MathWorks Senior Software Developer reviews

4.1

83% would recommend to a friend

(173 total reviews)
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Jack Little

98% approve of CEO

92% positive business outlook

Senior Software Developer employees have rated MathWorks with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 173 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Software Developer professionals have an excellent working experience there. MathWorks is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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173 reviews
4.0
Jul 2, 2015
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Pros

MathWorks is a high-tech company, where engineering people are really well considered. Decision are often coming from consensus and not from the top without explanation. MathWorks is serving many high-tech industries and customers, leading to great challenges. Salary and compensation are good. Benefit and perks, in France, are OK. High level management is respectful and open minded. Very opened company, where employees have access to almost all information. Nothing is hidden. Privately own, and it privileges the long term vision rather to short term stock evolution. Company invests on employees and IT.

Cons

There is almost no opportunity to grow here. Company unofficial policy is to let people where they are and gain expertise in their position. So people willing to grow with more responsibilities, or in other business areas will not succeed here. As every decision requires a consensus, it can take a while before decision is taken, leading to some latency. The company is not a technical leader, it follows trends rather than creating them.

5.0
Jun 24, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Coming from my two previous jobs at large multinational Fortune 500 companies, I was blown away by the difference in working for an established private company. Great salary, unheard of benefits and perks, and a highly rational workplace. They really care about doing things the right way, for their employees, customers, and community.

Cons

This isn't a con so much as an observation. I spend my time with software folks. I don't know how people in non-engineering positions feel about working here.

3.0
Jun 20, 2015

Stale

Recommend
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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.

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