Stryker
Growing Company with good salary/benefits but poor culture
employee (Former Employee) – Hamilton – 9 March 2018
Days are full of back to back meetings, which allows no time to actually execute on job requirements. No transparency of management, no useful feedback that can help you improve. Culture is aggressively competitive and highest marks are given to the most outspoken and self-promoting people.
Pros
Lots of future growth potential, moving into new facility, good pay and benefits
Cons
Long hours, lack of valuable feedback and transparency, competition instead of collaboration
nothing but high praise when i worked for stryker
Senior Staff Accountant (Former Employee) – Hamilton, ON – 1 March 2018
a very demanding company very strict deadlines month end closings were very busy worked sometimes till 2 in the morning but they treated you very fairly would give you time off when needed or seeing how many overtime hours i worked when deserved treat their employees with great respect treated all of us well
Pros
lots of free lunches and company get togethers after hours
Cons
very long hours at month ends and very strict deadlines
Fun place to work good people
Warehouse Worker (Former Employee) – London, ON – 16 January 2018
I enjoyed my time working there they treat the workers well there was little to no advancements but do to the small size of the factory it was the best it could be
Pros
free lunches on a long weekend
Cons
Hot
Entreprise qui est en expension
Superviseur d'assemblage quart de nuit (Former Employee) – L'Islet, QC – 10 October 2017
Entreprise qui prend de l’expansion. Bonne culture d'entreprise. Dirigeant inspirant, employés motivés.
Pros
Bonne ambiance de travail
Cons
Horaire parfois extensible.
Really enjoyed working with the people and management
Customer Service Administrator (Current Employee) – Dundas, ON – 9 October 2017
Fast pace environment.
I learned with good organization skills and determination anything was possible to grow within a great company.
Great support from management.
I learned with good organization skills and determination anything was possible to grow within a great company.
Great support from management.
Stryker is a very successful company with great people
Sales Support (Current Employee) – Hamilton, ON – 5 July 2017
- Lots of young people, new ideas
- Office is pretty nice (free coffee, gym on site)
- Good name on resume
- Good way for a new grad to get some experience
- Office is pretty nice (free coffee, gym on site)
- Good name on resume
- Good way for a new grad to get some experience
Pros
Great culture - people live the values. Community/charitable involvement, good benefits and compensation.
Cons
Working extra hours to complete demands
Un plaisir
Assembleur (Former Employee) – L'Islet, QC – 17 April 2017
Voici pour moi qui est stryker. Une entreprise de haute technologie fabrication de lit hôpital.
Une très grande compagnie qui ont engagé environ 350 personnes .2012 la compagnie as déménagé au Mexique .
Une grande tristesse pour tout les personnes qui ont perdus leurs travail.
Mais nous avons eux notre directeur général qui est Michel Levasseur as travailler fort pour que stryker continue dans la région de l islet Québec .
Pour cette entreprise mon travail était assembleur ,magasinier, tecnitien sur la route et représentant de les employés.
Sylvain B .
Une très grande compagnie qui ont engagé environ 350 personnes .2012 la compagnie as déménagé au Mexique .
Une grande tristesse pour tout les personnes qui ont perdus leurs travail.
Mais nous avons eux notre directeur général qui est Michel Levasseur as travailler fort pour que stryker continue dans la région de l islet Québec .
Pour cette entreprise mon travail était assembleur ,magasinier, tecnitien sur la route et représentant de les employés.
Sylvain B .
Finance Department - Hamilton Office
Finance Manager (Former Employee) – Hamilton, ON – 14 March 2017
As a former finance department employee at Stryker, I can assure you that the finance department will keep you busy. Hours are long on month end due to unrealistic deadlines set by corporate office. The annual review process has a two strikes and your out approach, if in one year you receive a Developing rating-you get no bonus or raise, then the next if year you receive another Developing rating, there is no bonus or raise, and your put on a probation period, with basically one foot out the door. This approach is designed to ensure employees are pushing as hard as they can in their job. The finance department has historically been known as a sweat shop, and has had very high turnover in the past 5 years.
Don't be mislead by all the "best place to work" awards held by the Stryker office in Hamilton. All info is filtered by HR that gets released to the rating companys, so it's very misleading.
I've worked for a lot of companys, and unfortunately, Stryker is the only place I can say was a mistake in my career choices.
If your still uncertain about this job, speak with any independant job recruiter outside of Stryker, and they will validate the above.
On the positive side, if you can make it in Stryker, you can make it any where.
Don't be mislead by all the "best place to work" awards held by the Stryker office in Hamilton. All info is filtered by HR that gets released to the rating companys, so it's very misleading.
I've worked for a lot of companys, and unfortunately, Stryker is the only place I can say was a mistake in my career choices.
If your still uncertain about this job, speak with any independant job recruiter outside of Stryker, and they will validate the above.
On the positive side, if you can make it in Stryker, you can make it any where.
Pros
Christmas Party
Cons
Long hours
You work as a team in a dynamic environment.
DISTRIBUTION ASSOCIATE (Current Employee) – Hamilton, ON – 31 March 2016
Stryker is a company full of young people with University degrees. There is is the hospital like excellence work culture since it is a Medical supply company, but it is not as rigid as in an actual hospital. There are always team building activities, such as sports, dinner events, or almost constant meetings that keep you in the loop and part of the Stryker world.
Pros
Great work atmosphere
Cons
The application process is vigorous and long.
Stryker believes in its people.
Surgical Sales Coordinator - Orthopedics (Former Employee) – Dundas, Ontario – 8 July 2015
Best work environment I have had the privilege to work in for the past 16 years.
Hardest part of the job was the constant demands of critical needs of hospitals and the sales force, this was balanced by many Stryker fun days. ie: Employee appreciation week. baseball/golf days, spontaneous ice cream sunday afternoons. Birthday treats, the list is long.
Co-workers were all team mates, I believed to never let a team mate fail as did others. Any inside failures were transparent to the outside sales force and hospitals.
Hardest part of the job was the constant demands of critical needs of hospitals and the sales force, this was balanced by many Stryker fun days. ie: Employee appreciation week. baseball/golf days, spontaneous ice cream sunday afternoons. Birthday treats, the list is long.
Co-workers were all team mates, I believed to never let a team mate fail as did others. Any inside failures were transparent to the outside sales force and hospitals.
Pros
Many fun days.
Cons
Working extra hours to complete demands
Great Job, Good People
Warehouse Support Staff (Current Employee) – Waterdown, ON – 2 December 2014
Fast paced environment. Receiving/shipping/order picking/kit replenishments fill the day. Never a dull moment. Exceptional staff and management. Extensive training.
Working at Stryker - Canada
Other (Former Employee) – Waterdown, ON – 30 October 2013
Don't be deceived by the best place to work awards in Canada. This company asks a lot from its employees, plus some. If you want a challenging career, with weekend work at no extra pay, then Stryker could be a fit for you however, if you want work / life balance, stay very very far away from this company, as there is no work / life balance at Stryker in Canada.
If you like to work independently then this may be a place for you, because management does not have a lot of time to support.
If you like to work independently then this may be a place for you, because management does not have a lot of time to support.
Pros
Christmas Parties and Golf day
Cons
Long Hours, No Extra Pay, Management has no time for you
Productive and always fun.
warehouse material handler (Former Employee) – Waterdown, ON – 20 September 2012
Stryker canada was always a long but great day at work eveyone of my co-workers were great to work with management was great as well the hardest part of my day was at the end of my day to make sure that all orders have been picked and shipped out the best part of the day was when it was time to go home.
Pros
lunch with all my co-workers
Cons
one hour for youre lunch and no breaks.