The 10 largest medtech employers of 2018 – and what their employees really think

10. Terumo

Number of employees: 23,319
Big 100 revenue ranking: 21
Glassdoor rating: 2.9/5
54% would recommend to a friend.

Terumo produces and sells a variety of general hospital products and equipment like disposable supplies, blood glucose monitors, dialyzers, infusion pumps and intravenous liquid nutrients. The company also makes blood transfusion bags, heart-lung machines, vascular grafts and catheters. Terumo operates in different parts of the world including the America, Asia and Europe and sells products in about 150 countries.

Here’s what current and former employees have to say on Glassdoor:

“Pros: Generally a young group of coworkers; you feel like your job is really making a difference; somewhat flexible schedules. Cons: Salary isn’t competitive with the rest of the job market; high turnover; management doesn’t always support a good work-life balance.” —Current employee

“Pros: Process as well as people centric; quality and service conscious; lean organization; approach toward customers is scientific and clinically driven. Cons: Market intelligence is in a primitive stage and needs to evolve a lot; marketing engagements required at tactical and strategic level to boot brand building and improve employability.” —Current employee

“Pros: People in marketing will be able to get some opportunities to develop the therapeutics of devices with new technology; Company allow them to participate in the exciting projects. Cons: Elder people of this company are in a higher management positions even if they have no progress. The structure of organization is very stable.” —Current employee

“Pros: High quality products that can compete well with other brands. Cons: Slow, bureaucratic and autocratic management in Japan.” —Former employee

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