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Growth plateau meets engaging community

Senior Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at MathWorks for 4 years
January 21, 2017
Natick, Massachusetts
3.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros
  1. Exciting technical product
  2. Burgeoning company
  3. Exciting groups to work with
  4. Excellent cross-team collaboration opportunities
  5. Becoming a younger and more diverse company in demographics
  6. Good perks - gym, food, music, and drinks at calendar festivals, summer 2-day picnic, etc.
Cons
  1. Strict "facetime" policy (no, I'm not talking about the app).
  2. Middle managers have their fiefdoms and turf wars through proxies.
  3. Credit sharing depends on the boss.
  4. Middle to upper management is an "old boys' club," and they know best.
Advice to Management

Houston to Eagle: You have a problem bleeding talent.

Questions at:

Why do creative, hardworking engineers leave year-over-year after years of those generous programs to build skill and talent?

Time for a breakout management meeting :-)

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