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      Smith+Nephew

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      Smith+Nephew reviews

      4.0

      83% would recommend to a friend

      (2,733 total reviews)
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      Deepak Nath

      88% approve of CEO

      74% positive business outlook

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      Smith+Nephew has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,733 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Smith+Nephew 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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      3.0
      May 15, 2017

      Good but could be great

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Great products and marketplace. Lots of opportunities for staff, but these are not always promoted very well internally. Provides great opportunities for those happy to relocate to Hull, but not very open to flexible working practices.

      Cons

      Would be better if there was more visible accountability from management. Some exceptional leaders, but often newer recruits leave within a short period of time due to legacy culture issues. So many change programmes but they are not necessarily cohesive or well thought through

      5.0
      May 2, 2017

      Great

      Territory manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good work/life balance. Good people who want to help one another. Good opportunities for growth and open career discussions.

      Cons

      Mid management can loose sight of reality and get their heads lost in marketing and sales meetings. The people on the ground are the closest to the reality of the market and that should be fed through more. Some (marketing) managers get away with doing nothing at all.

      4.0
      Apr 28, 2017

      Pretty good but has changed a lot and could change more

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      * FTSE 50 company with a good reputation (seems to look good on your CV; * Subject to significant change (which is interesting but has knock-on effects); * Pay and benefits seem about average (you probably won't have to worry that they are significantly underpaying you); * Almost every manager that I had there was extremely understanding of work/life balance. You worked hard and sometimes pretty long hours but those periods were generally predictable and they recognised your contributions and let you take shorter days afterwards and so on. Never had any problems taking sick leave or having to leave to pick up your kids or whatever. Excellent in that regard - everyone was treated like adults.

      Cons

      * Lots of change across all markets: UK roles have moved around substantially and several sites have been closed. This may be complete now but I wouldn't bet against ongoing upheaval in other ways. Can keep you on your toes, can result in your team being significantly disrupted and/or you losing your job to redundancy. * Unless you're one of the chosen few, you probably won't be overpaid either. * The organisation is heavily focused on getting "Great Place to Work" status, which in my experience seems to mainly result in lots of paperwork/surveys and not much by way of actually making it a better place to work.

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