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      MathWorks

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      MathWorks reviews

      4.3

      88% would recommend to a friend

      (2,562 total reviews)
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      Jack Little

      94% approve of CEO

      86% positive business outlook

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      4.6

      Work/Life balance

      4.5

      Culture & values

      4.4

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Senior management

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      MathWorks has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 2,562 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The MathWorks employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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      3K reviews
      3.0
      Jul 7, 2010

      Interesting company, interesting products - not for everyone though, and they are proud to have it this way.

      Senior software engineer
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      Pros

      There are a lot of smart people here Despite its flaws the software is amazing Interesting culture if you fit in. Be prepared to drink the Kool Aid or don't come here Pleasant work environment Very stable company

      Cons

      FAR too much process. MathWorks is a Linux shop, but the lion's share of its customers are Windows and Mac, so MathWorks engineers, by and large, DO NoT understand their customers and it shows in the software. Internal development tools are Unix-based regardless of your platform. This means that you can't leverage tools that would make you productive on your platform - Visual Studio and Xcode for example. The MathWorks Build-and-Test (BaT) system is more of a hindrance that a help. Minor/local decisions are frequently passed up the management hierarchy to VP or CEO level. This is a tremendous waste of an incredible talent pool. Absolutely no telecommuting. At most 3 days per year. Lots of lip-service to collaboration, but not so much in practice.

      3.0
      Oct 10, 2009

      Great opportunity for ramped up learning but make plans to leave soon

      Applications support engineer
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      Pros

      Great platform for fresh graduates to learn A decent amount of freedom to choose what you want to do

      Cons

      Downsides of this role, well after a year maybe your learning curve becomes stagnant and you want to move out of this role. Unfortunately, the organization is very conservative, so positions in your field of choice might not open up at all. You are literally wasting half of your time, doing Technical Support and talking to customers who mostly can't get anything done on their own. More than half of the management is non-technical so they have no freaking idea of what they are talking about most of the time. Just smile and take it. Huge disparity in pay scales for the same role. If you went to a branded school, you get a lot more than you deserve, performers are not rewarded aptly.

      4.0
      Aug 22, 2009

      Perfect place to work...for the right kind of person

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Products are the best in their class. Management has a long-term and very ethical way of doing business. Developers and technical people get a lot of respect--maybe too much. Small, effcient teams of competent individuals. Very effective communication across the company via networking activities, intranet,etc. Results-oriented, factual, and quantitative management style. The MathWorks is a well-oiled machine which you will enjoy being a part of if you are (i) results-oriented, (ii) hands-on and pragmatic (iii) not overly creative (no time) or individualistic (iv) patient

      Cons

      Due to the heavily quantitative management style, people sometimes work to meet metrics and not always to meet customer needs. Tends to be very internally-focused. Extremely risk averse culture--sometimes to the point of stunting creativity and killing opportunities. Quite a bit of reporting and overhead for such a small company. A handful of developers have developed attitude problems, probably due to a combination of ego-inflation and stress.

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