Good company, but can't recommend for software development positions - Principal Software Engineer IPG Photonics Employee Review

2.0
Jul 29, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Company is doing very well, compensation is good, great profit sharing. Have new and exciting projects.

Cons

Project management fails to engage people who have joined the company with valuable previous experience in system design decisions would rather try and figure it out. One must hunt down these discussions and try to get invited to be heard. Legacy software product has many problems but unwilling to allow major updates and refactoring to improve. Instead must try to make minimal changes within a struggling system. Software lead is systems engineer who is limited in knowledge of software language and implementation practices. Discussions of implementation and design decisions often come down to "lead's common sense" but it is not rooted in software. Lead is not focused on software but also provides system support to other areas of the company. All software has to be reviewed by lead which given the lack of focus, slows all development down.

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5.0
Jul 10, 2026
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Pros

Great culture and the people are wonderful.

Cons

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1.0
Jul 10, 2026
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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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