Too much micromanagement - Anonymous employee MathWorks Employee Review

1.0
Sep 27, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Cookies, free breakfast, company outing, nice office, good cafeteria, stable company. I loved the cookies!

Cons

This is a good solid company with alot of potential, but I disliked working here. Management watches over you like a hawk. There is alot of micromanagement. They don't allow you to work from home at all. Career advancement is vitually none. Seniority is based on your number of years, and they treat new people (new = under 3 years) like they don't count . You can't voice your opinion or challege any of the antiquated process. Their answer is basically "It's the Mathworks way" which means shut up or I'll get you in trouble. There are meetings after meeting after meeting and most of them are a waste of time. However, you have to go or someone will tell your manager and get you in trouble.

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