MathWorks reviews

Sometimes when you're new to the company getting changes considered and adopted can be an uphill battle. It seems like you need to learn The MathWorks Way before you have credibility, regardless of your seniority walking in the door.

Not a great place for innovation or creativity. Need to do everything "in-model" - meaning in line with the defined "best practices" that have existed for years. It's not a place to come in and try to change things. The place is rigidly planned to the nth degree and someone coming in from the outside needs to take that into account. One needs to learn the MathWorks way of doing things. It's not all bad, but step out of line, make a request of something not expected, and the management will step in to ensure conformity. It's a lot like the movie Pleasantville - everything is very pleasant and neat and orderly. Underneath (not in core engineering, but in other groups) there's often a note of desperation in the closed, rigid, conformity, and the endless paralysis of analysis to make even the smallest change.