MathWorks Sr. Software Engineer reviews

4.1

83% would recommend to a friend

(174 total reviews)
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98% approve of CEO

92% positive business outlook

Sr. Software Engineer employees have rated MathWorks with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 174 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Sr. Software Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. MathWorks is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Sr. Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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3.0
Jun 20, 2015

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Pros

Competitive pay which is automatically raised by 3-4% each year. Challenging product.

Cons

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.

3.0
Jun 6, 2015
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Pros

- This is a good place to work if this is your first job out of college (but do not get stuck here!). - Company has a good process to ramp up new hires. - Some of the in-house training opportunities are very good. - It is easy to have a good work/life balance in most teams. - Everybody in development gets nice private offices. - If you pay attention, you will learn software engineering working here. - The company purchases books for everyone. - Work/life balance can be very good. - Facilities are top notch.

Cons

- 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?

5.0
Mar 18, 2015
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Pros

Very flexible working environment - no strict working hour or location, free to work from home if needed and etc. Very friendly workforce - people are easy to work with and willing to help; you can phone a senior manager directly asking about coding issues anytime; impactful product - pushing the automation tools to a new boundary; it's always cool to work with MATLAB/Simulink. Plus, very stable company with very few competitors - great job security in a long run Plus plus, you have your own office!

Cons

Salary is not as competitive as some other big names, but it's acceptable (~$10K different per year).

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