Solely focused on profits. No culture or work-life balance and the hierarchy is impenetrable. - Mechanical Engineer IPG Photonics Employee Review

2.0
Oct 31, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Competitive pay. Working hands-on with cool, new technology that does well in the marketplace. Inventing new technologies before other organizations. The people are talented and most managers have employees best interest.

Cons

IPG is only focused on being profitable. Little diversity. There is little concern for the people who work there and the CEO/Senior Leaders remain out of sight. There is no communication whatsoever from the C-suite, leaving employees and middle managers in the dark. VP's and above are overcompensated (vast majority are white male). The company buys and renovates too many buildings which is a very costly endeavor.

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5.0
Jul 10, 2026
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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
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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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