Pros
You work with your hands quite a bit. Depending on the devices you repair, you may work with other teams like customer care, aftermarket quality teams, etc, to get things done. Lots of cycle counting of parts and coordination with material/supply teams. If you're one of the experts in the devices you may be an ad-hoc instructor and teach international Stryker personnel. I was trained on 3 devices, know data entry specialists', both repair and quality control on devices I specialize in and backed up team leads when needed. Management is flexible. Benefits are ok. If you're on-site, there are various activities you can participate in. The people are friendly for the most part.
Cons
-Compartmentalization of duties-this was a problem in some lines where people could not do some roles not related to repairs or quality control. This was due to the implementation of SAP and culture. If someone who specializes in a role is gone, it becomes challenging. -Repair and quality procedural changes are very slow. Some procedures are poorly written or out of date. -Reactive rather than proactive. -Daily meetings-it should be every other day -In the repair and quality control teams, there isn't much opportunity to advance into management roles in the service or pro-care team. Speaking to people who worked for 15+ years, there has never been a supervisor or manager who have worked in repair and/or quality control roles. For repair, team lead seems to be the highest you can go. If you want to advance, you may need to look at going to other teams in Stryker or other companies. Opportunity for overtime is there.
