MathWorks Senior Software Developer reviews

All in all, a lot of broken promises, bureaucracy, dysfunctional management and cynicism. Very bare-minimum time off. Paternity leave 5 days (excuse me?) Absolutely no remote work allowed. Period. You should be there, like a slave, even if you just sit at your office debugging. Ridiculous review cycle, which some managers do not follow. Cult of seniority. You are expected to do what you are told by higher-ups (de-facto; on paper Mathworks is a democracy where in fact it is a pure autocracy). Zero promotions. No feedback is heard. Everybody is pretty stuck up, nobody cracks jokes! Oh yes, CEO's idol is Jim Collins - he idolizes Mr. Collins, which quite discredits him in my eyes.

- Pay scale is 10% to 30% below industry average. - Bonus structure is not transparent, below industry average, and rigged to favour upper management positions. - The company hires overqualified people for most positions. - It is hard to develop transferable skills in most positions. - Company is very process-heavy. - Previous work experience, education, or training is not valued; all that matters is MathWorks tenure. - Merit-based career advance is slow to none. - Lots of pushback and passive aggressiveness from company old timers. - The core values taught during orientation are only followed by individual contributors; management follows them or not depending on the circumstances. - Everything gets reinvented in-house many times over. - Too much process: plan on spending about half of your time in meetings. - No telecommuting allowed. - Family members not welcome to many of the company party events; what company organizes parties with dancing and alcohol but does not allow you to bring your significant other?