I was hoping to use the MIP to pay down a hospital bill and put some money in my kids’ college funds. Instead I’ll just keep grinding away for the scraps this company provides. I used to feel valued at Medtronic. It’s been years since that has been... —  read more 

What a tour de force from Geoff and excom today. Geoff’s usual business lingo word salad heavily seasoned with “uh” and “um”, the beaten-to-death reminders of all the external factors negatively impacting performance, the assurances that this time... —  read more 

After paying $800M for Ardian and spending way more in US clinical trials, when will this procedure be FDA approved? Is it making any money OUS. Since it appears no more effective than or-l generic dr-gs (last US pivotal) will insurance companies... —  read more 

Post ID: @OP+1mfhwukY - Global IT has shrunk even more (since RIFs Post ID: @OP+1mwslRdq - IT is a mess All the Best In The World to new CIO Ms Kumar; you’ve some serious legacy of Mr Sean Lenon to beat & impress. I think you should do entire IT... —  read more 

I would like nothing more than to get out of here, but I can't get anything better. What are your experiences on the job market right now?

Martha keeps hiring B-team grifter execs. Everytime a long-time Medtronic successful leader exits, he finds some bizarre non-related-industry to jump in and mess things up. But, yeah, Ford Autonomous cars and Amazon consumer robots have been... —  read more 

They’re going to give us a bonus so that they don’t lose the entire workforce, they’ll just make it small so they lose a decent number of us. Anyone have word on what the bonus % will be?

Curious to know peoples opinion on how DRM is rolled out for Medtronic? I'm a fairly new employee with loads of dfss, dmaic, reliability experience from other companies but it seems like as much as we like to promote DRM, we don't have time to... —  read more 

Its now been over a month since they gave the announcement that they were reviewing further outsourcing for IT. Work is already hard enough to get done because no vendors take responsibility, what if they do outsource the rest? You would have 5... —  read more 

Our roadmap to turning this company around! https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/800-NE-53rd-Ave-Columbia-Heights-MN/27279961/

Great job Geoff and eXcOm in sandbagging the stock and the expectations, when all our competitors have guidance beyond expectations for the year. Will the board finally wake up now??

All the analysts keep blowing Geoff off with congratulations on Q4. Then come the question about low EPS and growth projections and Geoff keeps punting to Karen and Que to give their prepared answers. None of the analysts are asking any challenging... —  read more 

I have been thinking about writing this post for a while but hoped that by now some things would have changed for the better, but they have not. I have been in the industry for years, my entire career actually which spans over 2 decades. I have... —  read more 

From continuity planning, I am reading layoffs will be quarterly/semi-annually but as a cover to remove individuals who either costs above the median of their pay band or individuals who have received a developing on their review. PIPS will be... —  read more 

We were announced during an AEM that we would not receive any MIP this year...

I left Medtronic six months ago for what I thought was a better opportunity. They had just finished a round of layoffs, so I thought, great, even that's out of the way, I shouldn't worry about that for a good while. Wrong. It turns out my new company... —  read more 

I started applying for jobs with the title and compensation I’ve regularly discussed with my manager and let me tell you that you are severely underpaid. I just accepted a job offer with a 15% raise for a similar position and here’s your reminder... —  read more 

"Exciting News! Medtronic is investing an additional approximately INR 3000 cr (more than$350M) to expand the Medtronic Engineering & Innovation Center (MEIC) in Hyderabad, India. This move demonstrates Medtronic's commitment to India and Govt. of... —  read more 

We had it good so good for such a long time. Bonuses, stock options, raises, great slogans, you could not beat a job at Medtronic. Well good times always end somehow; either bad and greedy management or poor response to market (lack of products... —  read more 

There have been no rumors about layoffs and that's making me nervous. I guess Medtronic leadership broke me, since now I see no news as an intro to bad news. Am I stressing over nothing? What are the chances of another round of cuts within the next... —  read more 

I’ve been in my current role for two plus years and genuinely wanted to know where I fell on the pay band. My manager sent me the information and I am only being paid 6% more than a person with absolutely no experience and not considered “proficient”... —  read more 

Seriously...is this d-mb mother fu---r intentionally destroying our company? These decisions he is making are fu----g insane...WHO THE FU-K IS TELLING HIM HIS IDEAS ARE GOOD? This frat fu-k has to be a plant to demolish this company from within. —  read more 

https://www.massdevice.com/medtronic-johnson-medtech-shockwave-acquisition-report/ After overpaying for the disasters acquisitions of Intersect and Covidien, Geoff preparing for yet another failure in his cap by overpaying to buy shockwave medical... —  read more 

Tell me all the great things I’ve done! I know it’s challenging but can you think of any thing I can do better?

I too would like to have hope that this place will be fixed, but maybe that's a bit too much to expect? Some are still hoping for improvements, but unfortunately, it is unlikely that anything will change except for the worse.

Anyone negotiate their severance package before and if so, any tips/advice about where to push and where not to?

These layoffs are evidence of leadership’s failure to fulfill the Mission, failure to serve customers and patients, failure to uphold their responsibilities to employees, failure to uphold their commitments to shareholders and the Street, failure to... —  read more 

My coworker got RIF a few weeks ago and he ended up working the full day so he can give his manager a status update on his tasks. Do you need to work the full day if you got laid off?

I have to ask, is there anybody at Medtronic who is not currently looking to leave? The last layoffs round seems to have been the last straw for so many people that it feels like there is a huge exodus in the making right now. Everybody I talk to is... —  read more 

Someone mentioned here that they've sent redeployment emails to those impacted asking them to consider open roles. Is that really true? And what kind of reaction do they expect? I can't imagine anything other than negative.

Any MiniMed layoff ? Count or people & departments??

I know many of you are frustrated with my complete lack of leadership and transparency coupled with my 28% raise last year and implementing RTO. I just want to let you know that I’m aware of your frustration. I know you are hurting. I know you want... —  read more 

WFH actually affords a company to obtain more productivity and cost savings on physical spaces. If anything the lines between home and work gets blurred and I work over 8 hours/day. How many of us can say the same thing? I believe the majority. I... —  read more 

This is a textbook example of how a leader should NOT BE! Just a vague email message prior to RIFs, and now when there is chaos with all the re-orgs and talent resigning in large numbers, there is no communication from ExCom.

Don't talk about Global IT. They removed hundreds of people without knowing what they were doing. Now to move something to production, I almost need a DNA test and the approval of the President! No accountability of those who approve either. The... —  read more 

After going through brutal layoffs and witnessing a steady loss of top-notch talent, what we're left with is nothing short of a catastrophe. Let's face it, the current management situation is an absolute mess. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say... —  read more 

About teams that canned people without knowing what they actually do, and now they are pointing fingers at each other?

I noticed that the majority of the people I saw that took the early retirement option were women. I only saw a sr male leader accepting the offer…

I work at least 2-3 more hours every day when working from home ~ 6 am - 5 pm. When going into the office I have to spend more time getting ready and drive almost an hour 1 way, starting work around 7:50. Plus when in the office going to the... —  read more