Not the best company, not the worst company. - Sales Protolabs Employee Review

2.0
Sep 8, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Decent base salary -Good medical benefits -Employee stock option plan -The lots of great people to work with (below mgmt. level). -In Sales you get paid for overtime. -Not micromanaged as much as some inside sales positions. -Very, very causal work environment. -Laid back dress code, you can wear jeans and a sweatshirt every day.

Cons

-Commission structure is horrible, very low incentives. -You don’t get paid on retention. -You only get paid on new business you bring in and you only get commission off that account for a year. -No one on the sales team makes six figures. - Mgmt. is very deceiving about the total salary you will be making in a sales position. -Everyone only gets a 20min paid lunch break. -No room to move up in company. -Has had horrible turn around in the last year in the sales dept. -No sick days, comes out of your paid vacation time. -Not a very professional work environment. -Mgmt has no idea what they are doing. -Executives are very disconnected from employees.

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5.0
May 5, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great culture and feel. Best job in my career so far

Cons

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1.0
Mar 31, 2026
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Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Used to be great company with great culture and flexibility

Cons

New CEO Surresh has come in and completely destroyed the company culture that made Protolabs a great place to work at and was often awarded as such. Every meeting is coated in anxiety and the impending doom of layoffs despite record profits. In January a RTO was announced and there has been no flexibility and a straight up refusal to provide ADA accommodations to disabled employees by the HR department. They have taken away the flexibility that they used to provide to working parents that allowed them to work in office after/before their kids go to school despite not paying a living wage that would allow them to afford additional childcare. They have also chosen to make it even more difficult for employees to even receive a meets standards on their reviews as a cruel attempt to ensure they don’t have to give reasonable raises (which are rarely above 3% as is and they don’t provide market adjustments.) It’s unrecognizable from the company it used to be. They underpay, overwork, and expect the world of their employees while refusing to treat them with respect.

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