And is there any future for remote employees? I’ve heard such mixed things about the helpfulness of replacement services from MDT for those RIF’d. I am deeply conflicted about staying with Medtronic after getting RIF’d and having felt like I had a target on my back for being remote. I don’t know enough to know whether it’s worth spending time to find an internal role if a) no one really wants someone who was RID’d, b) all remote folks are in danger, or c) the culture of Surgical is bleeding into all Medtronic OUs.
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@OP yes Medtronic does try. In that it will point you in the right direction. Like the job board, updating workday. You have to be more engaged in the process.
Medtronic HR will not give you priority over say another MDT employee who is looking to do a lateral shift. You being rifed has no special consideration. Nor does hr promote or encourage the department you are interviewing for - take you as the preferred option.
That being said I have been the rifed category twice. And I have stayed on twice as I was able to navigate into a different department.
Problem: No ownership of what you do at MDT. If you dont know what this means you are part of the problem
Well Robotic team was full of BS/MA's from high-end university degrees, H1B. All looking for FTE/Temp in surgical/MDT R&D MFG, problem is with 2-3 yrs of experience, your talking about junior engineering positions. All those are now in India. Look at at any sr/prin engineering opening online 5-15 years experience. Toss in returning interns, Best of luck getting a maybe promise of future employment
@ht explain what old surgical would have done? A lot of old surgical is still here
“c) the culture of Surgical is bleeding into all Medtronic OUs.”
Old surgical wouldn’t have spent the last half decade wandering around lost like MDT has.
@ds it should be noted the RTO policy says nothing about the number of hours required in the office, only the number of days. As long as one hits the minimum number of days each quarter it doesn’t matter if one is there 30 minutes or 12 hours each of those days. It fulfills the requirement either way.
@by this is accurate, however the traffic in bogota is similar to that in India - also they deal with things like water shortages where they have specific days for water on / off. Second, the shared service center is almost 200% full based on “near shoring jobs” like customer service etc. Not saying it’s BS, but there are actually legit reasons why some are WFH.
@dg Did you ever stop to think that maybe people are pi---d about RTO because of how it’s been rolled out and all the complete lies (aka BULLSH-T) we’ve been fed about it?
Like that we are going back to the way things were pre Covid. LIE. (Remote work allowance was up to managers’ discretion.)
Or that it’s about fostering collaboration. LIE. (Why the Big Brother tracking dashboard?)
@c9 Exactly. It IS all ego.
How else do you explain it when other local companies are more flexible?
Boston Scientific’s RTO is three days a week (and a friend who works there says they do not have a f’ing dashboard for tracking badge scans) and Blue Cross Blue Shield MN is TWO days.
Martha is a POS.
Medtronic is a great company. What’s not to love? Before Medtronic, I worked at an orange juice factory, but I got fired because I couldn't concentrate.
@ds Didn’t you learn in first grade- ‘keep your eyes on your own paper’? You sure have a lot to comment on…..
@dh
Regardless of "how people behave outside of the work place while being paid" Failure to follow the MDT mandate on RTO has been stated it can be used as a "ground for you to be terminated". How Remote people are chosen to be be RIF'd is made by people 100x my pay grade, so I have no comment on this issue.
@dg now we all know how you would behave as a remote employee. NOT everyone is like that. Don’t be naive.
@c9
You people are part of the big issue, Why RTO/WFH will remove a large number of people. You actually steal money, badge in around 9-10, never return after 1pm ... Nothing goes un-noticed in the work place where honest folk are playing by the MDT rules ....SMH
“Streamlining” the quality and regulatory organizations because new software tools will reduce the need for so many quality people is laughable. The cost of PHOs and recalls will ki-l any revenue gained from RIFs.
I was part of the May round, zero chance I would go back, mostly to avoid paying the severance back. Since I was older I did see someone with my same title took an internal role rather than severance. I was not asked about being moved to another role. With everything I’ve been seeing I’m in full belief this will be a net positive for my career and my well being.
@c3 the main reason for RTO is Geoff wanted it. People had to walk him back from requiring five days a week. It’s all ego driven.
I haven’t heard anything, but it would not surprise me if badging in and out is on its way. Most of us working in person are only there three or four hours a day.
@by Medtronic is willing to let Colombians be remote when they can pay them $15,000 for a $100,000 position in the U.S.
@ I was RIFd a few years ago. My experience may be “dated” since circumstances are likely very different now. Still, I will say that people do get rehired after having been RIFd. Like any other hiring process, people can land new roles. This doesn’t necessarily translate to MDT “wanting to help you” get rehired. It was pulling teeth to get anything other than the canned videos telling you to use LinkedIn, to update your resume, and tips on interviewing. The HR person who told you they would help you is lying. They never return your calls.
But, the remote piece is the kicker - I hear that MDT will not hire remote workers without VP (or higher) approval. And yet, I know for certain that 1) onsite employees badge in By 9am, get FaceTime for a couple hours then walk out and finish their workday from home. This tells me MDT doesn’t really care where you work so then why RTO?
The kicker is that the Columbians are also remote. This place is one giant contradiction.
MDT thinks Remote users are low hanging fruit, easy to replace with Columbian folk. RTO failure has already be announced as a violation of MDT work agreement. Hence you can be targeted. Were all cooked .... Suxs
Wasn’t the whole point of doing an RIF was to lower labor costs by reducing headcount? Effectively turning revenue into profits? If they rehire an employee that was RIF’d, this dilutes those gains. In addition to that, every department I know of is in a perpetual hiring freeze. Sure they may open reqs for new positions, but I don’t think anyone is getting hired.
From what I’m seeing, 100% of non sales remote and hybrid employees will be laid off by end of fy27. Then it’s supporting roles that will be cut: sustaining, engineering administration, IT, security, lab techs, data analytics and office admins. Along with consolidating /“streamlining” the quality and regulatory organizations because new software tools will reduce the need for so many quality people, releasing lower performers and unnecessary roles. All the while more R&D functions, PMV, and quality will be relocated to India.
I also see other spinoffs or shutdowns such as what we saw with ventilators and diabetes. Putting my bet in now, patient monitoring is the next to be split off.
Another prediction, I bet GM and the VP get another massive raise this year, and they will raise the stock dividend (like every year), while the rest of us get 1-2%, well below inflation, if we stay employed.
@OP They have targeted remote workers as a deliberate policy. Don't waste your time. Move on.