Stay away if you can, there are much better places around. - Anonymous employee COMSOL Employee Review

1.0
Dec 7, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good people. Most of them trying to leave, those who don't, can't, mostly due to visa concerns (they hire a lot of foreigners. In my opinion: "You give me visa, I work for less"

Cons

Despotism to begin with. The owner and CEO behaves like a scrooge. The salaries are considerably below the industry, and they pay much less than the competition. People that work in sales do the numbers and noticed they could pay much better, perhaps that is why their retention was so low. Forget about benefits, theirs are awful, when they hire they try to point "perks": free drinks. Expect to travel, both sales and applications, and expect to do both jobs. Unprofessional, as in another posting. Bad ethics towards customer - I have seen things I'd rather not mention. Despite their product being decent, I would not buy it. It is overpriced and there are some limitations they don't tell the customer. Well, the customer does not understand the limitations in most cases anyways. No training, no growth perspective. Like jail:most people doing their time so they can go somewhere else once the opportunity arises. Locations in expensive urban areas: low salaries + no benefits + high cost of living...not a good deal. Despite a few good managers, most are awful. Happy I left! It was not hard to find 2x the pay elsewhere.

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5.0
Sep 2, 2024
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Pros

Pays well. Foster's cooperation and self-learning and -development. Flexible upon request at times. Great work/life balance.

Cons

Does not have hybrid or work from home policies.

1.0
Jul 29, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

• The Burlington office is in a good location near a mall, highways, and restaurants/food options. Very walkable area.

Cons

• Nepotism, nepotism, nepotism: if you're not a part of the CEO's family, your opinions and ideas don't matter. Growth is stagnant and only becomes available when others quit or get fired, and they realize it's cheaper to pile more work on you (not managers though) than hire more employees. • Management is embarrassingly unqualified, rude, and terrible at communication: they talk down to you while pretending to want your opinion, and will happily take credit for the positive side of projects, and blame you for the negative. No accountability exists for them and how poorly they treat their teams. • Cheap: pay is low compared to similar positions. No holiday bonuses and terrible benefits packages. Only 1 catered lunch a month. • No remote work, unless you're a manager and decide you want to stay home with your kids or don't feel good. Bad weather? Too bad. Snowstorms? Too bad. Otherwise, prepare to waste your PTO due to the outdated beliefs of this company. • Company rules are continuously made-up and goalposts are moved to please egos. • HR is a nonexistent, don't bother reporting anything private to them or it'll be the newest office gossip. COMSOL is a company that has all the potential, but continuously shoots itself in the foot with its egotistical, outdated view on work/life balance. It chokes out creativity and drive in the name of selfish management who can't admit when they're wrong. Their idea of "collaboration" is you wasting days making reports and drafts, just for management to tell you it's wrong, not needed, or they take full credit for it. In short, don't work for this company, you're better off anywhere else, it's not worth the mental health black hole management will throw you in. If you do apply here, treat COMSOL as a resume filler and get out before the 3 year mark. The company's not worth much else.

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