Good place for job; bad place for a career - Anonymous employee Cook Medical Inc Employee Review

2.0
Aug 9, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You will never be laid off or fired. Good place to get entry level experience or coast along (if that is what you want).

Cons

There is little room for advancement and promotions are based on years of service rather than merit based. Nepotism is rampant - you get hired based on who you know or are related to rather than your actual qualifications or experiences. This breeds a lot of dissatisfaction among good employees leading to high turnover rate. As the company does not lay off and rarely fires its employees, instead preferring to transfer "underperforming" employees to different departments, deadweights get shuffled around. Pay is below industry standards.

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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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