Toxic, soul-sucking culture - Senior Applications Engineer Dassault Systèmes Employee Review

1.0
Jun 16, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Newly-built light-filled campus, talented employees via acquisition

Cons

No strategy -- CEO changes direction every few months Anyone questioning the strategy is deemed "too dumb" to understand it Poor communications at all levels Belief that anything can be built internally -- thus, infrastructure and processes significantly lag other billion dollar enterprises Many products don't work -- individually or with each other, causing customer migration and other service issues Low compensation and whimsical titles created in France that have no meaning in other markets Culture targeted at pitting employees against each other

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5.0
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Pros

perfect work-life balance. Zero stress

Cons

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2.0
Jun 1, 2026
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Pros

This is a good place to get experience if you're interested in Aerospace, IT, Automotive, CAD, Engineering space. There are opportunities to learn and advance your career if you make the right connections.

Cons

Management is very unorganized due to constant shift in priorities. Be prepared to have a new manager assigned quarterly which will impact expectations for performance evaluations. This is a French company that manages business entities around the world. The US and French management are very disconnected. If you are assigned a manager who is based overseas, you will absolutely have a difficult time and minimal work life balance.

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