Edwards Lifesciences reviews

Edwards is all about corporate politics. Most of senior management subscribes to the philosophy that "perception is reality" -- and it's far easier to appear competent than to be competent. You will not do your career any favors by ever disagreeing with senior management. On product development teams, the schedule is written in stone and never in touch with reality. Once you get to mid-level, you are considered company property. Your supervisors will expect you to always be available, even if you are on vacation or at home. The CC division has extremely talented low and mid-level people, but senior management that ignores them on a daily basis. Management doesn't care about product maintenance, just getting the new product on the market. They have great older products that are left without any attention. Edwards is very top-heavy, and new senior managers are always suspicious of long-term employees, as if staying at Edwards for more than five years is a bad thing.

Managment in CC has been around for so many years it is very Political - There are some dishonest Directors that rule the roost and unless there is a change I don't know how the business will survive in this environment. Work life balance is non-existent if you are on vacation it is expected that you will pick up your voicemails , emails and complete reports on demand. This was not the case here many years ago this has become standard practice - Integrity is an issue in this division as well - If you don't get drunk and stay out late partying you will not be seen in a positive light if you are in Sales . In this decade most companys don't stand for this type of behaviour. The THV side of the business is completely different and if you work for them you have great Management.