Formlabs reviews

3.2

49% would recommend to a friend

(470 total reviews)
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Maxim Lobovsky

58% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Formlabs has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 470 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Formlabs employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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470 reviews
2.0
Mar 26, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Yearly hackathon is a company wide celebration of fun and creativity.

Cons

In a response to an earlier review, Formlabs said "As part of this shift, in 2024 we parted ways with some Formlings. This group included talented people who made strong contributions to the company, and who moved on to new roles. Our management team took responsibility for what Formlabs could’ve done differently." I challenge them on this claim. The CEO fired a significant part of the company via email. The tone was that those being let go were "less than" and pretty much deserved to be let go for their lack of talent and production. Also, there was nothing that can be fairly characterized as the CEO or management taking responsibility unless you count a few sentences akin to "I shouldn't have been so soft fire similar underperformers in the past" as having taken responsibility. If Formlabs management says otherwise, let them respond to this review with the actual text of the email mass firing email and let that email speak for itself.

1.0
Feb 25, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Nothing - very basic perks that are not good at all. Food is bad, all other perks not worth it and salary is way under market. I was going to say good team - but they all left.

Cons

-Terrible Management -Zero focused on morale - wants to hire, but fire more people. -Grind culture : expect to grind, work hard and def will fire you if you dont meet expectations (that changed last minute, just to fire you). -No Innovation, No Learning : You are just a robot doing what CEO/senior mgt wants. - No freedom : Forget that you have choice. They will say that you should be customer focused engineer, but they wouldnt listen to your voice. its just senior mgt, handling all decisions, and if it fails, they blame you. - No Flexibility: Forget Remote, Forget Weekends. You are just a puppet, who needs to grind. - Zero Retention: They cant keep anyone more than 2-3 years, bc they dont appreciate employees and their contribution - No Promotion: Even when everyone agrees, you can be promoted- you wont because they dont wanna spend more money and make you career better.

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Formlabs Response
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Thank you for your feedback. We aim to create a positive work environment where employees feel valued and supported, and we’re disappointed to hear this wasn’t your experience. In an effort to address some of the concerns you raised, I’ll clarify our company’s perspective. We’re proud to have leaders that stay close to the product and deeply care about our mission to build the tools that make it possible for anyone to bring their ideas to life. We’ve found this has been a very successful approach to creating best in class products that our customers love. We work to hire great people and rely on their expertise to navigate decisions and bring great, innovative ideas to the table. We coach our managers to recognize and reward great work through scope expansion, increasingly challenging/interesting work assignments and promotions. Additionally, we understand that good work life balance looks different for everyone. We hire passionate people who truly enjoy the work, and sometimes we do see people working evenings or weekends. However, employees on most teams are empowered to set their own working hours - the exception would be customer facing teams that have more structured schedules to support customer needs. Lastly, we are proponents of in-person work. We develop products that require frequent collaboration, team connectivity, hands-on testing and iteration. Our best work gets done when we work together. In an effort to make coming on-site easy and fun, we offer free catered lunch (from local restaurants) and a great assortment of snacks and beverages. We set up fun and engaging work spaces including a rock climbing wall, gaming systems, a dog friendly office, and events that bring us together and appeal to a variety of interests. We also have free parking (a rarity in Cambridge/Somerville) and we are positioned close to public transportation. People seem to enjoy coming in and connecting with each other.
2.0
Jul 15, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-employees below the management level are passionate, interesting, and generally kind -3D printing benefits are phenomenal and hard to match

Cons

-lack of diversity or support for POC employees and the causes they believe in -leadership is slow moving on social initiatives and seems more interested in garnering positive opinion of leadership -low compensation with the rest of the benefits not making up for this lack of payment

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