Is the goal to get everyone to quit?

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In most companies hr is the voice of the people. No surprise that Integra hires and promotes the weakest people on the planet for hr. Most do not even know what a true hr dept does. Their conduct is stupid. If you want everyone to know you have an issue with something go to hr, they will be happy to discuss it with anyone that will listen. So what have you learned? Integra is full of nasty vile people and they do not care about you. When in Rome......
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Voice of the people? you are completely delusional. HR (here and at other companies) is nothing more than corp, strategic and government policy enforcement, additionally a means to avoid breaking the law and getting fined, sued, etc. HR only does what it is told to enforce, and do by Sr management and the government.

What I have learned is that this is not a company anyone should work for... internally, people are restrained, talent grossly questionable, and most are waiting to leave instantly when the moment is appropriate.
 












Neuro is in pretty bad shape - and with Ascension integration, Recon is in flux as well with some strong folks ousted this week.

Ascension was losing money, so we buy them and keep the people who were helping them lose money? Stu pid.
 












Anonymous said:
Neuro is in pretty bad shape - and with Ascension integration, Recon is in flux as well with some strong folks ousted this week.

Ascension was losing money, so we buy them and keep the people who were helping them lose money? Stu pid.
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After increasing sales over 20% annually for four years and making less money each year, I quit. Integra is designed to make Stewy and a few other people very wealthy. Stu came from Goldman Sachs. It seems that's where he got his moral compass.
 






I have an interview with Neuro manager this week. I need to know whats up with this division and is it worth to leave a major med device company for this? I am being promised 150k plus 900 a month in expenses. PLEASE help! I also heard the Neuro Division is where you want to be.
 






Anonymous said:
I have an interview with Neuro manager this week. I need to know whats up with this division and is it worth to leave a major med device company for this? I am being promised 150k plus 900 a month in expenses. PLEASE help! I also heard the Neuro Division is where you want to be.[/QUOTE

if you hit all your bonus marks it pays 36k. Hardly anyone hits them all. They are difficult to get achieve. figure a 7% commision rate. if you know what the territory is doing you can easily make some assumptions. you would need at least a 1.8 mil territory to make 150k per year.

Neuro has some great products but not many improvements over the years. management can do some things that will make you scratch your head sometimes but every company has that.

Neuro docs can be tough to call on so consider that. You will need some thick skin.
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The vast majority of these posts are right on the mark. Integra's slogan should be changed from "limit uncertainty" to "incompetence and pawn off responsibility". The reason there are conference calls and group meetings about absolutely everything is because 1) nobody is sure what they are supposed to be doing and 2) people don't want to do their job. Decisions made in a group setting allow an individual to avoid responsibility for the decision. That's why everyone at Integra uses pronouns. We, they, etc are always used instead of I or a particular inviduals name.

Very little is being done correctly. Decisions are made without regard to FDA regulations, the actually profitability of the company, or foreign medical device regulations. Not even basic accounting and tax processes are being done correctly. It was just this year apparently that budgets were actually done correctly. In short, if you are a highly experienced professional who knows the proper way of doing things don't wok here. Otherwise, you will spend a considerable amount of time banging your head against the side of your cubicle or office wall; and wondering if you are the only one that is not taking medication or an illegal substance.

And don't expect your professional contributions/accomplishments to be appreciated. My professional evaluation score, as well as those of others in my group, we're artificially lowered by the VP; so " that everyone would be in the same range"
 












Anonymous said:
Not true. I left at the same time from another functional area. None of the three were in danger of being fired and some were counter offered.
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If you worked in a different functional area, then you don't know the inner workings of HR. If you don't know the inner workings of HR, then you have no knowledge of counter offers. Integra doesn't generally counter offer.

It's a wave of change and it has its disadvantages. You can either ride it out or leave. Different people have different priorities and needs, which lead them to choose accordingly. People complain about poor performers and lack of culture, yet they apparently freak out when groups are let go or some individuals choose to leave. Well, we've go to change the people to improve the status quo. Just give it time. I'm not saying that everyone who left was a poor performer, but just not a proper fit. It happens all the time and that's why people move between companies.

Move along, folks.
 






Anonymous said:
The 2 HR people were not up to the new VP's standards and they knew it. They left before getting fired.
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They were one of the best HR people Neuro has had in years. Obviously you don't know what you are talking about. Plus, it looks like over the past year their has been a huge turnover in HR as a function, several from the corp side and other divisions. It had nothing to do with the "new" VP of HR as she is has only been with Integra from a few months.
 






Anonymous said:
If you worked in a different functional area, then you don't know the inner workings of HR. If you don't know the inner workings of HR, then you have no knowledge of counter offers. Integra doesn't generally counter offer.

It's a wave of change and it has its disadvantages. You can either ride it out or leave. Different people have different priorities and needs, which lead them to choose accordingly. People complain about poor performers and lack of culture, yet they apparently freak out when groups are let go or some individuals choose to leave. Well, we've go to change the people to improve the status quo. Just give it time. I'm not saying that everyone who left was a poor performer, but just not a proper fit. It happens all the time and that's why people move between companies.

Move along, folks.
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Obviously you don't know the inner workings of HR at Integra. They do offer counter offers to those employees that they want to keep and do offer stay bonuses.
 






Anonymous said:
If you worked in a different functional area, then you don't know the inner workings of HR. If you don't know the inner workings of HR, then you have no knowledge of counter offers. Integra doesn't generally counter offer.

Y a wave of change and it has its disadvantages. You can either ride it out or leave. Different people have different priorities and needs, which lead them to choose accordingly. People complain about poor performers and lack of culture, yet they apparently freak out when groups are let go or some individuals choose to leave. Well, we've go to change the people to improve the status quo. Just give it time. I'm not saying that everyone who left was a poor performer, but just not a proper fit. It happens all the time and that's why people move between companies.

Move along, folks.
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The above quote is exactly the problem at Integra. DENIAL and no perception of reality. The majority of "professionals" at Integra are subpar. Persons in positions, with professional responsibilities, that they shouldn't be in. All the people I know that have left have been the employees Integra claims to value the most; highly qualified, highly skilled, and passionate about their work. These people knew that even they have no chance of saving others, their department, and certainly not the company. In my experience it has been the really good people that have left Integra and the mediocre that continue to stay. It is the highly skilled, highly qualified, and passionate employees that are, to quote the above person, " just not a good fit" for Integra. And that last sentences serves as a perfect synopsis of Integra.
 






I don't understand the point behind this long argument. If you've left the company and think it was an awful place, then why are you wasting your precious time posting about it. If you're still with the company and don't like it, then I suggest you spend your time looking for a job instead of complaining.

I agree that it's a wave of change. We have a new CEO and he's working on making the necessary changes, but it won't happen overnight. Stu was a financial genius but he didn't care about the people nor did he know how to effectively manage them-- hence the change in leadership.
 






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