Smith+Nephew reviews

4.1

82% would recommend to a friend

(2,717 total reviews)
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Deepak Nath

88% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Smith+Nephew has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,717 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent 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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3K reviews
1.0
Jun 12, 2010
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

lots of freedom; no micro-management; time to do what you need to do during the day.

Cons

Management is terrible from the ground all the way up. The company had no logistics ability, no inventory, and no business sense.

2.0
May 18, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Job security. Company loyalty. Good benefits (just not when it comes to PTO and vacation and work hours)

Cons

Management is in place due to seniority and not skill. Managers do not know how to manage people. Poor communication. Everybody is NOT working on the 'same page'. Innovation is shunned. Looking for new solutions is not the norm. Not a typical American company. It's HQ'd in the UK, which may have some impact. To southern and everybody is conservative in ALL RESPECTS.

3.0
Apr 8, 2010

Great place to start, but not to stay

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There is constant change, so you get a lot of experience quickly. The pace is extreme, so if you can survive there you will thrive anywhere else. The people are passionate about the work and there is good opportunity for growth in most of the departments. The benefits are way above average. In less than three years you will have gained a massive amount for your resume. Well worth the time investment.

Cons

The constant change and extreme pace will wear you down quickly. Work/life balance is not generally encouraged and a 40 hour week is unheard of. The changes mean that you really might put weeks into an 'urgent' project that is then abandoned and replaced by another 'urgent' project.

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