Does MSC Software pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, MSC Software employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at MSC Software. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at MSC Software?

64% of MSC Software employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated MSC Software 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.2 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at MSC Software?

Intern (7) , Senior Software Engineer (7) , Academic Intern (4) , Account Manager (4) , Applications Engineer (4) , Development Engineer (3) , Manager (3) , Marketing (3) , Product Manager (3) , Software Engineer (3) , CAE Engineer (2) , Consultant (2) , PMO Intern (2) , Product Development (2) , Product Marketing Manager (2)

What are the pros of working at MSC Software according to real employee reviews?

"People are nice and very smart." ((in 20 reviews)); "Nice working environment." ((in 8 reviews)); "Good culture" ((in 8 reviews)); "My manager was great and very understanding." ((in 5 reviews)); "good enviroment and friendly employee" ((in 5 reviews))

What are the cons of working at MSC Software according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management!" ((in 16 reviews)); "Low to moderate salaries" ((in 7 reviews)); "Anemic Benefits." ((in 6 reviews)); "No growth path, no real future, continous layoffs, no security" ((in 4 reviews)); "No direction or Career growth" ((in 4 reviews))

What are employees saying about MSC Software layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about MSC Software layoffs and their outlook for job security at MSC Software in 2026.

What are the top reviewed MSC Software locations?

Newport Beach , Santa Ana , Irvine , Ann Arbor , Los Angeles , New York , Huntington Beach , San Diego , Sunnyvale , Troy , Long Beach , Seattle

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MSC Software

Part of Hexagon

MSC Software reviews

3.4

64% would recommend to a friend

(18 total reviews)

Paolo Guglielmini

74% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.3

Diversity & inclusion

3.2

Culture & values

3.1

Compensation and benefits

3.1

Career opportunities

2.9

Senior management

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Reviews by job title

18 reviews

Reviews about "Compensation"

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1.0

Aug 11, 2013

Challenging Work, Great Peers, Micromanagement Culture

Senior manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The work is challenging and stimulating; technically well-educated and competent employees make working there interesting. Salary is midline, benefits look good on the surface.

Cons

CEO oversight of even the most trivial decisions and the micro-management culture filters to lower echelons. There is no respect for the employee life-work balance. Superiors call late into the evening expecting you to respond; 60-80 hr work weeks are the norm and mandatory weekends are common. Evidence of discriminatory practices. Top positions rarely filled from within.

1.0

Aug 7, 2013

One bad CEO after another, and counting...

One level below the executive suite

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It still has a pulse.

Cons

Not competitive on salary, but decent benefits. Too many unqualified members of the executive management team, compared with too many who don't get the recognition they deserve. The CEO is one of the most egocentric people I've met in my career. His approach to employee motivation is to openly humiliate people into his way of thinking. New ideas are immediately dismissed as crazy. If you're a woman, forget about it, you don't have a chance with this guy.

2.0

Mar 17, 2013

Challenging projects, good product, damaging management.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Challenging projects, relatively flexible work schedule, great product (ADAMS) with solid customer base.

Cons

Toxically incompetent dinosaur-era mentality management imported from the NASTRAN side, which is in total disarray. They're willing to sacrifice any successful product to save NASTRAN, which is a has-been. Company didn't have any direction for quite a while. They were only growing by acquisition, which in the end didn't work out. The company ended up being acquired by a financial group. Lay offs and outsourcing ensued. They leaked most of their talent. Not so great benefits or salary. No clear direction to grow if you're on the technical side. Nepotism is the norm at the upper management levels.

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