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- Changing Goalposts:
Joined organization after lots of industry experience, hiring manager told "Sky is the limit". Within a year asked to "Stay within boundary". Basically managers protect their turf by bullying.

- Weak HR:
Never met Company HR even after recruitment. Apeared to be always on vacation!

- Weak Managers:
techno-jargon savvy but bad people managers. Bottom layers learn to flock in groups surviving by mobbing. There is usually a victim, who will be targeted with Rumors, trash talk, misinterpreting,raising voice, sidelining and even verbal abuse. Manager instead of containing the situation went along with the mob.

Lack of leadership
Happened to ask my manager once what he meant by leadership:
for him it was just getting things done, getting the foot in the door and was even "ready to swipe the floor" for money! And he expects to earn a fat paycheck until he retires. No passion about the job, no vision .. No wonder the company has only 3000 employees over a period of 25 years!

Long Term Cons:
Long term did not look a place you would want to stay, unless you have nowhere else to go. If you plan stay long term the skills would not match with the peers elsewhere in the industry.No wonder you have several long timers stuck with the company doing not so relavant activity!

Relieved to be finally out of the mess..

To be fair if you are the type of person that wants to settle in their career and find a company that will welcome you with open arms so long as you follow and obey their rules this is a great place to work.  
However, if you are someone that wants to stay current in their field, a person that wants to bring new and innovative ideas to the table, a person that knows the difference between core values and operating principles then I suggest that you look for another company.  MathWorks is a company with incredibly strong core values.  Unfortunately, the values are so strong that they act as a strangle hold on the business where people can avoid change simply by saying things like "that new process or idea is out of model / not part of MathWorks culture" even if the change is 100% necessary.  This has a resulted in a large number of managers that outside of MathWorks walls would be deemed incompetent by normal company standards.  So all in all the best way to sum up MathWorks ... it's like joining a cult.

I worked in CST and the company worked in EST, so I had to wake up an hour earlier to get ready for work, but at least it was remote, so I could wear whatever I wanted to.

I would start the day off by meeting with my manager for an hour, explaining what I accomplished in the day before. Then, I would just continue working on my goals separately. I would have regularly check-ins with my mentor and my other peers, and sometimes instead of asking about our projects, we would playing some fun virtual games together.

It was a nice friendly environment, and Mathworks makes sure you are well-supported to talk to anyone you would want to. I love the culture there.

The pay was pretty solid for my internship, and even more solid for full-time. The only reason I didn't return there for full-time was because I was not found of the tech stack, which was MATLAB and JavaScript. However, in hindsight, I probably would have been able to transition into a role that would use my preferred tech stack. Definitely would return back there now though!

Weak Middle Management
The hardest part of the job is managing the expectations of each level from management to end-users and coworkers.  Management micro-manages under the guise of collaboration. Had to play arbitrator between upper and middle management. Huge discrepancy between the role that was sold to me and the role that others expected. My manager explained role one way and my coworkers had completely different expectations of my role which caused enormous problems, then my manager was frequently absent and when present was largely unavailable to deal with infighting.

HR is like a high school clique - unapproachable and doesn't have the time for anyone not in their crew.

Recruiters will give you the rainbows and unicorns version of the company culture, but it only applies to one or two departments. Any other department is hit or miss.

MathWorks' Engineering Development Group (EDG) is a great place to surround yourself with highly intelligent, motivated peers fresh out of degree programs. You will have immense flexibility on which projects and teams you work with. This is a great opportunity to gain skills that can alter the path of your career.

However, all of this is in the context that EDG is an internal hiring pool for the rest of MathWorks. You can only leave once a team has an opening, which fluctuates significantly with the business cycle. This is not a problem when the company is growing, but becomes a major barrier when headcount remains steady. This also means that tenures drastically vary in length, anywhere from 5-6 months to 2+ years. The expectations of quantity and quality of work also grow with tenure, both for technical support and EDG projects.

MathWorks is great place to work with a decent work life balance unless you are unlucky to work for the wrong manager. However the people are very nice and the company does a good job of taking care of its employees with lots of little perks such as Friday cookies, Wednesday breakfasts, and other sugary items to keep you hopped up through through the day.

The only problem with working at the MathWorks is that there is a culture of doing everything the MathWorks way even if there are perfectly legitimate and industry standard ways or technologies. This can result in potential where all your skills are very MathWorks specific and you become slightly less marketable to other companies.

For summer interns, MathWorks had two tracks of management. Interns worked in a project team and managed by EDG team. I appreciated my project manager and mentor who were providing me guidance all along the internship. However EDG part was a disaster. The manager did not offer any practical help, except for hosting boring weekly meetings. What was worse, the performance evaluation was basically based on the evaluation from EDG. Even though you got great achievement in your project and the project manager spoke highly on you, you cannot get a return offer if you didn't have a great relationship with EDG manager. Frankly, I don't see the point of the management by EDG department.

I could never have asked for a better corporate experience. I can't say anything about whether or not they offer competitive salaries, but i'm not sure it matters. You're supposed to love your job and the culture The MathWorks has created makes you look forward to coming to work.

At the end of this internship I will have come out with improved technical skills, time management skills, and especially customer service skills. I know what it feels like to be a key member of a team and now feel ready to take on whatever challenges may be in my future.

MathWorks offers a challenging and fulfilling work environment.  Our products significantly impact the world in a positive way and even as a staff member outside of software development, I feel I am contributing to our mission.  The culture is fantastic and the work/life balance is there - my colleagues have smiles on their faces and embrace the collaborative approach.  Also, there are no better examples of living the core values of the company, than the senior leadership.

Got involved in a lot of activities and got to manage different team for particular projects and definitely noticed that MathWorks is a collaborative environment. One of the hardest things are to work efficiently since the work load is quite a lot and very few people to manage the work. For management everything is a priority and is very challenging to manage everything on your plate.

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