Vantaggi
Stryker is full of young employees. The great thing about this is it means there are a lot of opportunities for out of work activiites with your co-workers. Also Stryker is a n aggressive results driven atmosphere. So the majority of people you will work with are very highly motivated and competent. Expectations at Stryker are clearly defined, most employees have 2-3 goals that they are evaluated on. If you do well at these goals then you are in a stron position for a promostion or salary increase. Finally, it is a high growth company so opportunities are very plentiful.
Svantaggi
Because the employee pool is so young it is also pretty immature. If you have a family you will find that the environment is not as family friendly as you may l ike. Compensation is also very low. The company hires based off of "strengths" and not on experience so that they can retain low compensation levels. Theoretically, you prove yourself at Stryker and earn a more realistic compensation level. However, most people do not last more than a few years and never really reach a level where they are adaquatly compensated. Finally, the focus is so heavily on reaching growth numbers that the long term is compromised.