Pros: Relaxed work, 40-hour work weeks, lots of activities and ways to get involved, and a great gym. All of my bosses and the people I worked with while at MathWorks were very nice individuals. There was lots of respect in the office, and people really do seem to care. It has a strong sense of community. Great location for anyone looking to start a family, though difficult for younger adults who want to live in downtown Boston. Parking was great on site. There are lots of opportunities to move up in the company, and you can tell they really care about and value their employees.

Cons: The food was okay. People don't seem super driven at the company and are sort of complacent, in my opinion. The computer science work that I did was not very challenging, and most of the work I saw from other engineers did not seem extremely challenging or interesting.

Pros: You usually get a nice office.

Cons: The pay is 30% to 40% lower than comparable positions at similarly sized software companies. The company uses a fairly arbitrary stack ranking policy, so the managers are a bunch of butt-covering mediocrities who couldn't use a piece of software if their lives depended on it, never mind design and code up a piece of software.

Pros: Good benefits and perks. Social life.

Cons: Slow career growth. People are stuck in their positions for years.