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The position title is not indicative of role but rather to define your pay grade in the industry. Your role will have much more to with assembly and process operation. There is no need or desire for an understanding of electronics or manufacture, although you will be told that it is a "desirable quality" you will be primarily referred to as an Operator. You will be required to follow instructions like a machine and not expected to think, which can be appealing to some. You will however have to participate in exercises where management will pretend to be interested in your feedback and thoughts, everything shall appear open and honest. The objective is for everyone to feel good and after this is complete. You will then return to work, no change will occur and boxes can be ticked.

I feel if I had been aware of this earlier, things could have been much better there for me. The issue I found is this behaviour of facade painting happens in many - many forms at Cochlear, and quite often true intentions are a polar opposite to what is conveyed. However if you can take such things with a grain of salt and have good co-workers and a balanced 'after-work life' Cochlear can be very good here for a human operator machine. The work is not hard as in back-breaking or mentally draining, but can be very challenging - think of tricky intricate puzzle challenging which simply can't be done by everyone. Overcoming these little challenges in itself can be very rewarding. It's at this point that you soon realise that you are employed to conduct and develop a very specific and unique skill set. It is without such workers Cochlear would not be where they are today.

You will be given blanket throw-away praise for this, but none of it as a conscious heart felt effort. But rather mindless ignorant repetition. You will have many hundreds or even many thousands of good results from your work, that will quietly march away to the growth of the company. Specific, direct and detailed feedback for your efforts will happen only when mistakes are made, this is when true effort is made for recognition. But don't worry, boxes will be ticked and you can continue as before.

Company Culture:
This is a very interesting topic, and parallels with other big company characteristics of today. The experience can be very informative and much can be learnt from understanding this behaviour. Ability to adapt or contort to this will define your success or failure here. I was very disappointed to see an Australian company "evolving" in the same way as other overseas corporations. I had hoped at least so - that a medical company aimed at helping people would have a different culture. But at the end of the day its about making money and individual gains.

The progression structure is flawed and corrupt here, I have seen many held back for unknown reasons and many others moved forward for mysterious reasons. There will be a lot of false truths and rumours, but you will start to see patterns and connections linked to those who move forward. It is in brief the age old story of "who you know" rather than merit and effort. Be prepared for this, your people skills and that ability to get on the good side of those who are in control are key. Once again be mindful of the facades, there are glass ceilings and closed doors, already filled positions announced as open. You must figure ways around the restrictions and ignore the fake invitations.

Management:
Ill try to keep this short. I am not sure what this word means anymore, like many titles they have been distorted beyond recognition. Much like the suffix "engineer" used today. Whatever exactly it is they would do in the days long gone, management at Cochlear today is aimed at keeping the money making machine going, and to do so with as little effort as possible. The manufacture engine at Cochlear is a well oiled clunky odd but productive one, that has been running on its own for so long that I do believe that it has been forgotten about. When I say 'engine' I am referring to all those people working as operators. Management will appear to be very invested and caring though, however actions will speak louder than words.


Highly autocratic culture which is very toxic in South Asia. Extremely disconnected from the global and APAC culture.
The South Asia head runs the company like a family business owned by that person.
Only gossip and silly activities get any attention of management with no respect to one's capability, performance or even privacy.
If you ever ask a logical question or try to challenge the status quo based on your experience, you are an unwanted person preparing yourself to be the next one to get fired.
You don't need much to do the work here but you need a lot of patience and absolutely no self esteem to survive here.
No capable people in leadership positions 


I worked in Cochlear over 4.5 years and had a broad understanding in manufacturing and logistic especially in procurement. Had good opportunity with production engineer on manufacturing process and fully managed end to end procurement process. I  work closely with new product development sourcing and project management on new product. I assist Quality team on Supply Quality Agreement management with critical suppliers. I assist Quality team on Auditing from TUV-Sud, FDA etc. 
I work collaboratively with Production manager on critical item sourcing. 
The hardest part of the job is to work closely with internal stakeholders and external stakeholders. 
The most enjoyable part of the job is to keep good supply to production without any interruption no matter any situation.

Working at Cochlear is terrible. There is constant drama among employees. Prepare to work with people who are nice to your face and will complain straight to the manager if they don't like you for whatever reason. ie.  You dont want to date them, or you dont want to listen to them complain about everyone. Management does not care about you either, they only care about money.
Cochlear pretends to care about improving the lives of deaf people but all they really care about is making billions and paying their workers the bare minimum while expecting 3 times the amount of product to be made so they can make billions more while their workers struggle to pay their bills.


Low to minimal support from management, lots of meetings and discussion but no productive work is done. 

I can see that there is a lot of effort by the staff to appear busy and discuss many things in convoluted detail without actually getting anywhere. 

I was working in Cochlear for nearly 9 years. 5 years was Teamleader job. The job was not easy but very interesting with the Microscope all the time. I like to work electronic assembler and Medical device job. Very good management and a lot of Training about the job. I was Resign in Cochlear because of I try to change my life but not successful in my country.

Cochlear is an overall good place to work at, the people are nice and colleagues are all supportive. They want speed and quality, but seem to slightly focus more on speed or making targets, no matter your performance in other areas. they do give enough support to reach the performance level but if you are a bit behind, they will move on with business.

This company was fantastic to work for.  I was extremely busy and I was paid reasonably well for my hard work.

Unfortunately, this was only a maternity leave Contract role and there were no other opportunities available at the end of my Contract role.

I would work for Cochlear Ltd again.

Terrible work environment almost like being in a pressure cooker daily.  Due to its global offices in the US, Europe and Asia, you will have to attend 6 AM meetings and/or 7 PM meetings without any desired outcome. 

No defined roles or responsibilities. 

Directors and VPs with HUGE ego and very little to show for it.

One of the best companies to work for. A stimulating, diverse and vibrant work environment, top technology and top products which are recognized as world leading in the cochlea implant space. Highly performant and laser-focused R&D teams.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Engineer 3 salaries reported	$109,333 per year
Electronic assembler 8 salaries reported	$67,682 per year
Delivery manager 4 salaries reported	$202,500 per year
Firmware engineer 3 salaries reported	$85,333 per year
Process engineer 3 salaries reported	$111,667 per year

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