I’ve worked in the medical device industry my whole career and something is definitely up. Traditionally, the environment is hard core, work until you bleed, into the weekends, during Christmas dinner- do whatever it takes to make the numbers. For the last 6 months to a year, maybe longer, my company, along with almost every other one I know of is dealing with backorders... and no real plan to address them, as if it doesn’t matter. Aside from the constant corporate wokeness factor, I received CEO messaging that basically says to take Fridays off now. I have a friend at a competitive company who was recently given similar instructions to work less. Its as if we are winding down and preparing to close the doors. What’s going on?
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I sure hope so. It’s been so difficult to be doing something I believe to be so utterly pointless in the last year of knowing what I know
I hear you, i work for a small homebuilder in cost accounting/finance/purchasing and the last 6 months especially i'm just like "what the fuck am i doing right now, this is so pointless" as I watch EVERY SINGLE FACET of my industry raise prices or claim it's impossible to get certain items.
What type of medical stuff do you sell?
You don’t have to give away your company etc but what type of market?
Huge company with a zillion different businesses in it. I work in the cardiovascular part of it but many other parts of the company have the same issues.