Conformis reviews

At the time I was hired, ConforMIS would only accept candidates with a B.S. or higher in Engineering; however, the starting salary is approximately $12,000 below the industry standard. Raises are capped at 3%, and are reduced if your review happened partway through your first year. Furthermore, the low salary is even lower when looked at on the hourly scale, as the average CAD engineer works beyond 40 hours per week. It is not uncommon for management to ask the CAD department to stay late and/or work weekends. In addition to the low pay, the work is simply not stimulating to the average engineer. The "design" work is repetitive and uninteresting. About half of the work as a CAD Engineer is reviewing the designs of your peers. Those who are dedicated and produce work quickly are "rewarded" with petty side projects. Although all training is clearly laid out in work instructions, it is never properly communicated to trainees. Ultimately, CAD engineers are trained to whatever method produces product the fastest. Furthermore, CAD engineers were prohibited from seeking any consultation from the Design Engineers who actually worked on the product design. A casual environment with young fellow engineers sounds fun; however, more often than not the office at ConforMIS was simply unprofessional.

There is a minimum 9 hour work day requirement (45 hour work week), where they like to point out that your break for lunch should not be included for that. There is a false pretense of looking out for the patients we design for, as well as the people who work here, but all that really matters are the productivity numbers. Despite every school and business in the state closing due to winter storms, this company refuses to do so. The company has a history of "strongly encouraging" people to work on weekends, stay longer hours, and make personal sacrifices without any compensation (no overtime pay) or effort on the companies side to resolve these types of situations from occuring. Overall, the company will milk as much out of its employees under the guise of, "you're making a difference in the world!". There is a disturbing reliance on a top-down approach to every problem, where the opinions of the workers do not matter. Rather than listen to solutions from those who actually do the work, management just sees the numbers, tries to tinker and expand too rapidly, and then wonders why productivity is falling off. There is something to be said when the most effective practices seem to have been developed by the rank and file. There are also the occasional news stories that bring to question the legitmacy of the CEO's financial practices and the benefits of the actual product that is being developed. The greatest disgrace comes in the fact that the people working here are generally bright, inquisitive minds relegated to doing repetitive, mindless work. I've yet to see any tangible gestures of kindness or support from the executives (pompous speeches notwithstanding), while coworkers often bring baked goods or plan events for special occasions. The overreliance on proprietary programs leaves employees without many practical skills outside of working for Conformis, while the programs themselves are quite buggy and inefficient. Then if the program fails, the employee is blamed and looked poorly upon in future reviews. The heavy hand of management is ever present in this company, and I would not be surprised to find a mass exodus of fed up workers within the coming months. The company asks a lot of its employees while having some of the poorest options for health coverage, 401k, time off, holidays, and really anything in which the company can save expenses. Even the options for tea, once a proud bastion of 8 exciting flavors, has been reduced to a paltry 3 (green, green with lemon, and black). At least they still provide free coffee and water.