Pros
The mission is meaningful: developing devices that can directly improve patient lives. Some individual contributors are highly skilled and genuinely care about doing good work. They make good mentors. There are opportunities to take ownership of complex, system-level challenges if you’re willing to push through resistance
Cons
Technical leadership continues to recycle the same flawed systems engineering practices, embedding mistakes instead of evolving from them. New ideas are routinely suppressed by entrenched engineers from the “old Baxter guard,” who cling to outdated methods and prioritize bureaucracy and politics over real innovation. Deerfield HQ has largely forgotten about the Minneapolis R&D center. The site struggles with poor working conditions, lack of visibility, and minimal investment.
