Mostly bad with islands of good - Engineer IPG Photonics Employee Review

2.0
Jun 8, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Some managers are great. Pay can be quite good for the area if at or past technician level.

Cons

Even best work is often not stimulating. Mandatory overtime is common and unwarranted. Turnover in some departments is atrocious. Different managers will undercut each other’s projects to get ahead. No communication or cooperation between groups unless someone very high up gets involved. Managers claim credit for employees ideas. Many important things don’t happen until the CEO gets angry.

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5.0
Jul 10, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great culture and the people are wonderful.

Cons

Difficult to grow your career. Growth tends to be stagnant.

1.0
Jul 10, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Can't think of any pros at IPG Medical.

Cons

Don't go by the size of the company. They have no processes in place. Extremely toxic leadership. They have no control on the old guard. You will see a lot of people there for decades, but not a lot of new people. New people run away from there. The place is full of extreme micromanagement, disrespect towards employee's education and experience. They like to plan but not follow the plan. Resource allocation is a joke. A handful of people are overworked and a majority of people are twiddling their thumbs. Only those knowing the old guard benefit from that place. Everyone else is an outsider.

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