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Nano-managed company kills any motivation to think

Senior Applications Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at MathWorks for 6 years
April 6, 2015
Bern, Bern
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Company structure is well suited for the US market, with an optimized sales force and processes.

Life is indeed relatively good as long as you're in Natick.

Cons

One-size-fits-all mentality; what works in the US works everywhere.

Literally every decision has to be escalated to management; no room for one's own ideas. These are either killed or sold as the manager's ideas.

Focus on "improvements" is technically harassing people for any error that happened. Only people without any initiatives can flourish here! 1984-style observation and mistrust from above.

No work from home for individual contributors, only for managers.

Advice to Management

As long as Jack keeps this management structure, nothing will change. The current "managers" are useless.

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