IPSEN reviews

4.2

84% would recommend to a friend

(660 total reviews)
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David Loew

87% approve of CEO

80% positive business outlook

IPSEN has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 660 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The IPSEN employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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660 reviews
2.0
Feb 1, 2017

Do your research on company and management

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Depending on your role, there can be more autonomy. It is a small company there are so many opportunities to do different things. Products are good. Some strong people in the US. Benefits are good.

Cons

Tons of bureaucracy and "over"sight from France. We do not have the best talent on either side of pond. High turnover - either firings or the best talent moving on. Lots of dead wood, catty people who are not productive and do the bare minimum. Blame culture. Leadership and vision is lacking. No stock options.

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IPSEN Response
9y
Thank you for your review. I think the title of your post is very true; everybody should research a company before they join it. As you know there have been some big changes in senior management and the culture is changing too. I believe that the cons you list are firmly entrenched in the past and that they do not represent the direction that we are heading in. We agree that our people are the best contributors to our culture and IPSEN strengthens its culture one great hire at a time, and you are right: good leaders do attract and help retain the best talent, so we try our best to attract and develop great leaders. However I’m not sure what you mean when you speak of ‘the rank and file’, ‘warm bodies’ and ‘vicious people’; I’ve never heard a manager or a leader refer to anyone of their colleagues in those terms so I think we will struggle to help you ‘discern the difference’ here. How do you suggest we fix this? Going back to your title, if you researched the company today would get the same results that you would have found a year ago, two years? I doubt it. I believe that this serves as evidence that we are getting better and we are on the right track to being great. This is our journey and an adventure and you are welcome to take part in it.
1.0
Feb 18, 2021

Welcome to Chernobyl

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits are good, location in Cambridge is good. Younger employees can be hired with accelerated titles and good salary.

Cons

Senior Management incompetent and ineffective. Very high turnover due to toxic culture. Good leaders forced out or choose to leave.

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IPSEN Response
5y
Thank you for taking time to leave a review. All employees deserve great leaders, and we expect our managers to inspire and support their teams. Thank you for sharing your experience – we will pass this along to the appropriate team for further review.
1.0
Jan 5, 2021

Toxic beyond belief

Recommend
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Pros

Benefits. Also, I can see how this could be a good or even great place to work for those who have a decent manager.

Cons

Unfortunately, that was not my case.

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