patient care coordinator

warehouse associate

prosthetist

production operator

fabricator

Ottobock

Over my 15+ years as an employee with Ottobock, I’ve seen a lot of good and a lot of bad. Unfortunately, lately it feels like the bad has been showing more. Over time, the company seems to have shifted its focus more toward numbers and revenue, and less toward employees and workplace culture.

In the past, there were more efforts to build morale—summer and Christmas parties, games, raffles, and events that brought employees together outside of work. Now the Christmas event is usually just a lunch before everyone goes back to work. The raffle still happens, but many of the prizes now come from vendors rather than the company itself.

Pay was fairly competitive 10–15 years ago, but it has fallen behind compared to today’s standards. Many of these roles are labeled as “entry level,” yet they require a significant amount of knowledge, skill, and trust since employees are working on people’s medical devices.

I do believe many of the managers and supervisors are doing the best they can with what they’re given. However, their hands are often tied, and it’s becoming harder to attract and retain strong talent. At the end of the day, the company may say it’s not all about the numbers, but increasingly it feels like that’s exactly what it comes down to. 

Overall, I still love the work that I do. One of the biggest positives is when the company brings in guests who use our products. Hearing their stories and seeing the positive impact our work has on their lives is incredibly rewarding and reminds us why the work we do matters.

That said, the company needs to invest more in the people they hire and support the employees already here. If they can refocus on their workforce and rebuild the culture that existed a few years ago, I believe it would make a big difference for both employees and the company as a whole.

Worked here for a little over 3 years. The first half of my time there was great, but the end of my experience there and the more I learned about the company, the worse my experience was. It got to the point where the disconnect between the professed company values and cultures and the ACTUAL day-to-day way the company treated its employees. There was frequent leader/management turnover - and leadership often promoted people into “leadership” roles with no training, accountability, or actual management skills. As time went on, it became more apparent that the focus was on the money and the bottom line, and not actually focused or priority on the mission and helping people/patients. Internally and externally, there was no regard for accessibility, equity, inclusion, or diversity unless it makes the company immediate money. Even more than 100 years on, the internal systems and protocols are still being figured out - a family business that truly never matured and figured out how to function as a large corporation and keep up with other technology in the industry.

The company has a lot of positives for it. I love working with the people I work with. And it's great feeling like everyone is in it for the same stuff. We get to help people walk again. That's a great feeling.

However, lets start with management. Good workers does not mean good managers. And this happens a lot. A lot of folks don't get the proper training to manage, and keep a lot of their same duties as they go up.

Being one of the chosen ones...as mentioned in other reviews, that's important. If you're one of them, you work and you get paid appropriately.

However if you're the other 80% outside of that, you get underpaid, and stretched thin. I do the work of 3-6 of the same role as me at any other company, and I'm expected to be thankful I get to work here.

In the end, If you can somehow find your way into a department that is a priority for Management, you'll be golden. If not, you'll be struggling as long as you stay here. It's a good place to learn a lot, but after two years, it's time to move on.

A good place to gain experience in O&P industry. There are several different products and processes at this facility. Coworkers are willing to help you understand operations and procedures. Production work is very segmented which leads to repetitive tasks. 

Disparity between what policies describe and what actually happens in production areas with some team leads. For my area there seems to be no repercussions or follow-up on poor quality, 5S, time management, or cell phone use. Rampant cellphone use, often by team leads. The facilities swamp coolers have a limited cooling effect during hot months. Bathroom stalls are often out of order for repairs that take weeks to get fixed.

Not much room for advancement in production areas unless you stay for 10+ years. 

Still, it's been an excellent opportunity to get experience in production and get a look at different operations in O&P industry. 

Reviewed previous days work with people under me. (4)
Met with engineers on a daily basis to co-ordinate upcoming work
Programmed 3-D modeled parts with solid works/solid cam software in a true 5-axis environment
Designing fixtures and tooling as needed
Manufactured said programmed parts on a true 5-axis CNC mill
Checked parts during manufacturing  to insure quality, using various open set up methods 
Manufactured parts to completion, usually thru several operations, using various other CNC and manual machine tools, such as, but not limited to, manual lathes and mills, drill presses, grinders etc.
Conferred with engineers during the manufacturing process to aid in ease of manufacturing, and to insure they were getting the part they desired
Also aided service and assembly ares with any  problems they had  concerning manufacturing

My experience working as a Service Coordinator was very stressful to say the least. No chances for advancement and very cliquey atmosphere and management shows favoritism towards certain individuals making people feel left out and unappreciated. People get fired at the drop of a hat making you feel insecure in your position. People are rude and will throw you under the bus at the first chance and make you feel stupid. 
The perks are pay is pretty reasonable, good benefits, good company vision always putting customer first. Excellent training opportunities, benefits and company parties. The downside is the high stress work environment and little to no room for advancement.

Each year we lose more and more. Our benefits have been getting more expensive and we have been getting less each year. The in-network doctors are fairly limited.
We used to get a summer and a winter party, but they've stopped that. 
We used to get a 3-5% raise each year based on performance, but the last two years we haven't. However, the higher ups got record bonuses.
I honestly don't think it's worth the pay for how much you need to do and the stress of the work.

The dental and 401k are good. Most of the workers are very friendly. And on rare occasions they give you free food. 
It's a decent company to work for, but they do more to get you to apply than they do to convince you to stay. 

Many people jumped ship to work for other companies bc they knew there was no future at OB. Management  gave an entire dept. a raise which caused conflict between depts. they often give promotions to employees still under contract with staffing services or newer employees who have been working under 6 months rather than promoting their employees who have been dedicated to OB for years and are more knowledgeable. I couldn’t believe the circus that I saw day in and day out. The job I was “Promoted” to was not even necessary and I had nothing to do all day so when I finally got a job somewhere else, they did away with my position completely.

Otto bock has been my employment home for the past 24 years and has not only been my source of income but has also been the company where I have learned interpersonal skills and daily patient care. The coworkers are amazing! Management is very skilled and knows their "stuff" and there is an overwhelming aura of workplace ethic and high leveled professionalism. I wish they were staying in MN, so I could continue to work for them and retire from this amazing company.

Anyone lower than management is just a number. No input is taken seriously. Money savings is only done by laying off employees instead of simple areas that money could be saved. Was pulled into a room for a meeting regarding future of company. Once came back to the desks to mass letter of notification of future layoffs. 

Co-workers are great. We were always on the same page. That was the best reason to go into work. But always a feeling of uncertainty of employment future. Really hard for advancement.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Patient care coordinator 17 salaries reported	$18.76 per hour
Warehouse associate 3 salaries reported	$18.00 per hour
Prosthetist 2 salaries reported	$82,500 per year
Production operator 1 salary reported	$17.50 per hour
Fabricator 1 salary reported	$21.18 per hour

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