Good company for a first job - do not stay too long!
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?