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      Cognex

      Engaged Employer

      Cognex reviews

      3.4

      55% would recommend to a friend

      (475 total reviews)
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      Matt Moschner

      65% approve of CEO

      36% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.6

      Culture & values

      3.5

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.4

      Compensation and benefits

      3.2

      Work/Life balance

      3.0

      Career opportunities

      2.7

      Senior management

      Cognex has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 475 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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      Reviews by job title

      475 reviews
      5.0
      Jul 30, 2020

      Great place to work

      Manufacturing engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great culture, the best I have ever experienced! Good with work/life balance Plenty of fun both at work and at off site events Engineers allowed to move fast to fix problems Movement to other departments/responsibilities is encouraged

      Cons

      Sometimes we move TOO fast. We always seem to have time to fix a screw up but never enough time to do it right up front Not fans of working from home. This pandemic has shown that many people can be effective working from home but the old guard wants everyone back in the office. Doesn't make much sense.

      1.0
      Jul 16, 2020

      Worst environment you could ever work in

      Senior embedded software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Unfortunately I do not have anything to say good.

      Cons

      In my short time at Cognex I saw that multiple people were disappearing from the company without any notice of being terminated. There is NO respect for anyone in this company. Engineer was terminated after working 10 year, other after 4.5 and many others after ~7 months. (there are only a few examples) They are well know for throwing out large masses of people. For example in early 2020, 187 people lost their jobs only in europe (managers, engineers, HR). Managers are rude, colleagues are unfriendly and promised bonuses are never payd. A lot of promises are not held and the company path is unstable, not knowing exactly what, how and when they want to accomplish something. Teams are promised to be very international but in fact only Germans do have a word to say something. There is no core time (no one is payed for working extra-extra hours) but your manager is making sure that you stay at least 10 hours in the office daily. Company values are not well establish. I would never ever recommend this company not even to my rivals.

      3.0
      Jun 29, 2020

      Cognex Review

      Associate sales engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Agile Workplace, room for movement, small company feel allows you to pave your own career path with the right amount of support.

      Cons

      Often unorganized, effort is not directly correlated to career growth.

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