Baxter reviews

Not sure where to begin here. First and foremost, the culture is toxic. The employees from most every department (manufacturing, quality, engineering, etc.) are overworked and under-appreciated. Annual raises are a joke, even during a good year for the plant. I received a promotion within my department at only a 1% raise. This was the final straw in motivating me to find a new job. The benefits package in general is weak: vacation time is very limited, health insurance is expensive with very few options, the bonuses are small, and there are no cash rewards for excelling. I saved the company $2 million in 2013, and I was given a card with a cheap pen and water bottle as appreciation. Management is not willing to invest in the facility. There were plenty of equipment failures that could have been prevented if proper care and replacement were made a priority. In addition, procuring the best equipment was to a priority. Most times, the cheapest junk was purchased and the engineer was tasked with making it work in compliance of the regulatory requirements.

To start, Baxter promotes this wild idea that they are a “best place to work” when everyone who has ever worked there knows differently. I have held a lot of roles in this company and agree with most of the negative reviews below. One thing you must know about Baxter? Baxter does not care about your hard work. Baxter does not care about your dedication. Baxter only cares about who you know and how much money you bring in. There is no room for growth but they will have you do a ton of extra work with the promise of moving up just for them to say you don’t have experience. How would one get experience if they aren’t allowed to job shadow or bare minimum learn for the deptartment they are interested in? Baxter’s pay here is grossly under what it should be. Bonuses are non existent for anyone not in upper management or a sales role. The company is spinning off an entire branch because they over spent on an acquisition and now their dedicated employees have to take the fall for it. Baxter’s motto is to save and sustain lives, that must be for only the people that pay. For us employees there’s no saving or sustaining our lives just a slow gradual push out the door.