Does Cognex pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Cognex employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Cognex. This rating has decreased by 5% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Cognex?

55% of Cognex employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Cognex 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Cognex?

Sales Engineer (39) , Software Engineer (36) , Territory Sales Engineer (17) , Account Sales Engineer (15) , Senior Software Engineer (15) , Engineer (10) , Manager (9) , Intern (8) , Associate Software Engineer (7) , Sales Manager (7) , Applications Engineer (6) , Sales (6) , Product Marketing Manager (5) , Sales Representative (5) , Software Engineer(Internship) (5)

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

"fun company and great culture" ((in 88 reviews)); "Flexibility, great colleagues, company car" ((in 21 reviews)); "Good welfare and benefits for the employees." ((in 17 reviews)); "Great company culture" ((in 17 reviews)); "Great team and so many experts." ((in 12 reviews))

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

"Poor management from headquater." ((in 28 reviews)); "Bad work life balance in realtiy" ((in 15 reviews)); "average pay makes it very difficult to work at Cognex and maintain a comfortable quality of life." ((in 11 reviews)); "Disconnected Upper Management, Can be Political" ((in 5 reviews)); "No job security" ((in 5 reviews))

What are employees saying about Cognex layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Cognex locations?

Natick , Boston , Portland , Chicago , New York , Milwaukee , Atlanta , Tigard , Naperville , Detroit , Charlotte , Dallas , Southborough , Union , Kansas City , Saint Louis , Grand Rapids , Elizabethtown , London , Austin , Texas City , Minneapolis , Indianapolis , Cincinnati , Cleveland , Columbus , Los Angeles , Ontario , San Francisco , Cupertino

Cognex reviews

3.4

55% would recommend to a friend

(477 total reviews)

Matt Moschner

65% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

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Cognex has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 477 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cognex 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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477 reviews

5.0

Sep 26, 2021

Awesome Company to work for

Mechanical design engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Best colleagues Great management Good Pay

Cons

Nothing that i can think of

1.0

Apr 12, 2021

Do not recommend!

Product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Meet highly interesting individual contributors

Cons

middle management care only for themselves

2.0

Jan 4, 2021

Great products, some nice team members, very bad management, no respect for employee, your are a number

Application-engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Best Products on the market Good working IT infrastructure Cool Events On a small team level some collages are very nice Achievable goals for technical guys Very easy expense politics for sales person / okisch for technical guys Things move fast

Cons

You can get fired at any time for no reason (American Style) No planning what so ever Bonuses will not be paid for no real reason Next to no career path possibilities if you are not French or in Headquarters Salary compared to working hours is very bad Management is very far away so they have big issues understanding what is needed at customer (Switzerland France and Germany work as one Team more or less)

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Jobs at Cognex

Supervisor, Inventory

Senior Frontend Software Engineer (Full Stack Exposure)

Sr. Account Sales Engineer

Senior Product Designer – 3D Applications

Associate Territory Sales Engineer

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