Dassault Systèmes reviews

Low base salary. Secondary benefits used to make up for this, but these have continuously been reduced after the take-over by Dassault Systemes. No focus on personal development. All training is done via e-learnings, which is fine for the first year, but lacks depth. Work-life balance is challenging. If you do not stand up for yourself, you will find yourself working 60 hours a week, every week. Poor employee retention. A lot of people leave after 2 years for the above reasons.

The biggest problems come from the top. You could call these problems superiority complex and micromanaging. Some higher ups will rather have you work two weeks on their idea and fail than even discuss and compare to an alternative idea from the people who have their hands dirty. Higher ups create a culture of "yes men" and ant farm - no room for your creative thinking and contributing on the levels you would be capable of. In another note, the management definition of a fun challenge seems to be simply setting tighter deadlines. Giving broader responsibilities is not part of their toolbox. Some parts of the company work with absurd deadlines and as a result their work quality is less than stellar. The company is very stingy with salary progression. Be prepared to either stagnate or walk away when your experience exceeds the carved-in-stone pay grades. It is worth noting that most tools you used are in-house so you won't get nice buzzwords in your CV that impress other employers.