production technician

production operator

sales associate

territory sales

care specialist

Mölnlycke

I would like to start this review/summary by saying that I do love the company and the people that I work for.  I was asked to join this company and serve as the Clinical Research Manager for the US.  I saw this as an excellent opportunity to advance my career, despite the fact that I was at the time serving at a Director level.  In fact, this move has been very successful for me and I am not regretful for having taken it.  

I am the only individual in the company that works in the Clinical Research Department in the US.  However, with that title is also the limitations for advancement or consideration for any other clinical research position.  Unfortunately, they all exist at the home office in Sweden.  Thus, my seeking other possibilities to continue and advance my career. 

My typical day begins around 6:30am.  It is important to me that I communicate with my coworkers in "real-time".  I attend to any outstanding issues identified via emails, we hold teleconferences once a week if necessary, and I make follow up calls if there are any.  Depending on what stage of study activity we are in, I will then work on writing protocols, I assist data management in creating CRFS, I work on filing and organizing my central file binders, I work on creating informed consents, I may conduct literature reviews, etc.  If I am in the planning stages of the study with study sites then my correspondence via email revolves very heavily around negotiating budget terms, facilitating contracts with sites, their legal entities, my company's legal department, and then finalizing the documents with our admininstrative personnel.  I am highly transparent to all those I work with and leave no questions in regard to how I utilize my time here in the US while working from home.  I am frugal in terms of my expenses and travel.  

I have learned how to improve my organizational skills so that I can have necessary and important items readily available for access or discussion.  I have learned much about the Swedish culture and their way of business which in turn has required additional patience as their decision making process is not as fluid as what we are accustomed to in the US.  So, cultural diversity and tolerance are huge lessons learned.  

My co-workers are wonderful.  Swedish people are mild mannered and extremely polite.  They are not vengeful, and one does not feel that there is the professional competitiveness that seems to be more present among co-workers in American settings.  It is very pleasant and productive to work with my colleagues.  The only draw back is their process of decision making.  They are very concensus-driven and taking decision on any matter will take more time than what most Americans are accustomed to. 

The hardest part of my job is knowing that I have more to offer, but not being able to contribute.  I have many years of valuable experience in areas that are pertinent to so many aspects of this company and what the company wants to achieve.  However, the US team can't fully utilize my expertise because I am part of the Swedish team.  The Swedish team has me sort of "locked" into this one position and my input is limited in that respect as well.  I feel the need to expand, to be more collaborative and more part of things, but each attempt at that has not lead to anything further with the company. 

The most enjoyable part of my job is sharing my knowledge.  This sharing can be with co-workers, other team members within the company, clinicians we are doing business with, etc.  I love to learn from others and I love to have others learn from me.  I enjoy collaboration and feel at this point, I am somewhat limited in that opportunity.  

I love my job and I hate to consider a change, but as a professional I also feel the need to always continue to grow.  At this time, I am beginning to feel stagnant.  When that is the case, one must analyze the situation and consider other alternatives. 


Working at this company has been a deeply frustrating experience due to its fundamentally flawed leadership and toxic culture. The Executive Vice President (EVP) and Vice President (VP) levels exhibit astonishing levels of incompetence. The decision-making process is opaque and often devoid of logic, leading to inefficient operations and misguided strategic directions.

The CEO's blatant nepotism has permeated the organization, creating a culture where advancement is based on favoritism rather than merit. This has resulted in a severe lack of growth and development opportunities for employees. Promotions and career development initiatives are reserved exclusively for top managers, while talented, ambitious, and knowledgeable employees find their potential stifled.

For young professionals who are passionate about their work and eager to make meaningful contributions, this company is particularly soul-crushing. Rather than being challenged and encouraged to grow, you will face constant obstacles and disillusionment. Talented individuals looking for a stimulating and rewarding environment should steer clear of this company; it will only hinder your professional development and dampen your enthusiasm.

The company itself is a good company to work for, but I would reconsider applying for the contract administrator position at the Norcross, GA location. If you decide to interview with this company, ask the manager, who is very new to the company, about the turn over rate for the position as well as what training will be received. This manager does not have tolerance or patience and want you to be fully functioning in the job within a month's time. The manager doesn't not have knowledge about how the positions that he/she supervisor's should be worked and therefore has to depend on other lower level employees for help to do his/her management job. This manager will pretend that he/she knows what is going on, but you will later find our that he/she really is clueless. He/she will not be a big help in assisting you with questions or in training you. Some of the employees in that department are willing to help, but others are not. This is one of those department to where you have to play "private investigator" to get the tools that you need to perform your job.There is an integrity issue with manager and some of the employees in the department.
 Also make sure that you have a good understanding of what the salary should be for the position. It could possibly be changed to a lower salary by the time you accept the position and start your first day of work. PLEASE BE CAREFUL WITH THIS JOB!!!  LOOK ELSEWHERE!!!!!

