Does SolidWorks pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, SolidWorks employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at SolidWorks. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at SolidWorks?

68% of SolidWorks employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated SolidWorks 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at SolidWorks?

Software Engineer (7) , Manager (4) , Applications Engineer (2) , Design Engineer (2) , Designer (2) , Sales Manager (2) , Senior Technical Support Engineer (2) , Technical Sales Engineer (2)

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

"People you work with are great" ((in 15 reviews)); "Good work life balance." ((in 7 reviews)); "Good work environment within technical support" ((in 7 reviews)); "The benefits are good but getting a bit expensive" ((in 6 reviews)); "Good pay very good very good" ((in 4 reviews))

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

"Upper management is highly disorganized and inexperienced" ((in 4 reviews)); "While the benefits are amazing, the salary itself is below market rate in my opinion." ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about SolidWorks layoffs in 2026?

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

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SolidWorks

Part of Dassault Systèmes

SolidWorks reviews

3.8

68% would recommend to a friend

(101 total reviews)

Gian Paolo Bassi

74% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.7

Culture & values

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Career opportunities

3.3

Senior management

SolidWorks has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 101 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SolidWorks employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

101 reviews

2.0

Feb 19, 2015

What a wonderful company this used to be

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great people work at SolidWorks. There is work time flexibility and team based attitude.

Cons

Management has no idea what they are doing. The company is squeezing its customers for more money without more value. Prices will increase and value will decrease. It is becoming harder not to lie to customers. Dassault is really trying to push its expensive non-working software to SolidWorks customers

4.0

Jan 14, 2015

Marketing

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good people, good products. Good to work for a long period.

Cons

Stable company so not really fun for developing career.

3.0

Dec 30, 2014

Overall, not a terrible place to work... I've seen worse.

Senior financial analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Committed, dedicated, highly-competent workforce & business partners; Free coffee & soda; Brand new, state-of-the-art facility

Cons

High attrition rate leads to long hours; Middle of the road compensation package for the greater Boston area; Paid-time-off (PTO) rejected on multiple occasions; Limited upward mobility

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