Boston Scientific

sour_apple

Would anyone know what are they like to work for now? During the recession.

They were always a good company to work for, but i don't want to be taken on and be laid off in 6 months time.
Im job hunting to get out of the place im in now. I dont know where else to try, so im just handing out my cv for the fun of it to see if i get anything.

Thanks

DeadSkin

If you have a permanent position at the moment and you are not at risk of losing it, I'd stay put. Unless of course there are other circumstances in your current position.

I know a few people working in BS, and some of the night shifts have been reduced, staff have been moved onto day shifts, it's suits some but not others.

sour_apple

DeadSkin wrote: »

If you have a permanent position at the moment and you are not at risk of losing it, I'd stay put. Unless of course there are other circumstances in your current position.

I know a few people working in BS, and some of the night shifts have been reduced, staff have been moved onto day shifts, it's suits some but not others.

I am in a permanent position but i hate it. If i stay any longer i will go mad. I want to get out for my mental well being.

LowOdour

sour_apple wrote: »

I am in a permanent position but i hate it. If i stay any longer i will go mad. I want to get out for my mental well being.

A good mate of mine has been working up there years and tells me that they do take on staff and do let some go after their probabtion period is up...he said it keeps costs down as they dont hire as regurlarly as they did before.

I know its hard to stay in a job you hate...god knows ive walked out of a few myself after only a few days. But would/could not do it now due to family reasons but if you think you can surive on the dole for a few months...then walk away. What do you work at as a matter of fact? Could depend on how easy/hard it would be for you to get another job

sgthighway

They are hiring people at the moment (not Product Builders) but like a previous poster suggested if you have a job it might be best to stay with it. There would be nothing worse than to get a job in Boston and they decide to let people go. It could be a case of LIFO.

i read that they're moving the letterkenny jobs to galway?

could be an alright job to get into if that's happening

DeadSkin

sour_apple wrote: »

I am in a permanent position but i hate it. If i stay any longer i will go mad. I want to get out for my mental well being.

If you do go for a job in BS, don't tell them it's for mental health reasons :pac:
Good luck anywho

Deleted User wrote: »

i read that they're moving the letterkenny jobs to galway?

Yep, that's true alright.

Thargor

sgthighway wrote: »

They are hiring people at the moment (not Product Builders) but like a previous poster suggested if you have a job it might be best to stay with it. There would be nothing worse than to get a job in Boston and they decide to let people go. It could be a case of LIFO.

How do you get in touch with them does anyone know?

sgthighway

http://www.bostonscientific-international.com/home.bsci
select Careers on top
select For jobs in Ireland click here
select Galway at the bottom and Search

31 REAL jobs there now:
Your search returned 16 results Save this Search

Market Title Location Update Date

Specialist II, Reg Affairs - 100317 - Ireland - Galway - 0300 Galway, GALWAY, Ireland 12/03/2009
Senior Quality Engineer-Operations Galway, GALWAY, Ireland 09/03/2009
Senior Packaging Design Engineer Galway, GALWAY, Ireland 09/03/2009
Senior Manufactruing Engineer (x 5) Galway, GALWAY, Ireland 09/03/2009
Research & Development Engineer Galway, GALWAY, Ireland 18/03/2009
Quality Technician II Galway, GALWAY, Ireland 12/03/2009
Quality Systems Validation Eng (Software) Contract Galway, GALWAY, Ireland 11/03/2009
Quality Engineer - Contract (x 6) Galway, GALWAY, Ireland 09/03/2009
Principal Stability Engineer Galway, GALWAY, Ireland 09/03/2009
Manufacturing Technician (x 3) Galway, GALWAY, Ireland 12/03/2009
Manufacturing Technician Galway, GALWAY, Ireland 13/03/2009
Manufacturing Engineer (x 4) Galway, GALWAY, Ireland 09/03/2009
Design Assurance Engineer (x 2) - Perm & Contract Galway, GALWAY, Ireland 09/03/2009
Biocomaptability Specialist - 12 month contract Galway, GALWAY, Ireland 09/03/2009
Analytical Lab Supervisor Galway, GALWAY, Ireland 19/03/2009
Analytical Lab Manager (Contract) Galway, GALWAY, Ireland 09/03/2009

DD67

Senior Packaging Design Engineer Galway

What does that job entail, some old lad who folds out boxs

I work in an Engineering office and have never come across such a job descripition, must have missed that one when applying to collage.:pac:

sgthighway

DD67 wrote: »

Senior Packaging Design Engineer Galway

What does that job entail, some old lad who folds out boxs

I work in an Engineering office and have never come across such a job descripition, must have missed that one when applying to collage.:pac:

Its like Label Design. If you export product to differnt countries you have to ensure that it is labeled/marked up to meet that countries standards. Barcoding and Graphic Design would be involved. I believe its a well paid job.

minxie

believe me op working in BS is not a bed of roses at the
moment,
such pressure at the minute and there is so many rumors
going around that its a nightmare
going into work
more lines going this week as well

masonman

DD67 wrote: »

Senior Packaging Design Engineer Galway

What does that job entail, some old lad who folds out boxs

I work in an Engineering office and have never come across such a job descripition, must have missed that one when applying to collage.:pac:

:pac: - Thought pretty much the same myself until while I was in college, I worked during the Summer on a packaging project - Essentially an audit of a very large company's packaging process and standards. I was basically doing data entry. Tedious stuff. But was amazed to see the detail/standards involved. The team Leads were highly trained and intelligent - the likes of which I haven't seen since. They knew their boxes

Lockstep

All those jobs look seriously qualified.n Engineer this and that.

Anything there for unskilled grunts?

uriko

worked in boston sci myself ther last yr n was only ther 3 months when i got laid off. ( i had worked ther before for a yr n half but went back to uni)

but stay n a job if ur perm, ther's a large liklihood that u will get laid off from boston sci as their business needs can change dramatically in a wk, nevermind a few months..

good luck tho

Mrs OBumble

kickoutthejams wrote: »

All those jobs look seriously qualified.n Engineer this and that.

Anything there for unskilled grunts?

If you believe the job-sites, there is a massive shortage of engineers in Galway and virtually no vacancies for anything else.

I'm assuming that all the medical device companies recruit for their lines by word-of-mouth and friend-of-a-worker approaches.

DeadSkin

uriko wrote: »

worked in boston sci myself ther last yr n was only ther 3 months when i got laid off. ( i had worked ther before for a yr n half but went back to uni)

but stay n a job if ur perm, ther's a large liklihood that u will get laid off from boston sci as their business needs can change dramatically in a wk, nevermind a few months..

good luck tho

Hope you didn't get laid off for leaving out the odd vowel and consonant.

Thargor

JustMary wrote: »

If you believe the job-sites, there is a massive shortage of engineers in Galway and virtually no vacancies for anything else.

I'm assuming that all the medical device companies recruit for their lines by word-of-mouth and friend-of-a-worker approaches.

Most ads like that are run year round whether they're needed or not, most often not.

mikeyhardhouse

its alright but theres no more overdrive at the weekends, fried enuf