MathWorks reviews

A horrific corporate culture. Any risk taking (i.e., creativity) is frowned upon. Upper management has been the same for 20 years and many vps are over in way over their heads. They hide important information from the prez, and some sad decisions result. The worst part of this place is that upper management knows everything, and you, the new employee, are to be "trained" (think of a Maoist reeducation camp). There is a profound lack of respect and trust in the average MathWorker. Career development is nonexistent. If you ask for training, you'll likely be told to read a book. Since upper management has been the same for 2 decades, there's very little upward mobility. There's an inner circle of "jack's friends," and then there are the rest of us. The Mathworks spews a lot of cant about values and respect, but it's all part of some cult-like illusion. Hypocracy is rife. But, the place is very profitable. Like the line says, though, money doesn't talk, it swears. So, why change when you're making a ton of money? Only if you think people matter, and the Mathworks doesn't.

1. Promotions are based on years of experience, or how many years since you got your bachelor's degree. For technical positions, new hires with a master's degree and no work experience generally enter as "Level 2". After 4-6 years of decent work, you are promoted to "Level 3" (Senior). After that promotion, you'll have to wait 10-15 years for your next promotion to "Level 4" (Principal). For many people, they get one promotion to "Level 3" (Senior) and that's it! 2. No work-life balance if you work on products in the CDA area. This covers all the products that require Simulink. Work with product teams in the LTC area (MATLAB and toolbox products) if you want work-life balance. 3. No work from home at all. (But some managers don't care when you work from home, so enforcement is uneven.) 4. Each year, your performance rating is decided well before you start writing the self-review. So nothing that you write in the self-review has any effect on your rating. What you write is to justify the rating that was given to you.