Associate in EDG - Associate In EDG MathWorks Employee Review

1.0
Jan 23, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There's nothing good in this company apart from lot of free time, decent work life balance and free trip to the US (duration 2 weeks). Please don't join the company for the US trip. Definitely not worth it.

Cons

1. You won't learn anything in EDG, literally zero skills learned. 2. Call center job, major focus is put on solving "TECHNICAL" customer cases. It's nothing but customer support like any other company. 3. Brainwashing is done by management & senior management. They make you believe that call center job will make you learn so many things about the company, it's totally useless. Don't get brainwashed. 4. 80% people copy the offline trainings, what's the whole point of keeping the trainings in the first place? The training is useless to be honest. 5. If you leave the company after 2-3 years after transferring out to any development team in MathWorks, no one will give you a job, cause you won't have any industry knowledge apart from MATLAB. 6. MATLAB is not used in CS industry and companies, it's just used by automobile industry and educational insitutes. 7. You won't find any person to learn skills from. Very average employees. 8. No work from home option. 9. Work on Windows machines, no MacBooks. 10. Very slow growth of the company, slow work, less work. 11. Majority of the good work is done in HQ in Natick, very low level work in Bangalore office. 12. Extremely low pay, other companies pay 40%-80% more, after promotion there is very less growth in salary. 13. No stock options since company has no IPO, stakeholder bonus is extremely low, don't even expect anything out of it. 14. No motivation for work. 15. Please don't join the company just because you want to go to the US. 16. Management will say that you can transfer to the US, but honestly you won't be transferred, literally zero chance. 17. The concept of EDG is rebranded, people from IITs are hired to do the customer support job. 18. MATLAB is very slow software, people don't consider removing the dead code and making the software size smaller which is currently 25 GB. 19. There are two releases every year, just new features are added in those two releases there's no improvement in the existing codebase. 20. Management says that MathWorks has very flat structure, it's because the number of employees is ~4000, naturally, smaller the company shallower the hierarchy. 21. Very high percentage of the company revenue is generated from customer support by EDG people. Don't work in a company where maximum revenue is generated from customer support.

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Pros

MathWorks has traditionally had a strong employee-first culture, and that largely starts at the top. The company genuinely cares about employee well-being and offers one of the better benefits packages in the industry. Free breakfast and lunch, generous health insurance, a strong 401(k) match, every-other-year company outings, and unlimited sick time are all meaningful perks that employees appreciate. The work-life balance is generally good, and the company provides a stable, low-stress environment compared to many tech companies. Many employees stay for 10, 15, or even 20+ years, which speaks to the company's stability and culture.

Cons

As the company has grown, the employee-first mentality that once distinguished MathWorks feels less prominent than it used to. Decision-making can be slow, with multiple layers of review and a significant amount of bureaucracy. The company tends to be conservative and prefers following proven market trends rather than leading them or rapidly adopting new technologies. While MathWorks promotes the idea of being a "rational workplace," there is often a strong preference for following established rules and precedent. In some cases, this can make the organization less flexible and less willing to adapt decisions to specific circumstances, even when doing so would appear to be the more rational outcome. Career growth can also be challenging. Because many employees have long tenures, opportunities for promotion and advancement may be limited, especially for those looking to progress quickly. This can be frustrating for ambitious employees seeking accelerated career development. I would be less likely to recommend MathWorks as a first employer for early-career engineers looking for rapid skill development, frequent promotions, significant ownership, and experience in a fast-moving environment. The company excels at providing a stable and comfortable long-term career, but may not be the best place for those seeking accelerated professional growth early in their careers.

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