Boston Scientific reviews

4.1

83% would recommend to a friend

(5,055 total reviews)
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Michael F. Mahoney

92% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

Boston Scientific has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 5,055 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Boston Scientific employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
Jan 21, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Very competitive benefits, onsite learning opportunities, certain departments hire from within, they take chances on new college graduates, great education reimbursement, some flexible working schedules (depends on what department you are in)

Cons

In less than 3 years of my career there have been multiple layoffs and rumors of future layoffs and outsourcing. Typical corporate atmosphere where their best solution to the political and economic climate is to layoff and/or outsource while senior leadership makes millions in compensation (CEO compensation is a matter of public record. Look it up). There was a major discrepancy in workload for my department, and noticeable favoritism. People who continued to slack off experienced no apparent repercussions while those who worked efficiently were rewarded with more work. Those who carry the workload do so to the point of exhaustion and frustration, with no end in site. The culture is reactive versus proactive. Due to the size of the company, any changes made have to go through so much bureaucratic red tape that by the time the changes comes, nobody can remember the point. Collectively, this all has resulted in a loss of top talent to other companies.

1.0
Jan 20, 2012

Low morale, poor management, out of date systems

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

In my department employee are treated like incompetent criminals. The level of micromanagement is unbelievable! Part of this problem probably stems that supervisors have little to no management experience or training. Drama, office politics and spite are the name of the game. Morale is very low and attitudes are correspondingly bad. Systems are clunky and out-of-date and employee suggestions are ignored. I’ve seen colleges work 12-hour days for months on end and get reprimanded for not doing enough work. If you are a hard worker you are awarded with more work and no recognition or praise. Overall, my department contains a good deal of talented, highly educated professionals but it feels like junior high. Very high turn-over. Maybe other departments are better!

Cons

Employees treated with little respect, office politics, miserable people, no growth, managers with no training, no work-life balance, micromanagement, out-of-date job tools

3.0
Jan 17, 2012

its a coprorate atmoshpere

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

well run, large company, lots of capital

Cons

bureaucratic, can be a bit of a drain

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