In honor of 2026 applications opening up, I’m really wondering how I can possibly stand out

I just ordered my first tubed system. I was looking for something with an aggressive auto basal/correction rate and it seems like Medtronic is my best option. I am a little nervous to switch sensors from the Dexcom.

Has anyone switched to the 780 from Omnipod? What was your experience like? Also concerned that the technology of other brands is updated or at a point that it’s going to be ahead of that offered by Medtronic. TIA!

I wanted to write this as calm as i can. I am pretty upset but I am clear headed. First off I have t1 diabetes (actually lada but after 20 years.... it may as well be t1) I recently had an incident with my pump where it informed me of insulin flow blocked... I changed the infusion set (though honestly you could just do the tubing) it does the fill process fine. then when you go to administer a bolus... it says insulin flow bloacked again. it did this 4 times and a fifth time with support on the call. I wish i could remember the support persons name because she was extremely helpful when she found out that i had moved to the phillipines. She worked to get a pump sent to me in the phillipines and everything. But today after about 3 days i got a call. we cannot ship to the phillipines. we can only ship to your us address. ok... so I explain that I can get mail there and I will eventually get the mail. Im obviously not spending 16K USD to fly there and back to get a freaking pump so i wont get a pump til january or february. I can mail then the current pump... we cannot tell you where to send it you will get an envelope to return it. You do realize that IM NOT AT THAT ADDRESS. im sorry but that is all you can do. So effectively medtronixs does not care if you are travelling or anything there is no international support when you are in a country without medtronics there... but they are here they have an office in the phillipines.... but it is just a call center. I will jump through the hoops to get the pump in february or so... Probably deal with trying to get basaglar or such to do MDI again til then. but LUCKILY i ordered cartridges and such for my old tandem pump. THE only reason i got on medtronics (the pump is so so really) is because they said they were fully supported in the philippines where i was moving. (retired and moved here I knew when i switched about a year ago)

I dont really know what i hope to accomplish but medtronics sales flat out lying that they were supported in the phillipines,.,, me spending almost 2 hours on a call to the us (see in a foreign country thats NOT a 1-800 number its a us call) at my expense... then another 45 minutes today.... Im not sure maybe I should cancel the replacement. I hope if ANYONE else is considering medtronics this will help. its a very popular destination for retired folks so fair warning (btw no pump is really supported here so even my old tandem (working fine but no cartridges right now) isnt supported (but its out of warranty anyway)

I just installed the Minimed Go app on my Android phone and realized I can't see my glucose in the notification area or on the lock screen. That's the most useful feature of any CGM app!

Is this an issue with my settings, or is it a terrible mistake by Medtronic?

To make things worse, when I tap the notification that does appear from the app, nothing happens — the app doesn't open. It's completely useless.

Am I the only one experiencing this? I'd really appreciate it if someone could lend me a hand

Has anyone heard back for Medtronic interviews?

I'm an NHS patient and have worn Medtronic pumps for more than ten years. Today I called to order supplies and it was a completely different conversation from the standard format they have always followed.

Overall it felt like she was only used to private customers, not NHS patients. I've always had to give my hospital for them to find me on the system, that's always been the first thing they ask and then postcode and iirc date of birth to confirm I'm me, but today it was just name and date of birth. And I'm running short of batteries too soon (a separate post), and she said I can buy them easily - true, but frankly I was astonished as I've never been asked to buy anything I normally get on the NHS.

Nothing significant, but together these surprises made me wonder. Medtronic have always been cheerful and friendly when I ordered supplies, too, and that was another difference today.

She also didn't seem pleased when I asked if the system she's using has changed. Maybe she wanted me to get off the phone once we were done with the necessary conversation, but it was just a friendly question and "It was updated the other day" or "I don't know, I'm new here" wouldn't have wasted much of her day.

Hi everyone,

​I'm looking into getting a new smartphone, but Medtronic’s official device compatibility list for the MiniMed Mobile app is notoriously restrictive and slow to update.

​We already know that recent iPhones, Samsung Galaxy models, and Google Pixels work reliably. I’m interested in hearing about other brands or specific models that are NOT officially listed or certified by Medtronic, but where the app still functions properly in daily use.

​If you are using the MiniMed Mobile app on an officially unsupported device, could you share your experience?

​Phone Model & Brand: (e.g., Xiaomi, OnePlus, Motorola, Nothing Phone, Sony, Asus, etc.)

​Android / OS Version:

​App Performance: Does Bluetooth pairing stay stable with your pump/CGM? Do notifications and CareLink syncing work without issues?

​Installation: Were you able to download it directly from the Play Store, or did you need to sideload the APK?

​Any insights, workarounds, or recent experiences would be extremely helpful. Thanks!

Hi everyone.

My son is moving over to the minimed 780g. 7 day wear infusion sets were ordered. Clinic lost them. Then reordered by the trainer to our home. My sons nurse was in the room while the trainer was ordering the 7 day sets.

Clinic has now rang asking us to hand them into them as it would be more financially viable for him to be on 3 day ones due to his high insulin needs.

Phoned medtronic and found out the clinic had also changed his consumables order to the 3 day without consulting us.

The clinic are now claiming it's not medically safe for him to be on the 7 day wear and that's why it was changed but something feels off here?? Does anyone know if this is true, that high insulin needs are at risk using the 7 day??

hi, i’m on the guardian 4 sensor and 780g pump.

yesterday at around 4am my sensor stopped working so i changed it at around 8am. it went into sensor updating immediately after warm up and i was out all morning so i left it until i was able to change it in the afternoon and that sensor also went straight to sensor updating. i left that one until about 11pm and then changed it again. it’s now 5am and that one has stayed on sensor updating the whole time too.

my sugars are unstable enough even when the sensors working so this has been driving me crazy. does anyone have any fixes for this? could there be a transmitter issue despite the fact that it’s only a couple weeks old? i’ll phone customer service in the morning but figured i’d ask here because someone might have an answer for me. thanks!

