Boston Scientific Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Overall it was a rewarding experience. Great people worked at Guidant."

What do you like about working at Boston Scientific?

"It is rewarding knowing that the end product saves peoples lives."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Know the industry, including medical reimbursement, market dynamics, how business is done."

What don't you like about working at Boston Scientific?

"There has been too much change over the past 5 to 6 years."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Make use of your peers and ensure you always have their alignment."

"Worked here in 2 different co-op positions."

What do you like about working at Boston Scientific?

"The coworkers were great people and easy to work with."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be yourself and know what they do, the people there are nice and won't stare you down."

What don't you like about working at Boston Scientific?

"Kind of rigid business structure and projects require a lot of work by yourself."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get more teambuilding going on within departments and provide a more relaxed atmosphere."

What do you like about working at Boston Scientific?

"Great company, well managed. great facility and the people are awesome."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be well prepared. Know what you are capable of and speak intelligently about what you have done."

What don't you like about working at Boston Scientific?

"Positional growth was slow and opportunity to move up in the company was limited."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Have a vision, a plan to execute the vision and make decisions."

What do you like about working at Boston Scientific?

"I like the independence I was allowed to perform my job duties and enjoyed the constant interaction with outside vendors."

What don't you like about working at Boston Scientific?

"Right now the uncertain financial future and ongoing layoffs with constant restructuring."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Allow more opportunities and communication for growth on a regular basis."

What do you like about working at Boston Scientific?

"A good paycheck and I work in my fields of expertise."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Oh, this is easy. Don't do it, unless you are an engineer."

What don't you like about working at Boston Scientific?

"It is a company that is stuck doing things the Old Way and cannot seem to figure out how to proceed."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would change the business model completely to focus on the consumer and not the product while producing real content that can really drive traffic."

"I am an experienced leader in design and development of medical devices."

What do you like about working at Boston Scientific?

"The culture and employees are great to work with. I am constantly working on new, very different, and exciting programs. I am constantly receiving high marks and am adequately rewarded."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be prepared to cite specific examples of your experience and ways that set you apart from other candidates."

What don't you like about working at Boston Scientific?

"The company is driven a lot by the economy which unfortunately has limited movement upward."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep a clear, concise message with more frequent communication of higher level events. Seek opportunities to more closely link financial rewards with timely release of new products."

"Company has changed over last 12 years, products are amazing."

What do you like about working at Boston Scientific?

"People that I worked with on daily basis and had regular contact at corporate."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Ask to see where you will be working, the environment."

What don't you like about working at Boston Scientific?

"Upper management out of touch, they separate themselves. Lack of real leadership."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get out on production floor, eat in cafeteria, talk with operators."

What do you like about working at Boston Scientific?

"I enjoy the people who work on my team with me."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"If you want high intensity work, then this is the place for you. Very challenging at times, but people you work with are awesome."

What don't you like about working at Boston Scientific?

"I have 20 things on my list that are my top priority (just today)."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would give more direction and spend more time planning ahead to eliminate re-work issues."

"The experience I gained and tools utilized became the foundation for my success."

What do you like about working at Boston Scientific?

"The job specific tasks and diversity of the projects worked on kept it interesting and for the most part enjoyable. The professionalism and camaraderie of the people also contributed to liking my position at Boston Scientific."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"This is a regulated industry. Be sure to understand what your role will be and what are the expectations of the position you are applying for."

What don't you like about working at Boston Scientific?

"Too many SOPs following a warning letter. Speed to market was slowed down considerably and numerous corporate wide procedures were added that impeded innovation and the inability to accelerate development of crucial medical products."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Minimize non-value added SOPs and allow for people to be more empowered to make decisions."

"Great business to work for if you have a strong work ethic, with good pay."

What do you like about working at Boston Scientific?

"Overall great business, a pleasure to work for, excellent pool of knowledge within the business."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Honesty, integrity and a strong work ethic with a proven track record."

What don't you like about working at Boston Scientific?

"Unfortunately the business facility in Miami was outsourced to Costa Rica."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would have invested in the business and its people rather than move overseas. Although a financial benefit was gained, a highly dedicated and experienced work poll was lost. Long term, the added turn times and the newly required inventory stock pile will outweigh the initial financial gains."

What do you like about working at Boston Scientific?

"Responsible for the manufacture of medical products that improve the customer's quality of life."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Learn to embrace the occasional stressful work times because recognition rewards are fulfilling."

What don't you like about working at Boston Scientific?

"There has be an increase in the frequency of management turn-around."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To provide more variety in employee recognition awards to continuously encourage employee engagement."

What do you like about working at Boston Scientific?

"The benefits are great and there is a very diverse work force. Medical device manufacturing seems stable and not as impacted by the economy as other industries. Intentions are in the right place. Product helps people."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be careful about the politics, things are not always as they seem. It's a good place to work but caution can be your friend."

What don't you like about working at Boston Scientific?

"Way too many politics, and people who aren't qualified get promoted over very qualified people. Who you know is valued more than what you know."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Company is very top heavy with way too many managers and directors and not enough doers. Need to weed out the redundancy and lean out the corporate management. Also reward more at the lower levels. Would also drive more toward a centered attitude and not be so conservative."

"The specific site is fantastic, corporate is leading us to failure."

What do you like about working at Boston Scientific?

"Truly enjoy working for this specific site, people are self disciplined; hard workers; bright; the site overall is very well managed. For the most part, they care about their employees. Patients are the priority and so is doing the right thing. Local management has provided as much buffer between the employees and corporate as they can. This company has helped an uncountable number of people, not just patients and employees. They are a charitable company to many communities."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Have a clearly defined job outline and management structure. Know what's expected of you. Have patience-they move slow at some things."

What don't you like about working at Boston Scientific?

"BSC has undergone much change with different CEO's, corporate appears to be in a panic about keeping their jobs with this new one. Too heavy in corporate management and drive each site too lean. Corporate forgot the sites contribute to pay their salaries; and the patient should come first. (sounds like congress). Corporate produces reports, not product, and many of them try to justify their existence. They seem to easily hire more people to make more reports instead of making sure the sites have the necessary support to get profit producing work done. Corporate chews up anyone with a management title with pressure and demand beyond what a person should endure. This includes while they're on vacation. A great deal of people have multiple bosses and multiple reporting structures. This is not a reporting structure that makes the company efficient or successful. In an effort to maintain their jobs, corporate has over burdened processes with the pretense to add value but it caused an increase in cost to do business, yet they want the sites to cut cost and then they take credit for it. There is NO avenue in which to discuss this with them. They do not like being told there are other ways to do business. They want everyone to use the word global instead of corporate but their vocalized message is still their way or the highway. You say tomato, I say tomaaato. Departments in each site seem to report directly to corporate, each gets different direction from corporate which then forces different goals within a site. this shows that corporate depts don't talk to each other so everyone is on the same page."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Reduce corporate head count; let the sites work to meet their requirements and don't micromanage them in how they do it. As long as we're making profit; and show plans to continue to improve profit, just let us do it. Stop the silo method of management. Divide and conquer no longer is a successful management tool in the 21st century in corporate America. If this company fails, it's not because the sites failed to perform, it's because corporate failed to recognize how to update management methods in this time of change in the world. They need to evolve and cannot continue to manage like the 1960's. Be willing to hear what employees have to say about how to improve the company."

"Was good."

What do you like about working at Boston Scientific?

"Was a good environment site to work. and have good benefits."

What don't you like about working at Boston Scientific?

"When we did not have help from some engineers or they don't listens the operators."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Work more closed with the operators, supervisor ,engineers and managers."