Be careful... - Anonymous employee Formlabs Employee Review

2.0
27 Jul 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

People people people. Really fun group. Unlimited vacation is great, food at work will make you full all the time. Lots of 3d printers to play with. You can learn a lot here. The people are the biggest pro by far. Everyone is really nice and insanely smart. This is a great place to be if you want to work with some very smart folks. The hours in some departments are super flexible (mostly in engineering, sales and customer facing roles are more structured).

Cons

-Notice that a lot of these reviews come in spurts. That is because Formlabs has someone email the company/go around asking for reviews. "We can win an award if we get so many reviews blah blah blah". These reviews are not organic. -Notice that many of the reviews are written by people who have been with the company for less than a year. They haven't seen the repeated issues. -Pay is low. -Very nepotistic at the top. -If you don't have a manager that campaigns for you, good luck. -Limited/inconsistent opportunities for mentorship and real growth. -A good place for a few years out of college, but might not be the best long term career. -CEO is super chummy with some folks, and gruff with the majority.

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Formlabs Response
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Thank you for the detailed feedback. We do read every review that comes through Glassdoor and it's important to us to know where we excel, and where we need to improve. Our recent internal survey has led to a myriad of changes (including upwards manager feedback sessions, ect.). Growth and career development are things we are actively working to improve and evolve as we expand. We do ask new, current and veteran employees to review us on Glassdoor and we welcome them to share their experiences here honestly. Thanks again for sharing your thoughts. - People Ops

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