Stuck in the past, very poor management, future at risk, super easy but very boring job - Anonymous employee Cook Medical Inc Employee Review

1.0
Nov 26, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

If you don't want to work hard (or work much) Park 48 Marketing is for you. The gym is decent and the $25 Thanksgiving card is okay. 4% 401K match is good but pay is very very poor for medical device industry.

Cons

This company is stuck in the past. Cook Medical believes because they were successful in the past they will be in the future. Management provides no vision for the company to employee's, totally lacks a strategy, and hires based on who you know not what you know. The pay is the lowest in the medical device industry and the company also has one of the worst vacation schedules (PTO) (one day for Christmas, one day for thanksgiving, and one day for July 4...come on). No one in the company can tell you how to get promoted (not even your manager). You basically need to wait around and hope someone taps you on the shoulder and promotes you. The raises at Cook are horrible, maybe 2% if you work in Marketing, around 4% in Engineering. Raises are not based on what you contribute, they come down from "the top."

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Pros

Hours, education assistance program, health insurance

Cons

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2.0
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Pros

I left my old wage here because Cook just gave a $1 increase to current employees but not new ones, so yeah.. any ways the Benefits, Schedule flexibility, and Overtime are probably the only good things.

Cons

Higher-ups suck. Ranging from team leads to middle management. Lots of other departments are typically nice, but some departments are all about control and leave no room for moving up, especially with all the favoritism each department has.

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