Work at the Anderson, SC Distribution Center is super steady. Trucks come in that must be unloaded by hand onto pallets and at the most a two man team will do two trucks. Aside from that orders from customers must be filled onto pallets using a pick list and scanner. Fairly simple process but gets boring quickly. Two 15 minute breaks and a 30 minute break for lunch during normal 8.5 hour shift 5 days a week. 

Co-workers during my time there were friendly and easy going people. No complanits really about management other then being told to follow a rule that they normally don't (Steel Toes). 

Easily the hardest part about the job is hand unloading trucks. Normally your given two hours to unload a truck but thats only really possible if you have a perfectly loaded truck and your not searching through multiples of the same product but different lots. The company is also willing to try and load sea contaniers with different products in an attempt to save money, recently they loaded one with soaps and small bandage boxes. This resulted in two poeple tied up for nearly 6 hours in a hot truck (Not refridgerated). 

The easiest part of our work is everything else. Filling orders usually takes little effort on your part and management is understanding the time it takes to fulfill the orders and issues that come up.

This company really struggles with culture, training and management. 

Management seems unsure of how to supervise and handle personnel issues. Poor performing employees are untouchable due to friendships with management. High performing employees have been fired without warning due to being smeared by others in favor with the managers. Morale is low because of the level of uncertainty. You could be fired tomorrow for something that has nothing to do with your performance. Scary. 

Training is virtually non-existent. We have a trainer, but he doesn't come from a training background. I'm not even sure what he does, honestly. He's never trained me to do anything. He seems to just hang out on the floor, gossiping and causing conflicts. We could really use a proper trainer. My advice would be to find someone with training and development experience in a production environment. 

There seems to be little organization, particularly as it comes to planning for material to keep the machines running. There is a lot of down time and waste. The company offers profit sharing, but everybody's profits would be better with better management practices and a real training professional to provide consistent and through training on the equipment.

Avoid this company!

Terrible management, I had 4 bosses in the two years I worked with Molnlycke. No clear direction with constant organizational restructuring. Was placed on one team, then placed on another, then finally back to the original team because the new teams and their managers could not achieve their goals. Frequent teams getting cut or let go, etc. 

Poor sales training as well. 

With frequent night in-services for wound-care products you can count on not being able to have a life outside of work. 

***Also avoid if you are going to be relocated - their relocation repayment policy is a 2 year policy and not the standard 1 year - you WILL have to repay your relocation regardless of whether or not you were let go or quit before a full 2 years.

It doesn't help that the staff hates the products you sell as well. The turning and positioning bundle is a bear to educate on and you frequently offer 2 weeks of day, night, and weekend education, just to have the evaluation go south and not see a penny from your hard work. 

If you want to go into medical sales, go to a larger, more established company who knows what the h*ll they're doing.

I took this job because of the excellent starting pay and benefits package but the reality is very disappointing. 
The production staff is a toxic work culture. They all hate the job and the company. The experienced workers are cruel and make no effort to help new employees. The work itself is repetitive and monotonous, mindless and easy.  You are a human machine here. Honestly, it would be a fine job if the people working here weren't so miserable and mean. It makes no sense, these are the most unhappy, unhelpful people I have ever worked with. 
Also, look up the chemical TDI. It's used to make foam. That's what you will sucking in while working here. It's a toxic carcinogen. They neglect to mention that in the interview process.
Molnlycke is a complete waste of your time, it's a company with a bad attitude.

If you’re the type of person that likes to go to work keep your head down and not get involved in job politics this is NOT the place for you.   It seems promising at first as most jobs do but you will soon find out it’s just the calm before the storm.  Everyone that works here has issues with each other and they more or less just tolerate their co workers to avoid conflict.  Prepare to be paid late or not at all consistently, endure avoidable shift changes and overtime due to under staffing.  Childish finger pointing that goes all the way up to management and a complete lack of resolve if reported.  The best thing about this place is the paid breaks, easy workflow (made complicated by the micro managing) and PTO requests are almost never denied.  When I first started here I was warned this place treated their employees bad in the past and thought things would be different.  Boy was I wrong.

Anderson DC is a place where you come to work and the Director will know your name and treat you as family. We are transforming from good into World Class and giving the employees an opportunity to be a stakeholder in the transformation. 

We are building a team of great individuals that want to contribute to providing medical products to the customers that could be any of our family members in need of our products. 

The pay scale is competitive with many benefits that separate it from other Distribution Centers. 

If you are a good natured person that wants to be part of a growing organization and bring positive change, come join Molnlycke Anderson DC.  

I have worked at Molnlycke for years, I have seen the good and the bad.  Right now I feel like this is a great place to work.  New management actually cares about their employees and benefits are hard to beat.  120 hours PTO starting along with competitive insurance and the best 401k match I have seen.  everyone seems to get along with each other and most are Team oriented. Employee  driven focus groups have started recently to improve areas such as Career paths, Training, investing in employees, waste reduction etc…

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Production technician 58 salaries reported	$21.48 per hour
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Territory sales 1 salary reported	$99,000 per year
Care specialist 4 salaries reported	$82,500 per year

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