r&d engineer

software engineer

senior r&d engineer

intern

account representative

Ansys

Disappointing corporate and administrative culture, especially for support roles such as HR. Company keeps claiming (for many years) to shoot for the best in class in terms of how they value their employees, instead they tend to shoot for the middle of the pack and as usual fall short of that. Pay and overall comp is low for your avg engineer, employees get treated quite badly but fed a "nice patronizing story" as if employees do not understand the cut-throat short-term, profit margin driven  vision. Example? Look at the change in vacation time that just happened; basically all of the employees' accrued vacation time was written off in favor of an unlimited vacation package, without any compensation for the accrued and then lost vacation time. First time I hear about such a bad roll out of the unlimited vacation package. Another examples? The travel allowances/per diem. Basically each employee is losing money when traveling with the per-diems: $16/$17/$31/$5. Have you ever tried getting lunch at the airport for $17??? Lol. These are the same per-diems of 10 years ago! Another example. Salaries have not been adjusted to inflation for 3 years and the company (HR/finance/corporate) claims not to be "running after inflation" in favor of stability. I don't see much logic here since every year in the past 3 years Ansys salaries have shrunk in real terms. Also, in the past, with low inflation, it seemed like Ansys was chasing inflation since the adjustments I've seen for my teams have always been inflation-adjusted.

So, again, not a very dignified treatment of its employees.

Pay seems to be below market value for nearly every position. Company is very stable though and friendly to long-term employment. Many people work their full career life here, rising to mid-management and stalling. Company follows Scrum and Agile, but barely. It’s for show only, with most people uncaring if you adhere to the process as long as they can point to the charts and claim progress. Work comes in waves, with times where you do very little. Main product teams generate the money and are compensated better than support teams.

Hard work is not rewarded, it’s better to do what you need to stay employed than to put more effort in. Promotions and raises exist but seem formulaic over merit-based; put in your time and you can raise. Overall a cushy, comfortable company to work for if you value your free time and just want to collect a paycheck.

ANSYS is great for letting its employees choose the hours they like to work as long as you complete your 40 hours and get all of your work done.  Management is very responsive to allowing you to explore multiple career paths if you want to try something new.  Everyone in the whole building is extremely kind and helpful if you are ever stuck on a task.  Although ANSYS is primarily a computer engineering/science company, many mechanical engineers work within Corporate Testing because of their mechanical intuition of how the software should function.  My experience at the company was relatively short because I was only a Co-op but towards the end of my rotation, I was able to learn how to perform most the same tasks as many of the full-timers.

I have not had a positive experience at Ansys.  If you're not "one of the boys", you don't advance.  Turnover in leadership leads to a distrustful culture and people throwing each other under the bus to keep their jobs.  People are let go for no reason even when doing their jobs and doing them well just because they're not "one of the boys".  Leadership team doesn't take the time to get to know the employees and lets people go indiscriminately.  It's a shame because there is a lot of potential.  
Process/procedure is lacking.  The employee systems are disparate depending on the region or business group.  Could be a great place to work if not for the leadership...

An excellent technology company with a soul. New management is investing in culture & employee development yet the organization is still siloed.  Talent, potential and contribution aside, if you are looking for career advancement, this may not be the place, especially if you’re not at corporate offices or networked into the respective business unit.  On the other hand, you will learn a lot, make friends and be well positioned for your next job!

Ansys is a great company for engineers, especially women in technology.  For those outside of those parameters it can be stifling.  If you fall into the latter category and don't have expectations beyond the complacency of job security and a regular paycheck, you'll be fine working at Ansys.   There were zero layoffs during COVID, announced in a timely manner by the CEO, which was a huge relief during a very uncertain time.

Ansys makes a interesting product and has a lot of potential to be a great company to work for, but management does a really good job of ruining any chance of that.  There is no communication from management on any level, and no clear goals for where the company is going.  Most people feel unsafe in their positions, as the only goal of the company is to save as much money as possible by moving jobs to India. There is no clear path for promotion, and no room to voice any of your concerns without being labeled as negative.

What is the best part of working at the company?
our mission as a company,
Leaderships direction, and the great people

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Nothing very stressful about the company, specifically. Stress is normal in my field.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Open environment, less busy office, more remote, relaxed. Although very much collaborative and intelligent.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Busy with others working on living the Ansys Brand.

Currently there is a mass hiring of managers that are not interested in learning the culture. This new management promotes and listens to men more than women. Cross training is non-existent so helping others is limited, and has affected work/life balance.

ANSYS communicates well with employees through emails and company meetings.

There are many community service projects to participate 

People have fun at work when they can

Pay and benefits are the best in the industry and at the high end for this area.

I liked to work with my colleagues and learnt a lot about different ANSYS products during my time there. The job of the Test Engineer required the knowledge of MAPDL and Python. I created test scripts to test new and existing features in different ANSYS products. The most enjoyable thing about ANSYS was the assured work life balance and also the immense potential learning experience.

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