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Worst experience ever

Applications Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at MathWorks for 2 years
November 21, 2012
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Breakfast is free. You can get that in some other places as well.

Cons

Core Values (real skills):

  • Continuous Improvement and the Pursuit of Excellence: Kill anyone who believes in this. Use design reviews as a forum to undermine creativity. Question intent and attack personality.

  • Respect and Invest: Respect yourself only and make sure newcomers don't know about internal trainings.

  • Rational Workplace: Kill anyone who demands rationalization with "MathWorks way" or even "Jack's way".

  • Learning and Self-Improvement: Make sure your financial self improves. Poor sales guys and developers are supposed to work for our improvement ;).

  • Credibility and Integrity: Make credibility by managing perception. Make sure your boss is happy with few peers talking good about you. Results don't matter. Anything screwed up can always be defended.

Integrity: It's purposely kept as the last value. This implies that if integrity is lost for achieving other values, it's not an issue.

Advice to Management

Plan for the next 5-year trip to Hawaii.

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