Ottobock reviews

3.6

70% would recommend to a friend

(192 total reviews)
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Oliver Jakobi

87% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Ottobock has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 192 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ottobock employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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192 reviews
5.0
May 1, 2017

Great mission and opportunity to influence organization

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Incredible corporate mission, beautiful industry, and lots of room for personal development. German flat hierarchy removes the American ladder system and allows for a lot of colleague collaboration regardless of title or years experience. It's not everyday you get an opportunity to work for a global company and work on projects directly with your CEO. The company moved their North American HQ from Minneapolis to Austin in 2014 so it is undergoing a transition from a mom and pop shop to an actual business with a structure. I joined the team in 2014 and have had a great careergrowth and a wonderful work/life balance.

Cons

Feels like a start-up, but it's not a start up (company has been around since 1919), since the HQ was moved from Minneapolis to Austin. Lots of room for process improvement, change is listened to, and very optimistic for the future.

1.0
Feb 28, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Coworkers were wonderful people. Location of the building (Domain) and parking garage. That's about it.

Cons

- Company tries to be modern & cutting edge, but is no where near caliber of the other technology oriented firms in Austin. Systems and processes are very outdated (many of which are from the time when the company was HQed in Minnesota) - Company wants you to feel like it's a "family," but there is a very top-heavy hierarchical structure. If you're not a director or above, you'll be left out on a lot of perks and information. - Absolutely no support for new hires. I was thrown on the job without a proper transition of roles & responsibilities. Not a place where you can ask questions, get feedback on your work, and management will help your grow.. either you perform what they need done without any mistakes or be axed. - If you disagree or have a different personality than your manager, you're in line to get written up for minor things and will eventually get terminated. HR only supports the managers & doesn't care to take action to resolve issues early on. Managers will be quick to sent out e-mails about all the negatives, but fail to recognize any of the positives you have brought to the role (small or large). - If you're going to try to compete in the Austin market, how are you not offering better pay, benefits, and simple options to be more efficient - such as the ability to "work from home." What a joke. - Kitchen is tiny, refrigerators are always crammed full (often hard to find space for your lunch), and the two-three bins of snacks are always the small old stuff that the company buys in bulk.

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