Good labs, frustrating upper management - Anonymous employee IPG Photonics Employee Review

3.0
Jan 2, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

working in any of the manufacturing labs is great: fun, intelligent people who work hard when needed, but can laugh and enjoy themselves as well. local leadership is fantastic

Cons

Upper management makes bizarre, frustrating changes that don't make sense to most of the engineering staff. None of the decisions are explained to engineering /technical staff

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Cons

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Pros

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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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