Decent company, outdated product - Anonymous employee MasterControl Employee Review

3.0
Nov 19, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-Most of the people I dealt with were pleasant and hardworking. -Benefits are better than most places out there. -Company makes an effort to improve the office environment via fitness clubs and other types of fun activities. -Upper management is usually pretty transparent and approachable. -Company is modest in terms of its growth strategy which I found to be a breath of fresh air.

Cons

-The core product is buggy and outdated despite efforts to update the UI to a flashier new version. Attempts to have internal development teams fix bugs usually fell flat. Several senior team members left during my tenure due to a growing sense of frustration that upper management wasn't receptive to advice or critical feedback. - Most of the management team has been with the company for 15+ years which is both good and bad. While most of the management team was decent enough to work with, my direct report was not. There was a feeling amongst my team that my manager was 'untouchable' due to the amount of time he's invested. His overbearing and overly-critical management style is ultimately what pushed me out the door.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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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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