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From the Biomet website...

When I first saw this I laughed my ass off - who came up with this BS? No. 1 is "respect for people"? what a bunch of crap!

"Why Become an Biomet Team Member?

1. Respect for People
We are dedicated to dignity and respect for the lives of our patients and we owe nothing less to each other. Everyone is a part of the corporate team and success, and each of us deserves to be treated with dignity and respect.


2. Diversity
Biomet respects and welcomes diversity in its Team Members, customers, suppliers, and others in the global market place.


3. Team Member Development
Biomet is committed to providing opportunity for growth to all Team Members.


4. Stewardship/Community Participation
As a partner of neighborhoods around the world, the corporation is responsible for protecting and enhancing its community. Biomet believes in investing in the communities where it conducts business. Team Member and corporate participation in non-profit, charitable, educational, civic, cultural and service organizations is encouraged.


5. Integrity and Quality
We promise to uphold the highest professional standards, and we keep our promises. Everyone at Biomet must be dedicated to today's highest quality standards and continuously improving them for tomorrow. Biomet's commitment to quality is measured by the consistent way its products improve the quality of lives around the world every hour, every day."
 






I didn't know whether to laugh or cry when I first saw that. Biomet is right up there with the most hypocritical companies in the U.S. It's not only been shown up as one of the worst offending orthopedic companies for paying kickbacks to docs, it's still doing it big time in other countries. Open your eyes Jeff. The shit is all around you.
 






#1 and #3

As someone who has worked inside, both under Dane and under the new management, "...committed to providing opportunity for growth to all Team Members" is a joke. Keep a low profile, go along to get along, don't ask-don't tell. Just do what you're told whether it's right, makes sense, or personally objectionable. As one SBU president told me behind closed doors, "either you do it, or I'll find someone who will".
 






As a former (10 yr) employee of Biomet their statements are as full of shit as they are. Raise questions they don't want raised to many times and see how fast they find a way to get rid of you.
 






Wow, as someone who had been approached by Biomet for purpose of filling an internal corporate position, I have to say I didn't get the impression those points where of any importance.

Sadly, sounds like just another empty corporate HR/marketing slogan. Glad to have gone elsewhere.
 






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That's correct, what a hypocritical statement. A company should care for their employees. Look how they treated D.Lackey. If anyone had integrity and principals it was reflected through her. Can we give her dignity back. Anyone see her lately?
 






Anonymous said:
Wow, as someone who had been approached by Biomet for purpose of filling an internal corporate position, I have to say I didn't get the impression those points where of any importance.

Sadly, sounds like just another empty corporate HR/marketing slogan. Glad to have gone elsewhere.
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They have one of the most idiotic recruiting practices I have ever experienced. No one ever gets back to you, very little professionalism, there is general inability to communicate... avoid working for this company at all costs!
 












Worked for this company, I knew exactly what you guys meant. Even though now i has a group of new owners and a new CEO. the people in the organization hasn't change. Extremely unprofessional. ppl say big company rule by policy, small company rule by personality. It is exactly the case at BMET. no consistency. no policy. no justice. If you want to work in the Orthopedics? go to work for the top tier companies. BMET is a loser, it stands no chance to win, and it never wants to win.
 






Here's the true story...

Why Become an Biomet Team Member?

1. "Dis-"Respect for People
Your time is not important. Fall into the hierarchy, know your place!

2. Diversity
in the janitorial staff only

3. Team Member Development
fester and rot away doing the same ole shit forever

4. Stewardship/Community Participation
You gotta be kidding.....Since when????

5. Integrity and Quality
Integrity yes, as long as the dollar can buy it! Quality, well maybe in a 3rd world country it might be construed as such.
 






Most of my interaction with Parsippany goes contrary to any of those stated "ideals". What a bunch of crap. Companies like Biomet make all sorts of claims to trap (recruit) people in positions they never wanted to be in... Fortunately we can call these A-holes out, and point out their deception. FU, and the lies you live by.
 






