Smith+Nephew reviews

4.0

83% would recommend to a friend

(2,739 total reviews)
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Deepak Nath

88% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Smith+Nephew has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,739 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Smith+Nephew 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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5.0
Oct 6, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Exciting industry, strong leadership, consistent progress and improvement over last 3 years... amazing colleagues

Cons

Lots of ongoing change and re-organizations

3.0
Oct 3, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Very generous PTO and work flexibility. Never dreaded coming into the office. Good culture and friendly, peaceful environment. Good interdepartmental cohesion, easy to find assistance from SMEs. On-site management is always active and supportive with whatever concerns come up. Lots of diversity, if you're into that sort of thing.

Cons

Global leadership can make the decision to cut 30% of your department, or transfer your responsibilities to another site/overseas at any moment. Often with little foresight or planning for the results of those decisions. Development goals are always too ambitious given the time and resources available. Development and quality teams are punished when profits begin to drop. A lot of brain-drain in recent history. There aren't many of the old-heads left to share their wisdom. Lots of diversity, if you're not into that sort of thing.

4.0
Oct 2, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Corporate support is very helpful. Training, help phone lines, team. Products hold up well against competitors.

Cons

Hospital schedules are unpredictable. Staying on top of the game means giving up work life balance.

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