Penumbra reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(413 total reviews)

Adam Elsesser

73% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Penumbra has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 413 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Penumbra 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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413 reviews
1.0
Oct 7, 2025

Hands down the absolute worst place I've worked

Anonymous employee
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Pros

A few decent co-workers aside from that, nothing.

Cons

Everything having to do with Penumbra. You do not want to be anywhere near the COS/FSO team. You will be disrespected, chastised, micro-managed and overworked to death. Dull, bland non-existent culture. They can't even get any new employees for the Cos team. They had to hire contractors from India. The sales reps in the field are rude, pushy and very dishonest. Working with these people will make your skin crawl. The pay is very low, the benefits are very expensive. Vacation time is accrued. Management is racist/discriminatory - so are the sales reps. They coddle there faves. Excuse mistakes made by them. Products they sell are dangerous - suspected in the past to present 2025 of causing fatalities. Reps are not conscietous about removing old stock from hospitals. Reps always pulling fast ones to not follow rules. Reps take inventory from hospitals and try to make hospital pay twice. Reps blame FSO for mistakes reps make. No accountability for sales reps.

1.0
Aug 7, 2024

Would give 0 stars if I could

Recommend
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Pros

They treat you like a child so you get to spend 4 weeks doing nothing while they "train" you They serve Walmart hotdogs and hamburgers or buy Little Caesars every other month and make sure to remind you of it at meetings

Cons

Horrible pay for the production numbers and fine detail work they demand of you Cleanroom environment means you have to cut your breaks short to gown up, not nearly enough locker room space for everyone leading to packed sardine can changing environments Childish, petty work environment, CYA taught as a core company concept leading to backstabbing blame gaming Management hired from outside have no clue of how internal processes work Minor mistakes are punished by interrogations and signed meetings under the guise of "investigations" Lack of consistency in day to day operations, workstation and work duties can change from day to day or even hour to hour, was frequently left unattended without work while leads attempted to coordinate Complete psychopaths are placed in trainer positions, frequently overheard threats of suicide and violence from certain trainers Tout DEI over everything to cover up the poor culture, abysmal compensation and borderline hostile work environment, will happily pay gay people the same awful rates as straight people

2.0
Aug 2, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Great company that is growing quickly.

Cons

Quick growth allows for a lot of changes and movement which can be a bit uncomfortable. When there is a lot of growth they need to work harder at keeping good company culture, which is where they are heavily lacking. Directors try to step in and control at every level but will say they are not trying to micromanage. Directors are very disrespectful and verbally abusive to the point of effecting mental health at work and outside of work.

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