Money corrupts - Engineer MasterControl Employee Review

1.0
Jun 30, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Really going down hill fast

Cons

NOT LGBT FRIENDLY! Released "approved pride banners for our linkedin profiles" as if they control that. Will not allow an LGBTQ employee resource group, efforts have been stalled for years. LGBTQ channel in slack is policed. CEO changed from "we want this to be a great place to work where people can have a career" to "shut up and paddle" as soon as he glimpsed some dollar signs. Opportunity for any existing employee is removed. Leaders want us to shut up and paddle and wonder why nobody has ideas anymore. Leaders hand down technologically unsound road maps and force the engineers to build it, then blame the engineers because it was a stupid idea in the first place. Some new engineer positions offering bonuses while we are a "no bonus" company Even before things got really bad, I referred a friend to apply and she was literally laughed out of an interview. (Honestly, she was way more qualified than the existing team she was interviewing for)

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5.0
Jan 21, 2026
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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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