Dec 8, 2015
Has potential, but needs some serious improvement.
Anonymous employee
Formlabs reviews
3.2
49% would recommend to a friend
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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2.0
Aug 21, 2020
Recommend
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Pros
Made some great work connections.
Cons
If there are two phrases I hear said many times, it would be “There’s so much potential” and the second, “You should feel lucky to be working here.” Both summarize this company's work environment. If you are just starting out in your career, this place is great, however seasoned professionally will quickly realize that something is amis. They call it the Formlabs 3, meaning most do not stick around for any longer than 3 years and the ones that do, talented or talentless, move into managerial roles. This is in fact one of the reasons, I believe for the chaos within. Underpaid, understaffed in some departments, overstaffed in others. There may be people to send emails and to manage work, there just does not seem to be enough employees to actually do the work. When a company has to ask everyone to write a description of what they do for the company, you know something is wrong. As people have left at such a scale that the leadership does not even know the professional backgrounds or responsibilities of its employees they hired. The management in many cases started their professional careers at Formlabs and because of this, they lack a clear understanding of the roles and or processes needed for the company to operate correctly. Again, “There’s so much potential.” As a professional that started outside of this startup, now unicorn. I would recommend staying away, or if you are just starting out, take the opportunity to learn. But like the song saying goes “You can checkout anytime you like”, you should checkout before you realize that when you do go to another professional company, the structure and processes at Formlabs are wildly disjoined. 3 years and they give you a backpack. Grab it and be on your way, if you can last that long.
3.0
Jan 22, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
If you know what you want and how you want to grow, it's possible to have a really positive experience here. It's important to be motivated, be specific, become an expert, and take ownership of a specific piece of what makes the company function. There are holes in the operation (like any growing company), and if you are motivated and you go for it and hit the ground running with something valuable, that's hard to argue with and you will gain respect and independence. Roles are notoriously undefined here, so the way to thrive is to take advantage of that and prove your value the old fashioned way- with hard work. To thrive: Figure out how you can be valuable, work hard, set boundaries for yourself and drown out the noise. If you can do this, Formlabs is a great place for you.
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In general, the main downfalls here are emotionally immature management, nepotism, an inner click at the top that is impossible to penetrate, and a petty, gossipy atmosphere. I will echo what a previous post said: You can't ask for quick, cheap and good, but they always want all three. The lack of vacation policy means you will be judged poorly for taking time off- because of the pace of the work and the lack of organization, taking a week off is more stressful than not, anyhow. A lot of startup jargon and management philosophy is tossed around here, and sometimes it feels like management is responding with Silicon Valley soundbites instead of having a real conversation.
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