% of your salary for your 401k, so you're essentially on your own for retirement savings. Combine that with salaries that are routinely ~$20k below local market rate for the same role/area and you have a situation where it is actively against your own best interest to stay longer than two years. Good resume building experience but a terrible place to stay for a long term career, and everyone there knows it. I have had co-workers I hardly know encourage me to apply to better companies on multiple occasions.

1.0
Feb 26, 2015

Stay away

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Nice buildings, can wear sweats pants to work, some coworkers are nice. Easy interview and hiring process, they won't do any drug test or background check for corporate employees.

Cons

Family everywhere you turn! Not an equal opportunity employer. The friends of management and family friends get hired and promoted without experience/knowledge of what they will doing over people who work hard and have the knowledge and education. Raises are only for relatives and friends. Hotline is a joke because is not confidential and you will get fired for saying anything. People get fired for no reason or warning, if one of friends or family don't like you, you are out. Not stable place to work.

1.0
Jun 10, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Okay place to get some starting experience, people are friendly, clean and neat environment. Organized structure. They keep all manufacturing in US.

Cons

Owners and HR are cheap. They keep a lot of the money to themselves I don't doubt they deserve some of it but people need to make a living too. Raises not given much if any. Politics. Buy new buildings left and right and spend money renovating but can't supposedly give employees raises. Favoritism and nepotism exist. Not really after employee retention whether the economy is good or bad. They lowball people. Wouldnt be surprised if insiders are bumping up ratings on glass door. Cross training people and give them more work because others are leaving. Get promoted to manager but no pay increase. They do certain things that are a waste of time just because that's the way their system is setup. People will try to stop others from progressing. Probably buying lot of buildings because one of the investors wanted more money and they want to deflate profit margins. Make you sign a form basically says you'll accept so called bonus check, and won't sue company if you've been discriminated against.

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