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 16 reviews)); "Good work life balance." ((in 7 reviews)); "The benefits are good but getting a bit expensive" ((in 7 reviews)); "A very pleasant and friendly work environment." ((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)); "compensation low" ((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.

What are the top reviewed SolidWorks locations?

Waltham , Concord , Boston , Woodland Hills , Massapequa Park , Texas City , Minneapolis , Los Angeles , Oakland , San Jose , Trinidad , Bothell , Watertown

SolidWorks reviews

3.8

68% would recommend to a friend

(101 total reviews)

Gian Paolo Bassi

74% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

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 Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

101 reviews

3.0

Feb 18, 2014

Used to be the best pace to work - turned into just another big company

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Co-workers are some of the best I have ever worked with

Cons

Executive DS management isn't in touch with the most up to date technology

3.0

Mar 4, 2019

Unexciting work

Software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great work life balance. Good pay. Friendly co-workers.

Cons

Over regulated. Very little room for creativity. You are not given adequate tools to do your work effectively. Instead you have to rely on finding work-arounds for almost any development task. Extremely inefficient and slow software development environment. The managers are confused and lack leadership. Assignments are very vague, and it is almost impossible to get clear information on anything. Instead you have to rely on asking multiple people for guidance anytime you start a new project. Heavily dependent on third party libraries with almost no documentation. Very frustrating work-environment.

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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Used to be the best pace to work - turned into just another big company

Unexciting work

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

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