All talk, no action - Anonymous employee IPSEN Employee Review

2.0
9 Aug 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are pretty good especially above-average 401(k) match. Flexible work arrangements are allowed and good technology.

Cons

Somewhat of a sweatshop. Never fully disconnected/round the clock culture. Fire drills left and right. No support in terms of staff or software resources. Poorly trained managers. No regard for the experience of the employee (career development wise and hours-wise). Feel pressure not to take vacation days. Negative and intense environment. Middle managers are afraid to push back on VPs. VPs are not engaged with the people supporting their functions. "We have a retention problem" has been mentioned on calls. They engage in employee surveys left and right - which is good - but a bunch of buzz words is all the promised actions items that are communicated as the results. Completely unstandardized processes are fostered and tolerated - it's a struggle to find out what was done in the past as records are saved on people's hard drives and time is not given generously to teach about history of how things were handled.

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IPSEN Response
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Thank you for taking the time to leave this review. We are working hard to build a positive and encouraging culture at Ipsen, and we are glad you appreciate our benefits programs. We will pass along your concerns about management and workloads to the appropriate team. We wish you the best in your future with us.

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