This company is in tremendous decline. You DO NOT want to working for them! Take it from an insider, the way this company is managed leaves a lot of doubt regarding its future. You may get fed a lot of dishonesty regarding where they are headed, what they want to accomplish, and how they plan to achieve it. It's all BS!
 


















Folks,

I am being recruited to Biomet Mircrofixation from another area of medicine for a sales position. I am interested in making a move to the OR. I am hearing some pretty bad things about the company on these boards.

Can anyone describe Biomet's position in the industry? Is it a market leader? How is perceived (Mercedes or Kia)? How is the money? What else do I need to know?

If not Biomet? Where? Stryker?

Thanks for you help!
 






Biomet is a freaking joke. I interviewed with a distributor a few years ago. I got all the way through the interview process and we started talking pay, start date, etc. Then all of a sudden they put the brakes on and started lying to me about whether they were going to fill the position, whatever. Turns out they found someone else they wanted to hire instead. The guy had almost no sales experience, but his dad was a surgeon, so hey, that's good enough!
I found out recently that the guy got canned less than a year after being hired because he could neither sell nor learn about the products. Meanwhile I'm working for a competitor and killing it. Biomet is nowhere in sight.
 






Anonymous said:
Biomet is a freaking joke. I interviewed with a distributor a few years ago. I got all the way through the interview process and we started talking pay, start date, etc. Then all of a sudden they put the brakes on and started lying to me about whether they were going to fill the position, whatever. Turns out they found someone else they wanted to hire instead. The guy had almost no sales experience, but his dad was a surgeon, so hey, that's good enough!
I found out recently that the guy got canned less than a year after being hired because he could neither sell nor learn about the products. Meanwhile I'm working for a competitor and killing it. Biomet is nowhere in sight.
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That is more of a reflection on the distributor, not the company.
 






Anonymous said:
That is more of a reflection on the distributor, not the company.
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And of course the distributor isn't connected with Biomet in any way. Let's get real. Biomet never misses a chance to fuck with distributors over contracts, territories, etc. so there's no reason why they cannot or should not intervene when one of their distributors acts like a total asshole. Hiring an incompetent guy just because he's the son of a doc is a potentially risky move after all the DOJ shit too.
 






Anonymous said:
Folks,

I am being recruited to Biomet Mircrofixation from another area of medicine for a sales position. I am interested in making a move to the OR. I am hearing some pretty bad things about the company on these boards.

Can anyone describe Biomet's position in the industry? Is it a market leader? How is perceived (Mercedes or Kia)? How is the money? What else do I need to know?

If not Biomet? Where? Stryker?

Thanks for you help!
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I work for Biomet Micro and I don't believe this division is in shambles like Ortho. It's not without it's problems though. Mgmt team is young, product development is slow, and marketing dept is a joke. But they have some solid relationships and respect with their Lorenz line. If they are looking to hire you as direct then you may never get over 150k. Distributors typically make 20% across the board so do the math with the current revenue. Stryker and Synthes both dominate the market but Biomet is a solid 3rd. There are some new products coming out that will help take some market share back. Stryker currently has the newest and best stuff but Biomet is SLOWLY releasing a set called trauma 1 that is pretty slick.

Look at the territory. Has it been dominated by one competing rep for a long period of time? How did the previous rep do? How many sets are in hospitals? These are all determining factors.

good luck. Dont let the boards scare you. It's mostly filled with disgruntle types. Go to synthes or stryker boards and you will see the same thing.
 






Anonymous said:
And of course the distributor isn't connected with Biomet in any way. Let's get real. Biomet never misses a chance to fuck with distributors over contracts, territories, etc. so there's no reason why they cannot or should not intervene when one of their distributors acts like a total asshole. Hiring an incompetent guy just because he's the son of a doc is a potentially risky move after all the DOJ shit too.
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Ah, look just playing devil's advocate, but what AVP has any power over a decent distributor? Our AVP has been trying to get our sales managers job for a while. Trying...
 






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