Ottobock reviews

3.6

70% would recommend to a friend

(192 total reviews)
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Oliver Jakobi

87% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Ottobock has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 192 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ottobock employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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192 reviews
1.0
Jun 27, 2017

Not a quality company, unprofessional and unorganized

Anonymous employee
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Pros

None really except I earn decent amount of PTO

Cons

The management staff does not listen to their employees, they do not train their staff well and only focus on the negative aspects of their teams. Everyone I have talked to is underpaid and underappreciated. There is no room for advancement in this company. All of us that do not have a manager or director title have to fight for a raise. IF we get a raise it is so low it is not even worth the paperwork to process it. YET over and over we get emails on new manager positions, or this manager just got Senior manager title, there are even managers that do not even manage a staff but yet they get manager title! My current job title is tens of thousands below the national average. Everyone in upper management gets to travel but if we ever get to travel everything on our receipts are scrutinized. Back in the other office I used to work at the supply cabinet that held the pens was locked and we had to explain to the lead why we needed a pen. And sometimes she wouldn't even give us the pen! I used to just bring my own pens in after awhile and keep them with me to avoid dealing with her. And the main office used to be in MN but the owner decided to uproot the headquarters and head to Texas. Whether it was for tax reasons or to kiss the largest customer's butt, I am not 100% but they lost so many experienced and good employees with this move including losing some customers. And year after year we are told sales are down. We claim to sell quality products but almost every new product that is released has an issue or failure to it. Quality for life, give me a break! There was one product that the office in Vienna, Austria told the U.S. staff to not release yet, they want to do more testing. But the unprofessional management team decided to release product and of course tons came back not working and customers/patients were upset.

1.0
Jan 11, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Work Independently, no boss hovering over you

Cons

No benefits, No PTO get in trouble if you call in. Expect you to know what to do without adequate training

1.0
Jun 12, 2015

Mismanaged

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Decent pay for an entry level job. Some wonderful people work here. Helping people stay mobile is rewarding.

Cons

The upper management is unapproachable and I am aware of situations where employees have been mistreated without any reason.

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