Good place for job; bad place for a career - Anonymous employee Cook Medical Inc Employee Review

There is little room for advancement and promotions are based on years of service rather than merit based. Nepotism is rampant - you get hired based on who you know or are related to rather than your actual qualifications or experiences. This breeds a lot of dissatisfaction among good employees leading to high turnover rate. As the company does not lay off and rarely fires its employees, instead preferring to transfer "underperforming" employees to different departments, deadweights get shuffled around. Pay is below industry standards.