Is MathWorks a good company to work for?

MathWorks has an overall rating of 4.3 out of 5, based on over 3,160 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 89% of employees would recommend working at MathWorks to a friend and 87% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about MathWorks have been left by employees working as EDG , Software Engineer Intern and EDG Engineer .

Does MathWorks pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, MathWorks employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at MathWorks. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at MathWorks?

89% of MathWorks employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated MathWorks 4.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.5 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at MathWorks?

Software Engineer (313) , Senior Software Engineer (164) , Quality Engineer (93) , Applications Support Engineer (69) , Intern (63) , Engineering Development Group (EDG) (59) , EDG Intern (51) , EDG (44) , EDG Engineer (38) , Software Developer (38) , Manager (35) , Engineer (33) , Principal Software Engineer (32) , Applications Engineer (31) , Software Engineer(Internship) (31)

What are the pros of working at MathWorks according to real employee reviews?

"Work life balance is good and there are no late night calls unlike other companies and this could be a team specific information." ((in 462 reviews)); "Team and people are great" ((in 292 reviews)); "Good Benefits and perks." ((in 154 reviews)); "Good work culture and people" ((in 126 reviews)); "Supportive environment with great colleagues." ((in 109 reviews))

What are the cons of working at MathWorks according to real employee reviews?

"Low pay (we shouldn't have to rely on a stakeholder bonus to get a halfway decent salary)" ((in 113 reviews)); "low salary and old technology" ((in 110 reviews)); "there is no option to work from home (allowed a maximum of 3 days a year)." ((in 92 reviews)); "Most managers have been with the company for 15+ years and there is an emphasis on the "slow and steady" mantra." ((in 70 reviews)); "Compensation is low compared to other companies" ((in 45 reviews))

What are employees saying about MathWorks layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about MathWorks layoffs and their outlook for job security at MathWorks in 2026.

What are the top reviewed MathWorks locations?

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MathWorks reviews

4.3

89% would recommend to a friend

(2,567 total reviews)

Jack Little

94% approve of CEO

87% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.6

Work/Life balance

4.5

Culture & values

4.4

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Senior management

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Career opportunities

MathWorks has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 2,567 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 Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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3K reviews

3.0

Mar 10, 2016

Great culture, solid values

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

Excellent culture and great campus. Ability to move throughout the company to different positions and departments. Strong senior leadership.

Cons

Lots of lateral promotions without reimbursement for the role. Middle management tends to micro-manage.

4.0

Mar 9, 2016

Senior Software Engineer

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Very friendly company * Management cares about employees * In general, the culture is to think long-term and di the right thing in terms of writing software * Good benefits

Cons

* Not the best paymaster * Sometimes things are slow moving * The management does not like to do radical things. Kind of conservative.

4.0

Feb 19, 2016

For an engineer, lots of smart people and interesting problems

Software engineer

Recommend

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Pros

Lots of smart people to learn from Products used in the real world that make a difference for a lot of people Nice facilities Private company not beholden to a board of directors or stock price Good work life balance Nice company culture and tradition

Cons

Location can be kind of tricky, depending on where you are commuting from. In parts of the product, its age is starting to show. When I was there Simulink and MATLAB were launched as the same process. Depending on the component you work on, enormous amounts of code made building and testing cumbersome. Their continuous integration/source control management system is a set of perl scripts layered on top of CVS and is really arcane. (They were moving to Perforce when I was there.) There are multiple sets of tools for managing code submissions, developed by different teams. To be fair, they are aware of these technical problems and were actively working to address them and achieve better componentization of the source code. But it seemed at the time like a huge mountain to climb. When I was there, their policy about working from home was pretty strict (only three days per year?).

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