US lost its culture :( - Manager Coloplast Employee Review

2.0
6 May 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Danish CEO & leaders are excellent. (US management, not so much unfortunately).

Cons

Sadly, a culture of fear has developed (in the US) since new management was installed a few years ago. Became unclear if it was a workplace or a season of “Survivor.” US Chronic Care leader verbatim plagiarized (w/o credit) some Silicon Valley ‘thought leadership’ garble, put it on a PowerPoint slide, and proudly announced “this is our culture” … like a consulting robot with no actual ideas. A culture of fear was bred that trickled down, and frontline managers suffer for it. The US subsidiary has shed so many talented people recently due to toxicity, and new mid-level leaders who will throw anyone into a meat-grinder to pass blame if given an accurate read on something that doesn’t fit the narrative they want to hear, or tell upwards. Like the Russian Government, a yes-people culture develops as everyone is afraid to share bad news, even if it’s simply true and not anyone’s particular fault. Accurate reporting is stifled, which just makes it worse. The air cultivated like everything could collapse tomorrow is completely incongruous with this insanely high-growth & high-margin business. The misery was saddening - never used to be like that.

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1.0
17 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

They don’t micromanage, supervisors are always willing to help.

Cons

QA is an absolute mess, and they refuse to see the issue which affects everyone’s monthly bonus. If you value your mental health don’t work here, they will constantly talk to you about your “brand” or how you are being perceived if you speak up too much for their taste. They will ask for feedback but never address any issues. Your confidence will be tarnish when you work your butt off and your QA scores are always low, even people that are top tier and leaders within the dept can’t even get decent scores. Unless you are able to be hired by another dept, which that in itself is hard, you have nowhere to go, basically they “promote” you by doing the same job with more pay that comes with extra set of responsibilities while also having to meet your metrics because if not, no bonus.

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