Penumbra reviews

3.3

58% would recommend to a friend

(410 total reviews)

Adam Elsesser

73% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

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
5.0
Mar 14, 2023

Amazing work culture

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Manager helps define career growth, lots of opportunity to learn and grow, good benefits

Cons

I donot see any Cons yet.

3.0
Feb 15, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Mission-driven leadership: the leadership truly wants to help improve patient outcomes. The hiring standards are low - compare the years of experience requirements of Penumbra's postings versus any other comparable posting in this industry. This is a great company to start out in, it's very easy to get your foot in the door. New Product Release Cadence - Penumbra is willing to support a new product introduction cadence that is unmatched in the medical device industry. This is Penumbra's competitive edge, and there's a constant pressure to keep the product release cadence going. Unfortunately, this pressure has begun to turn negative.

Cons

The only type of thing you're not allowed to do at Penumbra is something that could result in a finding during an audit. Is a change or investigation memo using cherrypicked data? Leaving out important details? Explicitly being made to cover up product performance issues? Claiming effectiveness with insufficient evidence? So long as it isn't likely to be caught or challenged by an auditor, you're good. In the words of our Compliance department: "The FDA doesn't usually look at that, so it should be fine." If you've worked at another medical device company before this, you might not last long at Penumbra. Because of this, Penumbra has generally tried to hire people straight out of college who won't feel comfortable questioning "The Penumbra Way".

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Penumbra Response
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Penumbra is committed to patient safety and delivering high quality products. Thank you for sharing your experience. If you have any concerns related to product safety and quality, please contact your department head or submit your concerns through Penumbra’s hotline (which can be accessed through the governance policy documents on Penumbra’s intranet or public website).
3.0
Feb 9, 2023

Culture shift

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good product, friendly people, good benefits

Cons

The culture is more cut throat and less community based presently. Recently with the “retirement” of a large portion of senior staff an obvious class system exists and you need to be aware of the precption others have your position and the latatitude that does or does not grant you.

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