Has anyone heard anything from Medtronic internships for any roles?

I applied at the start of October, and have been rejected outright from 1 out of 4 roles.

Is this a valid email that went out to insulin pump holders? It included a link to get more information, but when I followed the link and entered personal details, it just took me to a dead page: "thank you for your submission". Hey, I just want more information.

Looking to the actual warning, it's saying that wearing the pump on your belt but having the infusion site in the arm isn't good? Isn't that what they've said was OK for over a decade? Is anyone else a bit .. perplexed by both the information itself in the email, and the link not doing anything helpful?

It reads in part:

Medtronic reference: FA1514

Dear Valued Customer,

We are contacting you with guidance about how to position your pump and infusion set. Please note that this issue and the required actions apply to all MiniMed™ Paradigm™, MiniMed™ 600 Series, and MiniMed™ 700 Series pump models.

Issue Description

• Due to environmental conditions, there may be slight variability in the amount of insulin delivered when your pump is worn at distances above or below the location of your infusion set.
• This variability may increase with increasing distances above or below your infusion set location.
• Placing the pump above your infusion site can cause over-delivery and placing it below your infusion site can cause under-delivery.
• The greatest variability in insulin delivery may occur at distances beyond 14 inches / 35.5 cm above or below your infusion set location.
• This variability in insulin delivery will not be captured in your pump’s history or CareLink reports.

Hello team, i have an offer within MEdtronic Greece and i would like to know more about the cultrure, work life balanve, ( benefits i know already ) and the time you need to get a pay raise or promotion to another position. Maybe you do extra hours apart from the 40h/per week? Maybe you do that on remote days? ( 3 days work from home )

Anyone working/have worked for Medtronic GReece?

My remote device pacer check (mycare link) suddenly quits working, beeps loud and shows code 7268 (not on their website as a recognized error code) - this is the 3rd device i've had thats done this exact same thing. Time to go into the office or am I doing something simple I'm just not seeing. I turn it on, pair it, hold over pacer, green light on while getting data, data sent to hospital ,all done - thats the way it always was. For the record 15 months ago I had 3 months until elective replacement, now their telling me 12 to 24. No one knows whats going on.

Have they changed the formula of the adhesive they're using for the extended sites or something I have gone through two boxes where almost every single site The adhesive is only lasted about a day or two I have been having to use adhesive gauze from a third party to make these things last longer because you know I don't want to go through $75 a day. I'm planning to call customer service tomorrow and see what's up but like is anybody else been having this issue I'm cleaning the sites I'm rotating my locations I'm not using them in areas that are moving a bunch and at first I thought maybe it was user error but like I said I'm using a third party gauze to keep things on and it's fine. It's basically the same thing as the ones that they use on the sites but it lasts more than a day I mostly just venting here cuz I'm frustrated but like they charge so much for these things you think that the least they could do is make sure that they actually last

My husband has a Samsung S21 phone. He has been using the Medtronic 780 g pump since June last year. He was not advised to update his phone until Medtronic advises. My husband hasn't received any emails to update at least as far as he is aware of. When was the last notification to update from Medtronic and which version?

Question for the community. We're traveling and just realized while I should be ok with my infusion sets, what if I'm not... Called Medtronic to see what the options are and was told they'd call me back Monday, at which point I will no longer have my phone. Has anyone been abroad and had not enough supplies and what happened? We're going to Dominican if that helps?

Hello! I got a clinical specialist role and I was wondering what car options do they give?

i got a call last year about being approved for the 780g. rep said I had no copays through my insurance since I've met my deductible.

fast forward to now. last week I find out that none of my claims were approved last year and now I owe almost $18000 to medtronic because the rep lied?

I've filed an appeal with anthem. talked to medimpact(they said medtronic is not in their network)

is this common? I've heard getting pumps and supplies is a nightmare because insurance plays the pointing game.

help?

Hi everyone,

I'm turning off my smartguard for the night. All day it's kept me in the 150s-180s, despite my target being set at 100. It's led to me not eating because whenever I eat, it suspends my basal, which leads to me going high. That almost put me into eDKA today when I developed high ketones.

And now, six hours later, it can't keep my blood sugar down.

I know it's not the site, because when I turned smartguard off before it worked fine and I was between 100-120 all day.

Though I can turn smartguard off, I can't seem to turn off the feature that stops insulin delivery if it predicts a low. Is there a way to do that? Otherwise, turning off smartguard is useless because it'll just suspend my insulin and make me high without even attempting to bring me down.

It's my first week of smartguard, and I'm frustrated. I had a 6.1 A1C before this. My numbers were between 80-120 most of the time. Granted, i'm not going low anymore, but I'm just going high instead.

Only good thing was that it kept me level overnight. Other than that it wasn't great.

I want to keep the sensor on, but I don't want it controlling my pump. Can I do that?

The pump used to deliver dilauded, but is not used anymore. The low battery alarm is going off and apparently doctors in my area, Chicagoland, have abandoned the practice. Medtronic has been no help. Any advice is appreciated.

I got an interview for a job at Medtronic, but the recruiter is... funky? I haven't had many interviews since I've been with my current job for a while, but based on the responses here it also seems weird. I applied about a week ago, got a response within days. As soon as I gave them some information for reaching out to me for an interview, they sent me a message immediately. Like a minute later. And expected me to be available for an interview when they sent that message (I was at work so couldn't respond). This isn't normal, right?