weak management / not a great social environment - Software Engineer IPSY Employee Review

2.0
Jun 23, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

- they are flexible on vacations and off times

Cons

- weak company management, decisions change quite often and unpredictably. feels like they are not thought throughly. - the management gathers everyone and talks about themselves/praises themselves and make the company applaud them pretty often. feels a little narcissist on their side :) - the way the company is managed is very inefficient. for example there is a company wide 30 minutes meeting every monday which is an information overflow for everybody (hence waste of time). - packed office, your desk is next to someone else's desk and there is there is another rack of desks right behind you, often times it becomes too noisy to work. there is not any ergonomics whatsoever. - most of the engineers are foreign. probably because of that work environment feels very anti-social. no happy hours, no hanging outs outside of work. - company has hard time recruiting new software engineers. be ready for a lot of interviews. probably because of this H1B holder ratio is very high in the company. - from the engineering perspective, engineering management is a mess. I've seen resources being allocated to unnecessary framework changes and in-house implementations of things such as routers and deployment systems. On the other hand there are other pushing features with deadlines that people rush to complete. Often times team responsibilities change etc. Seems like a waste of resource allocation when there is both.

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Pros

Good work life balance Coworkers are a pleasure to deal with Remote First company

Cons

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IPSY Response
10mo
We love hearing that flexibility, work-life balance, and your teammates are bright spots in your IPSY experience. We hear you on the challenges that come with remote meetings—finding ways to stay meaningfully connected is something we’re always working on. With appreciation, IPSY People Team
3.0
Mar 25, 2026
Anonymous contractor
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Pros

- Remote first - Kind coworkers - Fun brand

Cons

My entire career has been built on digital transformation/migration projects, but IPSY showed me a new kind of chaos. A very immature project management function coupled with constant rebrands, shifting priorities, and last-minute legal changes made it feel like they were trying to rebuild the car while it's already rolling downhill. Still a spreadsheet place. Product requirements constantly got buried in Slack. (Why are we so afraid of email?) Disjointed processes and minimal communication to contractors. (It's often the norm to treat contractors like secondary citizens, but most places will at least communicate info relevant to your job). Seems like a bad idea to lay off tech team members midway through a delayed transformation project.

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IPSY Response
1mo
Thank you for sharing your experience. We’re glad to hear that our people and brand made a positive impression. We understand that transformation work can feel complex, especially in a fast-moving environment, and we’re continuously working to improve clarity, communication, and how we support all team members, including our contractor community. We appreciate your perspective and wish you the best in your next chapter. With care, – IPSY People Team
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