Employee dedication is not appreciated by the upper management - Recensione dipendente - Dipendente anonimo presso Protolabs

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24 ago 2025
Dipendente anonimo
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

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The company is a recognized leader in its product segment and provides a unique, highly valuable service to its customers. Its core product and technical capabilities remain best-in-class. Many frontline employees are talented, dedicated, and genuinely care about the mission.

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Upper management in MN is destroying employee morale, creating toxic environment of mistrust and retaliation. Here is a non-exhaustive list of some examples: - Retaliation. While the company invests in leadership and review training for managers, in practice, honest feedback is not welcomed. In my experience, offering constructive feedback to an upper-level manager resulted in clear retaliation, which was neither subtle nor addressed by HR. While technically not illegal, this behavior is directly at odds with the company’s stated values. My case was not isolated. - Mistrust. After acquiring Hubs/Network, leadership promised to preserve its innovative and collaborative culture. Instead, that culture has been eroded. Many employees with deep institutional knowledge were laid off without proper knowledge transfer, creating long-term risks for the business. Others were given significant additional responsibilities without corresponding pay adjustments. Employees who devoted years to building the business have been let go abruptly, with little foresight or appreciation. - Economics & Morale. Company’s growth has been stagnant. To change that company is laying off long term valuable employees and gifting plastic bowls with a packet of Ramen noodles on employee appreciation day. True story. Much was said in the previous reviews about the noodles as well as about the notoriously low pay across all sectors of the compony compared to the market. The only ones who are compensated fairly are senior executives and HR. Director of HR is compensated 40-50% more than directors of other departments. 
Speaking of the senior management, while I cannot speak for all, some are arrogant and unapproachable, while some are incompetent in the areas where they should be competent. Example: Company procured a software solution from a vendor at a cost of $240k. The only problem was that there was absolutely no need in this software/solution and, moreover, internal GTS team did not even have the bandwidth to implement it. Company continued to pay for nothing, all while the most employees could hope for is a 3% annual raise max…and a packet of Ramen noodles.

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Risposta di Protolabs
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Hello! Thank for sharing your feedback! If interested in learning more about our compensation strategy, the growth we have seen over the past 6 months, which is positive and strong, or our employee engagement, we encourage you to reach out to talentaquisition@protolabs.com.

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5,0
5 mag 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

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

Svantaggi

The pay could be a bit more competitive

1,0
31 mar 2026
Dipendente anonimo
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

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Used to be great company with great culture and flexibility

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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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