Medela Environment Employee Reviews | Comparably
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Through advancing research, observing natural behavior, and listening to our customers, Medela turns science into care while nurturing?health for generations. Medela supports millions of moms, babies, patients, and healthcare professionals in more than 100 countries all over the world. As the healthcare choice for more than 6 million hospitals and homes across the globe, Medela provides the leading research-based breast milk feeding and baby products, healthcare solutions for hospitals, and clinical education. A family-owned company, Medela has 20 subsidiaries in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Australia, three production and warehouse facilities in Switzerland, the U.S and China and a worldwide distribution network in over 100 countries. With over 1,500 employees, Medela is dedicated to building better health outcomes, simplifying and improving life, and developing breakthroughs that help moms, babies and patients live their life to the fullest. read more
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Medela Environment Employee Reviews

What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?

employees are approachable on all levels, open communication, always willing to help and support, backing up on each other, very engaged to enhance our products

Review from HR Dept · Posted 5 days ago

Supportive, transparent, constructive, open and collaborative, purpose full.

Review from HR Dept

It is a family friendly, hybrid/office work environment that tries to allow for and balance work/life priorities.

Review from Finance Dept

Getting along with my manager/supervisor as well as my coworkers.

Review from Production & Warehouse Dept

People seem to really care about what they are doing and know that their work makes an impact. This brings a collaborate environment where you can ask questions without fear of being viewed as negative. Everyone has the same goal in mind. It's refreshing.

Review from Operations Dept

The open culture and recognition that we are all people and not just 'workers'. The company works to provide a good work/life balance.

Review from Operations Dept

openness, interested in me as a person, fun

Review from Sales Dept

We are all passionate about our mission to support mothers, babies and patients on their individual journeys and to improve health outcomes. Hence, we focus on making a lasting impact rather than short-term financial returns.

Review from Communications Dept

kind people, little politics, strong investment in our skillset

Review from Sales Dept

Things smell wonderful around here.

Review from IT Dept

Open communication, core values and opportunity

Review from Customer Excellence Dept

The people for sure. Great leaders and managers as well as very good teams.

Review from Sales Dept

The people in the workplace.

Review from Sales Dept

It's a hardworking focused environment that is also comfortable and fun at the same time.

Review from Customer Excellence Dept

Family environment where we all relish in each others successes

Review from Sales Dept

Our company is setting right atmospher , values, ethics.

Review from Production & Warehouse Dept

Employees are caring, supportive, and friendly.

Review from Operations Dept

Everyone i work with are friendly and work with you to get things done.

Review from Marketing Dept

always challenged and engaged, everyone is very nice

Review from Finance Dept

A culture that celebrates and supports its employees. A culture that nurtures trust and respect.

Review from Sales Dept

What needs to change to make the company culture better?

Have a daycare for us moms and a workout room if you want us to come in 5 days a week now.

Review from Sales Dept

Better decision making processes /accountability.

Review from Engineering Dept

Create a more harmonious work culture where people feel comfortable in contributing their ideas and there is not a sense of power or entitlement. Addressing toxic behaviour and stopping it right away!

Review from Marketing Dept

nothing reqlly pretty gooid teamjs

Review from Operations Dept

more business focus and addressing the short/mid term issues

Review from Sales Dept

In my opinion it still lacks of processes and clear organization/structure which would avoid overlapping projects, missing alignment on objectives and targets, etc.

Review from Finance Dept

Die Arbeitsbelastung muss sich generell reduzieren

Review from Executive Dept

increase resources to reduce or eliminate the shame / blame culture

Review from Operations Dept

Stop firing people and bring in more help! We need HELP. Establish processes that make sense. Retain your employees through better perks, bring back bonuses, offer free daycare (not the 10 days free crap), HONOR your agreements.

Review from Marketing Dept

we need to reduced complexity throughout the organization

Review from Operations Dept

More team-building measures after Corona to build personal bonds and identification with teams and company

Review from Operations Dept

Reward employees instead of firing and taking away incentives. Medela has become stagnant due to poor incentives.

Review from Marketing Dept

Retention of employees needs to be reviewed for improvements including promotions and benefit options. Other companies are now offering 4-5 weeks standard PTO time, cheaper insurance, and other options that Medela doesn't offer.

Review from Operations Dept

We need to get back to our roots. Quality products that serve customers well and we feel proud of what we do, not constantly handling complaints. There is always more focus on retail but the hospital business is important too, where many women will exp a pump for the 1st time. Innovate dont follow!

Review from Sales Dept

More challenging opportunities need to be offered.

Review from IT Dept

Greater contribution for those outside of Switzerland. I often feel like my role is strictly to take orders from Baar rather than take initiative.

Review from IT Dept

make better choices when downsizing; if money is the only consideration, then you get what you pay for, less talk/more action (less cheering/more lead by example)

Review from Marketing Dept

more inclusive. less hierarchies. a little more power for everyone other than management to make decisions.

Review from Marketing Dept

Ban the silo thinking and the cross-functional nastiness in our leaders. Being told off for having taught another team somthing about your own work should be a big no-go.

Review from Regulatory Affairs Dept

more care about production workes, especially the ones who had been working here for many years.

Review from Product Dept

Review Sentiment at Medela

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About Medela's Environment

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77/100

Where This Score Ranks Medela's Environment

TOP
10%

In the Top 10% of 2025 similar size companies on Comparably

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Not enough ratings to compare against companies in metro

2nd

2nd place versus 3 competitors rated on Comparably

The environment at Medela is considered positive by 88% of employees and regarded as having a “comfortably fast” work pace by 356 employees. Medela ranks in the Top 10% of 2025 similar sized companies (1,001-5,000 Employees) on Comparably.

Rate Environment the Highest

  • Department - Legal
    +14%
  • Department - Education & Research
    +12%
  • Department - Customer Excellence
    +9%

Rate Environment the Lowest

  • Department - Business Development
    -14%
  • Department - Supply Chain
    -5%
  • Ethnicity - African American/Black
    -5%

How Medela's Environment Score is Calculated

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Results from 688 Employees in All Departments, All Genders, All Ethnicities and All Yrs. Experience Experience

AnswerPercent
7 or less1%
852%
1040%
125%
More than 122%
On average, how many hours do you work a day?
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Extremely fast20%
Comfortably fast52%
Moderate22%
A bit slow3%
Bureaucratic3%
What's the work pace at your company?
AnswerPercent
Positive88%
Negative12%
Is your work environment positive or negative?
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Yes0%
No0%
Does someone you work with closely, make you want to quit your job?
AnswerPercent
Yes63%
No37%
Do you have a close friend at work?
AnswerPercent
5% or Less70%
5-10%21%
10-25%6%
25-50%2%
50%+1%
What % of the time are you bored at work?
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