Conformis reviews

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.

-constant micro-management comes from ineffective team leads/supervisors, who fear repercussions from the upper management if their teams aren't hitting proper numbers. -half your time is spent reviewing work of others, which is the same work you design all day, makes for a highly boring day. -productivity is solely based on "production", ie # of designs you complete. time spent on side projects, quality meetings, other meetings, company meetings, etc do not count towards your daily quota, therefore you must stay late on an almost daily basis in order to avoid being reprimanded. -highly manipulate atmosphere regarding quotas- you will be told this is all about the "team" and "helping the team succeed". it's not, it's about numbers. -if you need more than 1 hour of personal time to go to the doctor/dentist/etc you are required to use PTO. -condescending, passive aggressive management who regurgitate upper management sentiments ad nauseam. numbers are all that matter. -zero opportunity to give suggestions for betterment of the department/company. -zero opportunity for meaningful career advancement. -department will likely be outsourced in the near future- no job security. -zero marketable skills to be gained aside from CAD. -below average compensation -highly secretive environment, you will have no idea what the goals of the company are. -if you have an engineering degree, look elsewhere! this is not a job for engineers. it's a job for high school grads with some CAD background.