IPSEN reviews

4.2

85% would recommend to a friend

(662 total reviews)
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David Loew

89% approve of CEO

81% 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
1.0
Dec 22, 2016

Terrible experience

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Pros

There were no pros to highlight that are of any significance. Offensive manager who liked the sound of her own voice.

Cons

Sales managers are struggling to create change and they do not have the interpersonal skills to get the best out of their KAMs. They were brought in to help the business in 2016 and they have put themselves on a very high pedestal. One was particularly offensive, rude and full of loathing for the staff she inherited. She alienated herself from her subordinates & created fear. Their oncology drug is a commodity & they are trying to sell to specialists who really aren't interested.

1.0
Jul 8, 2016

MNC company but lack the MNC's behavior

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

If you like to work in a company with no clear directions, no training, very few SOPs, travels frequently with no clear purpose, having global team that couldn't careless about teams at local level (unless you are in France and to some extend Europe) which translates to almost hardly any TC ever in any given month, no career progression then this is the company for you.

Cons

If you want to excel in your career, you want to learn the most efficient way of doing things, goal oriented, like to achieve something that is meaningful, and you are not French, then this is not the company for you

1.0
Jun 19, 2025

Not a nice place to work

Recommend
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Pros

Ok pay and benefits. Nice offices. There are some really great people although a lot of them are leaving due to poor leadership and the constant expectation to deliver so much on such small budgets.

Cons

HR will tell you (see their responses to other reviews) that “bullying is taken very seriously” yet bullying and gaslighting behaviors from Executive Leadership Team members are entirely tolerated. It seems the CEO and HR would rather see talent continuously leaving certain areas of the business rather than address the appalling behaviors of certain leaders. As others have commented, if you call out bullying it will most likely be you leaving the company.

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