Pros
Life saving device, amazing minimally invasive technologies. I truly believe in the product (although overused in the high risk PCI space), in the cardiogenic shock space (50% mortality) it is definitely an amazing tool to bridge patients to recovery or advanced therapies
Cons
Abiomed is a terrible company to work for. I worked foe abiomed for three years, after a year I asked my manager how come I am not being promoted like all of my peers and according to our agreement, my manager lied to me and said it was because my start date initiated after the quarter started (start 04/30/2018) so I must wait until next quarter, all while all other peers in my orientation got promoted with the same start date. During my employment I was put down and insulted, taken for granted and bullied. When I asked why I was being discriminated I was answered with complete silence. When the situation got really bad and I was the only clinical supporting NYC (12 hospitals + outside transfers) I was dismissed by my managers. When I realized I won’t ever be promoted by my manager I applied internally to a position I am well qualified for. I was told my my manager and HR the position got filled. When I pointed that was not the case and sent a screenshot of the job posting just hours earlier - HR simply changed the location of the position to appear as a different posting (which changed the location of the position I applied to from LA to HQ) (see picture) When the situation got really bad I asked to take a break and filed for FMLA - abiomed did everything in their power to not approve my claim. Upon filing the claim Abiomed exclusively took away my email access - when I asked if that is the case for any employee filing for FMLA - “I’m a new mom at Abiomed, is my email access revoked?” - I was basically told no, this is the case specifically for me. When they finally approved my FMLA claim weeks after, I could not get to the treatment plan originally booked upon filing the claim. I asked to come back to work while I rebook my treatment - I was then fired for “although not from your number, a team member got a text and perceived it to be you saying ‘God have mercy on your soul’”- that was the only actual reason for my dismissal. If you are gay you do not have a space at Abiomed, a conservative, militarized company who sees only money in front of them and pay zero care for their employees.
