Penumbra reviews

3.2

58% would recommend to a friend

(410 total reviews)

Adam Elsesser

70% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Penumbra has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 410 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Penumbra employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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410 reviews
3.0
Nov 2, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

People are nice. Managers are nice. Coworkers are nice. Great benefits. Learned a lot being there. Its a good entry level job to get some experience on your résumé. A good job to work in the meantime, while looking for something else.

Cons

It seemed great at first but the longer I was there it made me start looking for a new job, couldnt decide if I wanted to stay or not so I just left. Everything is disorganized, training is not good. They make everything complicated for no reason. You get trained and learn unnecessary things that has nothing to do with your position. I had meetings with managers and even they told me that they need to work on their training and work flow. They just hire a bunch of random, inexperienced people that don't know what they're doing and it's just a mess. I try to understand because I know they are a fairly new building and company (Roseville) but not professional enough for me and the low pay is not worth the stress. The money they paid me I could've made more somewhere else the same position. And for a quality position, it is so unorganized and complicated. A mess. Working in quality, it is not supposed to be like that. A quality job should have quality work. The quality department is supposed to be the most organized department in the building and it is not.

1.0
Mar 23, 2017

Avoid this company if you can

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The company is doing well financially. There are some quirky pluses like food truck day and an onsite taqueria.

Cons

There is A LOT of nepotism and office politics. As other reviews mention, it's a great place if you're related to someone in management, friends with someone in management, a former coworker of someone in management, or even the son/daughter of a customer. Salaries could be more competitive and business techniques could use an overhaul.

3.0
Jun 5, 2018

HR and IT Teams need work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fast Growth at company, if you last long enough.

Cons

These two departments make everything harder at Penumbra, lack of communication and inconsistent content and services. Both teams ask you to use a ticket system so you're easier to ignore. Very rude.

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