Don’t be innovative or dedicated. Don’t support your team, because there is no such thing here as team effort. Neither individual contributions nor team achievements will be recognized. If anyone gets credit, it will be a manager, the same one who will recommend you for layoffs at the first opportunity. Collect your paycheck, and make sure you are always on the lookout for other opportunities.
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Cheers to us that are actually working on a Friday. Pointless since we’ll only achieve a 3 rating.
@ty counterpoint: do work hard so you will have a great story to tell when you are interviewing elsewhere.
It’s a ton easier to find your next role if you can discuss all the work you accomplished here (and plan to bring that work effort to the next employer) along with a reason for leaving (compensation stagnation due to external business environment has left you frustrated).
It’s fairly transparent who is a floater and who is a top performer when you’re sitting on the other side of that interview table. A good interviewer can sniff out the bullsh-t from a floater miles away.
I don't see the situation getting any better for us. As more companies like Medtronic outsourcing good paying jobs to India, our pay will stagnate and we will have a higher risk of getting RIF.
Just look at what Microsoft and Amazon did. They RIF thousands of people and most of them didn't get a severance package.
Left Medtronic after i qualified for the MIP, after 25 years.
Loved my job. Loved the people I worked with. I still can collect my pension.
However, years and years of this raises left me below market rate, and this almost vindictive sort of management was just too much. After no raise during Covid, and the pay band moving 6-8% a year, I was at 78% of the max, after a decade in the pay band.
Is this your first time working for a large corporation? Don't do this.
This year I put in a TON of hours on supposedly one of our most important product launches and fda submissions ever, also did a lot of extra work and automation for the entire rest of my team. 3 on my review and 2.5% raise. After literally busting my a-s working til 9pm to hit the all important deadlines. If this gets me a 3, I want to be on an easy project and worst that can happen is I get a 2 and then still a 1% raise??? 2.5% is so insulting and meanwhile they are saying we shouldn’t take PTO this summer bc there’s so much to do. I really am so sad that it feels like even when I do my very best work and get good reviews from peers I get no acknowledgment from management
Work for yourself your family or your god. Also seek counseling
So glad we have employees that would comprise product quality and safety for our patients to stick it to the man. Good luck in the job market finding anyone who would want to hire you with your “passion”.
Exactly this. Why should I work to the bone when my job will eventually be outsourced to India.
@OP - 100% considering my experience in MDT. You’re just a profit machine for big cheese getting richer.