Working at Boston Scientific — Reviews by Employees

upper managment making employees go against GOI's and then when a problem arrives they blame people following what they were told to do.When FDA finally get here I hope they see right through their smoke of mirrors.Their indangering peoples lives with pushing people to thier limit and not caring about quality.

Leadership gained thier position by being in a company that exloded over the last 7 years. The fact that they were good leaders in a 2 billion dollar company does not equate to them being good leaders in at 12 billion dollar company. They only promote people that will swear allegiance to the leadership and dedicate themselves 24X7 for the good of the company. This company has made consistent bad decisions since the aquisition of Guidant Corporation and the bad decisions are starting to pile up and crumble. If you want quantitative evidence of that just check out the stock price in the last 3 months. A full cleaning of the management layer is the only chance this company has to survive. We will just have to see if the new CEO has the intestinal fortitude to do so.

Used to be a nice company to work for until 2006, that's when they got broadsided by the FDA Corporate Warning letter and then they got greedy and bet the ranch on buying Guidant. This company is too big to manage and either needs to decentralize the different business groups like JNJ, or it needs to split itself up into smaller, more manageable units like how Tyco split itself into 3 different companies.

wow it's got Boston and Scientific in the name - this company rocks like Dr. Rockso.

This place is one giant Charlie Foxtrot due to the repeated FDA inspection disasters and resulting 483s and warning letters. Any attempts to remedy the situation result in an even greater Charlie Foxtrot. Co-workers only care about their bonus, since there is a salary freeze and bonuses are the only way to grab some extra cash. However in order to get a bonus, you must first stab your colleagues in the back and then throw them under a bus, and then back the bus up to run them over again so this way you look really good and get all the cash allocated for bonuses. Most people here have no background in medical devices and are unaware of FDA regulations, and could care less. Sure they pretend that they know it all, but they have no clue and that's why they have the FDA warning letter in place for 4 years and still counting. Anybody even remotely considering a job here should look elsewhere, you'll be glad you did.

If you work here there is alot of reading like 2months worth then force by coworkers and managers to read more more. Then no documentation on how to do your job. I say take there money money money money. They need to have more things in writing and better training. I found they have instructor courses but do not offer this to contactors only to employees. The meetings are a joke and Global Complaints GCS2 Tier 2 Mailbox and coworkers will train you wrong to look good. What is ok with since i do not need a job please lay me off soon in 6 months. Since many people have applied for this job. No postive feedback from managers or coworkers. If you make postive progress no free lunch. They should treat contractors with more respect. I feel bad for the foreigners that have jobs at BSCI they are all over worked and have to wear to many hats.. I hope someone reads this that cares about BSCI future. I do care but hard to when i here coworker back stab others and people who worked there in the past in the department. Yes i feel bad that i replaced someone job. I was not told this I feel bad about replacing someone. So people stand up to your boss and do your job worse to prove a point.

Boston Scientific is an okay place to work if you like constant change. Do you ever have mornings when you wake up and dread just going to work ? Then this is the place for you to work if you like horrible hours and constant change. The engineers are way over paid for the things they do. For E.X. they do absolutely nothing except for wonder why we cannot make daily,monthly or even weekly goals. Well i will tell you why we dont make those goals it is because the engineers like to complain about how we do things wrong and then they change something to make the product lines even slower than before. Wow i wonder why we dont make goals !!!!!! It wouldnt be so bad but they have been doing it for over ten years and had very few problems and now something has to be changed. I understand quality is one of the key factors in this job and that is fine. But dont change things on the product lines and then ask stupid questions like " why are you not getting your numbers " . We have better quality,better numbers, and happier people when we are left alone !!!!!!!!!!!!

BSC has to be one of the worst companies to work for. The culture is one of panic and despair. Everyone walks on egg shells as they fear that the FDA will come down on them for another violation. The coroporate warning letter has not been lifted for all the programs, initiatives, and projects that are directed toward process improvement. Now the management. They are all in a club, yes they really are. You can't present a new idea as they get insulted, so much for initiative and motivation to learn and develop. Training is really not training, it's a check box and the only thing they are concerned about is that you took the session and not what you learned from it. Hence, the problem. Poorly trained employees, who really can't improve anything because they don't know how. The company is really in bad shape emotionally and really doesn't know how to get out of its own way. I can't say enough bad things about management and their big fat salaries for doing really very little to take the organization where it needs to go. STAY AWAY

Culture is like a stagnate pond. The management is just a mafia group that collaborates together and is only interested in maintaining their own power structure. Benefits are borderline if you’re allowed to use them. You're given 3 weeks vacation, although when you want to use it, you are told more times than none by your manager that work priorities are too great at this time. Health insurance premiums are steep compared to competitor companies. Job security depends on the incompetence of the management at the sampled time. Work/Life Balance is non-existent because managers are continuously harassing you to make themselves appear better. Career growth is non-existent. Co-workers are generally unqualified, many of them don't even have bachelor's degrees, and they are working in senior-level and management positions. Don't be surprised if someone who's higher than you on the food chain only has a high school diploma.

The location is extremely disturbing. It's located in a secluded area of town, fenced off and hidden from public view, with security guards and cameras monitoring and recording everybody accessing the property 24/7. It is literally like a prison, no joke! The work environment matches the prison-like nature of the location. In many ways it’s similar to the Survivor show on tv. It’s a ruthless environment. Just go to work, avoid speaking to anyone and try to keep a low profile for fear that you’ll be the next employee voted out of the group. Regardless of how well everyone works and does a good job, Boston Scientific is required to accuse some percent of their population of doing a poor job via their annual review system. Overall, unless you are a manager or above, it's a lose-lose situation. Don't even think about working at this cesspool.

No surprise with the number people dissatisfied with this company. If you want high stress, back stabbing, insane policies, hostile coworkers, incompetent management, then this is the place for you. Sure they come across as all-loving and caring for their employees on the surface, but behind the scenes it's as cut throat as it gets. To be blunt, BSC is its own worst enemy and just grinds people up and spits them out.