I wasn't at Medtronic long, but it was enough to make me regret having the company on my work history. Whatever standing it once had in the industry has taken a serious hit.
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@j5 sadly that’s not unique to OPIC. The entire company is offshoring as many jobs as possible as quickly as possible. I’m sorry if you were let go and replaced by someone in Colombia. Many of us will suffer the same fate in the next few years. Those making the budget decisions don’t care about the quality of our work. They only think in numbers.
@gx No it would have to do with their firing of US employees for no cause and replacing them with people in Colombia or not at all. Interestingly none of the VPs are based in Colombia. Maybe they should be on the chopping block next. I am sure there are more qualified people to take over their roles and it would save Medtronic a lot of money.
I worked at MDT for 16 years, and got to experience about 6 of those when it was a rewarding and exciting place to work, with opportunity and leadership with integrity.
The last decade however has been a gradual freefall as MDT lost its way. I survived almost annual rounds of layoffs until May of this year, and turned it into retirement a few years early. One thing I will say is the company has a decent severance package, and I was one of the last hires to get the pension. I don’t regret staying because of how it helped me to get where I am now, but it was a tough 10 years, and exceptionally difficult the last five to stay motivated.
If I were younger, and cared about resumes and LinkedIn, I would absolutely feel the same as the OP.
@ct what’s your beef with OPIC? You under investigation?
Sounds like you got "Sh-t canned" bet you su-ked at your job but interviewed like a democrat running for office.
@a4 is that all you have to say? Why don’t you ask yourself before you open your mouth that while everyone else that keeps getting hired as vp holds their job but others that are deserving are placed on the chopping block just so the vps can keep getting a paycheck. Don’t speak if you have nothing better to say loser!
I agree with you, it’s a massive shithole and disgusting to have it on the resume especially with how corrupt the leadership is and what’s even more interesting is they keep hiring useless vps like in ICT excellent example big bun head woman as the president but everyone as applying within the company gets bypassed but let’s value incompetency
@az Same. I have discouraged people from applying here as the staggering level of incompetence, especially in the Office of Privacy, Integrity (hahahahaha), and Compliance is un freaking believable. Leadership is so corrupt.
@a4 You have no idea why OP left the Titanic. 90%+ of employees get a 3 out of 5 annual review score - this company now encourages and promotes mediocrity in performance reviews by HR decree. Meanwhile, others in the management bloat speak of building high performing teams. FUBAR.
Whenever asked if we are hiring. I always ask what are your other options. Friends don't let Friend work here!
So you got fired for poor performance, then? Got it.