Cognex reviews

3.4

55% would recommend to a friend

(474 total reviews)
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Matt Moschner

65% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

Cognex has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 474 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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474 reviews
4.0
Aug 24, 2018

Finance

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great culture. Pay for performance

Cons

Work life balance can be a struggle

1.0
Aug 14, 2018

Finance

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Employees and coworkers are great, company culture outside of finance department is great.

Cons

Poor management. If you come to work in finance - be ware. The management is not involved with the day to day and only care about the big picture. If a problem escalates, they look to the employee to blame. This is not a place or environment you want to come to work long term. The department has lost 5 employees in a span of 3 months because they can no longer take the treatment from management. There have been so many complaints to the HR department and nothing changes - so I do not see this getting any better in the near future. Would not recommend coming to finance.

1.0
Aug 13, 2018

Speed is all that matters

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Coworkers were great people, kind and welcoming.

Cons

Manager is a reptile with no talent for management and no background in psychology or business. He is "very protective of their corporate culture" and makes the hiring decisions, and surprise, the office is 99% white dudes! Once heard them brag about having fired someone who worked on the Hubble Space telescope because they were "too slow." Prepare to be micromanaged by an online schedule that you can't alter and gaslit throughout your employment. Was encouraged to come in and work unpaid hours in order to keep up with an aggressive schedule. This was an internship-level position, and no real training occurred. Company culture is cutthroat-- watch your back.

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