Baxter reviews

-Incredibly political place to work. you are beholden to the whims of managers (sometimes from other teams) and a senior leadership that doesn't entirely understand what's happening at the ground floor. -Cross-functional teamwork challenging because priorities and expectations are not aligned across the org. -Accountability is not a virtue here. When things fall apart, there is no interest in a post-mortem or course correction and instead a blame game is played. If you have nobody to scapegoat, then you are the scapegoat. -Outlook for the company is poor. Baxter recently had some big acquisition and over-extended. They are now spinning off part of their business and downsizing. Baxter will likely not disappear, but they're not exactly going to thrive without some real changes internally. -Return to office plan is pathetic. I heard rumors that senior leadership was basically taking attendance in the form of checking keycard swipes to see who was showing up.

From a 10 + year employee it's sad to see what this company has fallen to. Morale is . . . nonexistent. There's an us versus them employee to management mentality now. It never used to be that way. "It's not my job" is the mantra these days, IF and it's a big if there is proper staffing. Don't do anyone a favor to help out because you'll own it from there forward. There is aging equipment and infrastructure that is being run to failure with zero investment in equipment and maintenance. 40 - 50 year old equipment.that is held together with bubble gum and band aids and replacement parts unavailable due to obsolescence. There are dinosaurs hanging on in management with archaic ideas and it is painfully evident. Leadership starts at the top and this company is drifting aimlessly just like its leadership. All this is evident by looking at the stock price over the last 18 to 24 months. If I had to put a time on it it would have started the death spiral around 2016. I used to enjoy coming to work, there were smart people, employee events and engagement. These things are long gone. Now it's just a "job". It's sad, it was never like this.