Great people! Unfortunately, TERRIBLE leadership decisions - Software Developer MasterControl Employee Review

3.0
Oct 11, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Loved working at MC. The people with whom I worked were the most pleasant people I’ve ever worked with.

Cons

This was a great company that cared about its employees….until it didn’t. A few years ago, the company brought in a new CTO, who decided that a Quality Management Systems company did NOT need a QA dept. You read that correctly. The responsibility fell to us developers, who are not experienced in QA testing. As a result, release quality dropped significantly, but still the CTO stood his ground. I have no idea if this guy is still employed there, but I would sincerely hope not. He has zero business being in that role as he does not understand nor appreciate what a “quality-based organization” truly means. Absolutely inexcusable and the rapid and severe decline in quality is a direct reflection of his terrible decision making.

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5.0
Jan 21, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Company is good and people are good . Great work life balance

Cons

Leadership is still evolving .

2.0
Jul 17, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great people and culture. Solid benefits, Health insurance paid 100%.

Cons

Comp is ok. Promotions are almost impossible to get. Constant layoffs, maybe 5-7 times in the past 12 months? Engineering leadership is constantly switching priorities and lacks vision, transparency, and ownership. Long-standing traditions are now being canceled, likely to save money. Poor AI posture in engineering. Engineers are encouraged to spend ridiculous amounts on AI tokens, then the company does layoffs because it spent too much on AI.

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