Engaging and hopeful atmosphere. More corporate management/politics than leadership. - R&D Electro-Mechanical Technician IPG Photonics Employee Review

3.0
Aug 7, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Very friendly, engaging and hardworking team members, whether on production floor or in engineering.

Cons

Even with competent project managers, multi-level corporate politics, lofty promises to customers and misdirected micro-management leads to poor project execution, large lead times on BOMs and unrealistic deadlines. This leaves everyone on the involved teams with skewed time-frames and a consistently volatile workload.

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5.0
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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
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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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