IPSEN reviews

4.2

84% would recommend to a friend

(662 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 662 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 Pharmaceutique et biotechnologie industry (3.5 stars).

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662 reviews
2.0
Jul 6, 2018

White Male Leadership!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Site leadership appeared to be making an attempt to listen to employee complaints as the attrition rate increased.

Cons

All white male senior leadership on the global & U.S. site level (except HR!) No recognition of the local community & its values.

1.0
Feb 23, 2019

A car crash of a company

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Pros

There is a great vision and desire to drive forwards at the top.... The company is truly patient-centric but....

Cons

There is almost no collaboration between departments (and often not within a department). There are too many too list issues . Deeply inefficient processes (or complete lack of process) with mangers that don't want to change...... And don't seem to be held accountable. And if you dare to speak up.... Your limited career options well get even less. Don't expect any personal development. The reality on the ground doesn't reflect the vision from the top..... And this does not add to a enjoyable working environment....... All you need to know - if you resign they'll ask you to sign a gagging order so you can't post on sites like this!!!

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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.
2.0
Nov 1, 2018

Could be so much better!!

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Pros

Small nimble business that can react quickly to changes in the market place Keen to develop people from within the business and often look at the attributes of the person more than the qualifications / experience (role dependant) Patients matter and the company really try to do everything they can to benefit the patient You are not restricted by your job role, the company isn't very big and therefore you are exposed to many different projects / tasks which is great for your breath of experience The new building refurbishment has been completed to a very high specification and overall working at Ipsen is a nice environment Senior management are very accessible and happy to talk with any employee within the business Slough is recognised as a global head office and therefore there development to work from here as a global colleague Personal development is very important and not just talked, you do have to drive this personally but if you want to develop you will be encouraged You are empowered within you role and accountability sits with the projects lead / department Team work within many of the departments / divisions is strong and communication is open and frequent Global colleagues are often very keen to work with the UK affiliate and often come to the UK to champion new projects

Cons

Lack of experience and professionalism within senior management in the UK Decisions can be made too quickly such as restructures leading to an atmosphere of fear and unknown. The restructure carried out last year was very unprofessional and many people who had worked for the company for a long period of time lost their jobs and were treated very badly. People being promoted too quickly leading to a lack of depth in people's experience. Majority of the UK business has very inexperienced employees and often new People do not seem to be valued, very experienced people are leaving the business that have made senior management aware they are unhappy and nothing is done to retain employees, even those that are well respected People are very focused on their next role and not the role they are currently in, leading to difficulty getting the job done and often people are seen to be out for themselves Feedback on individuals is not taken seriously by the company and many people have left due to one or two people within the business Promotions after very short periods of time within role, there is no personal learning on projects / role and leads to a culture of looking good now and not your ability to complete / follow things through General lack of professionalism within the business, swearing, personal information not being treated as such Lack of policies / procedures and if there are any the are very out of date and often refer to old software

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