Management talks to us like we're machines, not people. The pay doesn't come close to matching what peers make elsewhere. Add in the constant pressure and zero respect, and it's getting harder to remember why I stay. The only thing keeping me going is the team, but even that's starting to fray.
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AI Biomed Guy is D-MB. Give a thumbs up if you agree.
Back in my day there was no day off or sick days we were ready to work day & night and our job was our priority. This generation doesn’t know the value of hard work.
@fd the company shouldn’t have to teach adults how to control their anger and not say racist sh-t. Those folks should be fired and sent back to their parents to try again. Grown ups should know how to act in civil society.
I can sympathize . I got a $100k raise when I went to our biggest competitor (in surgical)
Now pulling in quarter million. The only way to make more money is leaving Medtornic, was hard the first month since I was at Medtornic for 7 years but much better now
The tragedy is that there are innovations done by Medtronic that truly are helpful to patients. For example, I am studying neurodegenerative disorders as part of my PhD program for AI in medical imaging. We had guest lecturers from hospitals disease Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, TBI, etc. I know Medtronic got the FDA approval for the deep brain stimulation to treat Parkinson's patients. Since I study AI for medical imaging with a focus on the brain, that would have been exciting to work with. Instead, Medtronic sent my job to India.
So, if you are burning out and feeling overworked, it doesn't seem like it would get recognize the way you deserve. Instead, they might just send the job to India.
I also had an epiphany the other week about my experience there. I noticed that some behaviors I observed could be labeled politically incorrect to people who are hypersensitive. Let's refer to these behaviors as "Category A". Since I am not hypersensitive, I did not complain and saw no major issues about "political correctness". However, I am fully aware there are hypersensitive workers out there who could complain.
Given the prevalence of "Category A", I would have thought HR would have introduced the training to prevent conflicts. But given the ongoing layoffs, I suspect that HR may be deliberately withholding the "preventive" training. The reason is that they would rather let category A persist so it would give them the excuse to fire you and send your job to India. In other words, they are not giving you the training to prevent conflicts that can arise from Category A because they'd rather see you sc--w up to build a case against you. It's like they're not warning you about the speed trap because they want you to run the speed trap.
Some examples of Category A including acerbic, loud shouting. There was a PO who yelled at meetings like that. The director never confronted him. The manage did not either. The developers didn't care. I didn't complain either since my threshold of tolerance is high. But I am fully aware there ar people out there who would complain badly. For example, I know a female manager who would label such a guy as a toxic male and put him on a PIP. I know another product owner out-of-state, a Mexican, who would yell racism immediately and threaten a lawsuit. That is just one example. There are others.
So, behaviors in Category A persisted over the years I was at Medtronic. I told one manager informally about it in such a way that I made it clear i wasn't hypersensitive and that it didn't bother me. But I know it could bother others. HR should be training to prevent conflicts like that. But again, they let it persist to build a case to layoff and send jobs to India. Do I have proof? No, but I know when layoffs occur tricks like that are happening behind the scenes. I'm old from Gen X and have been around long enough to see HR tricks. Don't take my word for it. Watch attorney videos on YT that focus on HR and all the things that they have observed. Read the comments too.
As for that "yelling", acerbic Product Owner ,I actually liked him because he embraced innovation with a zeal that made up for his anger management issues. To me, it was a tradeoff. Would I rather have a "nice" PO who never yells but is grossly unproductive? No. But some people don't see it that way.
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I hate to admit this…. But Medtronic tends to pay more than many other places. One of the reasons that people tend to struggle finding jobs at places like Boston Scientific or Stryker is MDT tends to over inflate titles. If you are a Director at Medtronic, someone doing the exact same level of tasks is probably a group manager at BSC. Similarly a principal level person is likely a senior at Stryker. I’ve found people don’t get this, and then don’t understand why they can’t get a job at other companies. There just tends to be higher expectations at other orgs. That being said… if you’ve worked at any org for longer than 5 years… you are losing money compared to switching companies - which just su-ks that is reality in corporate America. Also… I feel you on the 10+ hrs a day… certain parts of the org are very poor at resource allocation. That unfortunately is often true at other companies as well. But if you feel undervalued - absolutely go test the market to find out what you are worth. You owe it to yourself and no one will do that for you.
It's a free market.
If there is better pay and less hours somewhere else.....go get it tiger!
I did :D