Inflexible - Anonymous employee Stryker Employee Review

1.0
Feb 9, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Ok compensation - market average.

Cons

Work life balance non existent, there’s an expectation on all support staff to work well in excess of their weekly contracted hours. Not at all flexible. Annual leave allowance is the basic statutory days however the company dictates when you can take your holidays ( during company shutdown). Poor / old systems. Not very welcoming to new hires, a lot of people working here 10+ years so plenty of cliques. Nobody seems to like change regardless of how much benefit it could bring to them or the company. Management lacklustre and communication poor

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