Align Technology reviews

3.4

56% would recommend to a friend

(1,829 total reviews)
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Joe Hogan

55% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

Align Technology has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,829 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Align Technology employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Produktion industry (3.5 stars).

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1.0
Jul 26, 2022
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Pros

Not used the product but it’s very nice

Cons

I am writing about Align’s EMEA region, maybe it’s different in the US. In a nutshell, it was a painful experience that almost drove me to depression and burnout, with zero appreciation and reward for 300% work the company put on me. 1. It’s a hardcore sales environment. You hit the targets, you earn well. If you don’t or you are not in sales, you get the minimum 2. They claim they have heart. Do robots have heart? Lol. Most toxic and impersonal environment I have ever experienced in my career. 3. Some colleagues were plain aggressive and rude and everyone knew about it, yet their behavior was even encouraged by leadership 4. Heavy email culture. A million emails a day - so exhausting, especially after coming back from a day off 5. People are overworked- they work until late at night, send emails and get immediate replies. The stress of another email tomorrow morning is too much so people work and answer emails well into the night. I learned so much during my time at Align, after all I probably covered 3 times the amount of work I would have had during the same time period at a different company, so I am still happy I went through this but even happier now that’s it’s over.

1.0
Feb 12, 2015

Wonderful product but very poor management

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Pros

I was a patient myself and to this date swear by the product as I would have never worn traditional braces. Some great learning opportunities and growth potential within the Company, at least when I was working there. It's not the same anymore from what I hear from colleages still working there, most of whom have already left. Very international working environment. Salary was fair/competitive. Bonuses were available though not always fair. Pension plan was generous.

Cons

Had it not been for the nepotism going on in the European HQ and the hiring of completely unqualified people (many of whom are now gone or have been "relocated") I might stil be there. If you were asked to attend work related events at the weekend, the "policy" was that it was considered normal work for which you are not compensated. I had to fight several times to get time-for-time. Training? What's that? Aside from the training that I required for my actual job position, this never really happened. Lots of hot air meetings but nothing that really benefitted the average Joe in the company. When I started the atmosphere at the Amsterdam office was great. We felt like a family. Everyone was very helpful and supportive. Then corporate greed set in, followed by a decentralisation of the support teams. Company is far too American centric. They still think they are the centre of the universe and are only now opening to the idea that perhaps the European business model is different--not to mention the laws.

2.0
Apr 26, 2023

Toxic Work Environment

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Pros

Paid well for my position Some nice people

Cons

Toxic work environment/management Terrible processes and/or lack of processes Too big to still run as separate Cannot see their short comings, but want things fixed NO work/life balance

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