Does Penumbra pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Penumbra employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Penumbra. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Penumbra?

58% of Penumbra employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Penumbra 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.9 for culture and values and 2.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Penumbra?

Production Builder (26) , Production Builder I (18) , Product Builder (17) , Quality Control Inspector (12) , Engineer (10) , Production (10) , Product Builder II (8) , Product Builder I (6) , Production Builder II (6) , Production Supervisor (6) , Analyst (5) , Manager (5) , Production Assembler (5) , Clinical Research Associate (4) , Clinical Specialist (4)

What are the pros of working at Penumbra according to real employee reviews?

"Friendly people and everyone wants to help" ((in 48 reviews)); "Good benefits are good and you can purchase stock at a discount." ((in 44 reviews)); "coworkers are friendly and helpful" ((in 16 reviews)); "Friendly work environment" ((in 7 reviews)); "Big company, a lot of opportunities to grow and move up the ladder." ((in 7 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Penumbra according to real employee reviews?

"Bad management especially QC" ((in 30 reviews)); "I’m sure the low pay offered also had a lot to do with the horrible attitude from management." ((in 23 reviews)); "Nepotism is rampant." ((in 21 reviews)); "Culture is Toxic" ((in 13 reviews)); "Poor leadership and management." ((in 11 reviews))

What are employees saying about Penumbra layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Penumbra layoffs and their outlook for job security at Penumbra in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Penumbra locations?

Alameda , Roseville , Oakland , San Francisco , Sacramento , Fremont , Salt Lake City , Detroit , Charlotte , Los Angeles , Elk Grove , Rocklin , Antioch , Castro Valley , Hayward , Livermore , Newark , San Leandro , San Jose , Santa Cruz , Fargo , Cal-Vel

Penumbra reviews

3.3

58% would recommend to a friend

(410 total reviews)

Adam Elsesser

73% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

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Penumbra has an employee rating of 3.3 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

1.0

Jun 5, 2023

Trust me. Save yourself from this hole.

Project builder

Recommend

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Pros

You have a job that pays the bills

Cons

Everything else that comes with the job. Drama within coworkers, uncared for by the supervisors. Lack of action by HR/management. Incompetent HR, with no sort of resolution or action. Out of touch supervisors/managers/directors. MULTIPLE compliance issues. A couple of perverted/unprofessional/insulting/inappropriate supervisors. What else. You need to sign in/out if you need to use the bathroom break as if you are a child in gradeschool, (sounds like a bathroom break violation anyone? ) There is not a single thing that can be said that’s good about this company excluding a couple of genuine good people. I don’t understand how this company is still running. I’m expecting there to be at least a couple handful of lawsuits in the coming future.

1.0

May 25, 2023

Don't work here

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Easy to get hired here

Cons

Upper Management doesn't care about their employees. Toxic environment

3.0

May 24, 2023

RealSystem at Penumbra: Crisis driven moderately acceptable siloed w/mgmt lacking transparency, honesty, etc.

Senior engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Remote flexible work culture Good work life balance Interesting work if you like dealing with hardware Some really great Engineers to work with

Cons

Penumbra RealSystem is betting the farm on just one very large possible customer--while somewhat ignoring existing customers. Completely unrealistic expectations and lack of technical leadership from the top down. Extreme whack a mole crisis driven management ignoring concerns from senior technical folks until the situations turn out to be a full blown crisis. Repeat this often for most situations and issues. From the top down, important events such as massive layoffs will be labeled as "confidential" where even key technical folks won't know. Future very uncertain.

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