Thread regarding Medtronic Inc. layoffs

@1q3 You are correct this is an abundance of deadwood. But most the deadwood around me checks boxes so they keep them through every riff while getting rid of the work horse producers. I just sit and watch this clown show listening for the laugh cue.

You are 100% right. Unfortunately, many people that frequent this site are the deadshits that take advantage of medical leave all the time, then get upset when the gravy train runs out.

I'm the first to say GM su-ks, but there is also the fact that there are a he-l of a lot of people at MDT -particularly in MN- that have had it too good for too long and have long outlived their usefulness. They're deadwood and there are tons of them.

The downvotes you're getting are because they hate that they're being called out as the drain on this company.

@OP it’s the paid leave act. You can have a bad hair day and sit at home at full pay -no checks and balances. Thanks to Biden.

@b5

Prove it

I took leave for cancer treatment. Thanks for understanding.

BTW the only people besides myself that I’ve seen take paid leave were men. Two on paternity leave and one because his wife had an organ transplant. Oh yeah and there were two guys who took mental health leave but they both left the company.

We had a manager who took medical leave and our sr director hinted in front of everyone that manager left for mental health issue.

Perhaps there are a fair few who take advantage of the system. I have been at MDT for 8 years- 100% fully remote. I'm a high performer and never took a sick day. Unfortunately I did go on medical leave for a fair few months. The first month I felt so guilty even though I did a thorough hand over. I had a my own doctor and surgeon telling me that I need to stay home and actually disconnect from work. There was a lot of unlearning to do. I took care of myself for once. By month 4 I established a new outlook on life in general - serious long term health conditions do that to you. I came back early this year and I am performing better and looking after myself in a way that I never did before. It did take a while to get up to speed with everything - during the months I was on medical leave there was alot of team restructuring. So those who are off - they would appreciate a warm welcome back and not to be targeted..

@as They even made it part of goals of management and ICs. Discrimination lawsuits are incoming we just have not heard about them yet!

@ay You just confirmed the point being made by “as”

Many years ago when 2 weeks of paid paternal leave was announced, one of the older guys next to me remarked that it was the most expensive way to get 2 weeks of PTO that he’s ever heard of.

So yeah, I guess if people are milking the system and getting knocked up every 2 years to get ‘additional PTO’. With the 6wks family care + 6 weeks hpp leave (which are both capped in a 24 month period) they are sure going to be paying for that ‘PTO’ over the following 18+ years…

You sound like an incel, op.

Anyone who is gaming the system to extend their leave and "mail it in" the rest of the time has my 100% support!

Sh---y Medtronic deserves no better.

You obviously aren’t a parent lol

@a9 BS

@aa

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Yes we have some habitually incognito people too. Correlation is not causation but it is a good indicator of a casual factor. These people tend to always be the same people you wouldn't count on getting anything done, meeting deadlines or have any self initiative. With that said even the best of us have times in our lives where the bandwidth is taxed and something has to give and these people deserve grace as they often find there way back to who they were before.

Oh nooooo people have lives outside of the country.

@OP You didn't ask this out of 'curiosity'.... You clearly believe yourself to be superior and lack empathy for those who would use their benefits for their needs.

@OP Yeah, this is a tough conversation to have anonymously on a message board without extreme politics (on both sides) taking over. There is a valid question in the original post...is the change in MDT leave policy increasing or decreasing overall productivity? Each of us will know what we observe in our little corner of the world. As for me, there is definitely a decrease in overall productivity that is directly related to the leave policy. There are 10% to 15% of the group I'm in that will probably be on leave 25% of the time for the next three years. And that has a real impact on the overall ability to get work done.

I never saw that coming. Just like Walz said “We are a state that chooses not to let people go hungry or homeless or uneducated. However, that generosity has been taken advantage of by an organized group of fraudsters and criminals".

Totally. They teach us young that the only way to get ahead in this world run by crusty old white men is to keep pumping out babies and go on medical leave. Stay humble.

Oh boy…I feel like this thread is gonna go well.